Bshs 425 - Commonalities and Successes

Commonalities and Successes

Leonardo L. Ruiz  

BSHS/425

Instructor Judith Geske

Whether an organization is nonprofit, profit or building up the health of an existing organization, it requires healthy ongoing leadership, management, planning, product of service development, marketing, and financial management. Human service organizations are unique because they are nonprofit organizations that provide necessary services to the community.  Nonprofit organizations represent businesses that are organized under rules that forbid the distribution of profits to owners. For-profit organizations primarily exists to generate profit, that is, to take in or make more money than it spends. Human service professional's obligation is to promote a practice that involves working at all levels of society (the whole person approach). As human service practitioners, we strive to advance the independence of service users. Such as civic engagement, education, health promotion, and social change at all levels of society. As practitioners, we also engage in advocating, which ensures that our human services always remain accessible, efficient, integrated, and effective. Human service organizations throughout the years have increased their organizational performance. Some organizations have done this through organic growth, others through expanded development, innovative products, multiple services, or different business models.

Focus of Human Service Programs

The common denominator of all human service programs is effective communication, culture, and improving quality of life. Communication is the main common denominator in ensuring clients and case managers establish trust and effective partnerships. Human service programs focus is to ensure clients/consumers receive effective understandable, and respectful services. That are provided in a manner compatible with the clients cultural health, beliefs, practices, and preferred language (verbal or written). Human service programs should conduct initial and ongoing organizational self-assessments, client satisfaction assessments, and outcome-based evaluations. Another common denominator human service programs face is the ongoing collection of information to inform, guide, and continuously improve efforts to remove language barriers.