Empowerment Approach to Human Services Management

Empowerment Approach to Human Services Management

Laura Rubio

BSHS/425

August 28, 2016

Gina Harper

Empowerment Approach to Human Services Management

                                Children’s Miracle Facility

A dream human service agency in the Orient area, would be Children’s Miracle Facility, it is a mental health facility that is easily accessible to clients and their families. People all over Adair County would be able to access services and be able to get the help that they need.

Children’s Miracle Facility is located in Orient, IA and it is a one stop shop to mental health and support to children with mental health issues and also for their families. It open 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.

                Services available through Children’s Miracle Facility:

The services that are provided for children include providing support and intervention for children who suffer from any mental health issue. Those services include: Assessment, and diagnosis/psychological evaluation, individual/family counseling, case management, parent education groups/individualized parent skills coaching, children’s skill building groups, school consultation and advocacy, medication services and education groups, distribution and examination with immediate care physician, and cross cultural services. Adolescent’s counseling, this is a program that administers mental health services to families with children that range in the age group of 6 to 18 that are experiencing behavioral and emotional difficulties. These assistances consist of assessments and evaluations, family, personal and group counseling, guardian educational groups; children’s social skills groups, school consultation along with advocacy, and medication services when needed. The home based services that are included: home based counseling services gives an in-depth, in-home clinical program concentrated on decreasing the possibility of out-of-home placement and psychiatric hospitalization for the youth. These assistances that are provided in the family home also consist of family and individual counseling. The participants are introduced by mental health workers in the district, for our diverse clients in need we have a Life program used to trust and establish hope for our culturally distinct unstable age youth and adults. That are experiencing initial symptoms of psychosis to advance on their life path through adequate support, treatment, and connection (Sierra Vista, 2015).

Community based programs contributing the following: ACT Model Interventions, specific treatment promoting Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, psycho-education, medication services provided, case management services, teamwork and examinations with medical and other mental health professionals, expanding community outreach and awareness while minimizing stigma over psycho-education, assistances provided within the home, office, school, community resource centers, hospitals and other locations as needed (Sierra Vista, 2015).