Assessment of an Organization
This final assignment is a culmination of the work you began in Unit 3 by identifying an agency in your state that provides counseling services to your selected clinical population. Throughout the course, you have collected information to assess the role of counselors as social justice advocates in the areas of prevention, education, consultation and intervention. It is now time to synthesize and present your findings.
Assignment Instructions
Write a 6–8-page paper that addresses the following. Be sure to cite the information gathered during your research, field interview, literature review, and your course text and readings throughout the course.
- Discuss therapeutic models or interventions used by the organization to work with the selected clinical population.
- What best practices are applied to support the needs of individuals, couples, families, and groups?
- Describe the counselor’s role with respect to advocating for social justice at multiple levels.
- Are staff members engaged in advocacy at individual, professional, organizational and societal levels?
- To what extent do they engage in multidisciplinary support and collaboration to provide equitable mental health services to the population?
- Do they offer consultation services to other professionals in the community, such as medical personnel, law enforcement, or school personnel?
- Evaluate the counselor’s educational and preventative efforts to address the wellness of the selected clinical population.
- Does the organization, for example, provide public service announcements, screenings for depression, et cetera, to promote mental health literacy? Is there evidence that these efforts are successful?
- Evaluate how well the organizational practices align with the Movement of Global Mental Health with respect to providing equitable mental health services.
Submission Requirements
Your paper should meet the following requirements:
- Template: Use the template provided in the resources.
- Written communication: Written communication must be grammatically correct and free of errors that detract from the overall message. Writing should be consistent with graduate-level scholarship.
- APA format: Title page, main body, and references should be formatted according to current APA style and formatting.
- Number of resources: A minimum of six scholarly resources from peer-reviewed journals published within the past 10 years. Distinguished submissions typically exceed this minimum.
- Length of paper: 6–8 typed double-spaced pages, not including the title page and reference page.
- Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
