Week 1 Assignment Application: Human Services Philosophy Statement and Portfolio Week 2 Assignment Application: Artifact—Case Management Plan Week 3 Assignment Application: Artifact—Professional Statement on Interviewing Week 4 Assignment Application: Artifact—Logic Model Running head: Assignment 1 1 Assignment 1 2 Human Services Philosophy Statement Linda Dotson Walden University Human Services Philosophy Statement Introduction The same way engineers and architects rely heavily on blue prints in order to understand the nature of their work and communicate to other people effectively what they are capable of, is the same way human services professional depend on the philosophy statements to communicate their professionalism in their line of work. One segment of this philosophy statement is the portfolio which tells a lot about a student or any professional for it can be used to quickly assess a person’s expertise, values, experiences and even some social, cultural and ethics of a person. Therefore, a portfolio forms a very crucial part of the philosophy statements which dictates any informs a lot about any professional in the human services sector. Many scholars in the recent? have all agreed that the best way to do a quick assessment on both students and even those who are already in the field of human services is by understanding their educational, professional and ethical values of a person summarized by one’s portfolio (Gray, Dean, Agllias, Howard, & Schubert, 2015). Therefore, when developing a portfolio one should tackle the three key components which are the purpose the portfolio is intended to serve, the definition of what expertise the person may have accrued over their educational period and finally the pragmatics which is very important and the language one uses in delivering their information matters a lot. It promotes the development of skills and knowledge that might be the very key in the implementation of individual compiling the portfolio. Human services in the recent past have been given little recognition globally but the role the sector plays in human is very pivotal. Since so many praises can be given to engineers, lawyers or even doctor but the human service industry will forever remain the backbone of humanity for without it there can never be other fields of study which rely on humanity as they serve the human needs. But ideally of what purpose could science serve if there is humanity to appreciate the beauty of science? It therefore means that human service is very fundamental field in any human race. This field requires support from every relevant stakeholder in order to make its contribution recognizable globally. For instance, the case of flooding and civil war, the major sector which has been in the fore front to restore the sanctity of humanity is the human service industry (Neukrug, 2016). Some of the individuals in this sector have philosophy statements which are very comprehensive and informin ...

1. Week 1 Assignment
Application: Human Services Philosophy Statement and
Portfolio
Week 2 Assignment
Application: Artifact—Case Management Plan
Week 3 Assignment
Application: Artifact—Professional Statement on Interviewing
Week 4 Assignment
Application: Artifact—Logic Model
Running head: Assignment 1
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Assignment 1
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Human Services Philosophy Statement
Linda Dotson
Walden University
Human Services Philosophy Statement
Introduction
The same way engineers and architects rely heavily on blue
prints in order to understand the nature of their work and
communicate to other people effectively what they are capable
of, is the same way human services professional depend on the
philosophy statements to communicate their professionalism in

2. their line of work. One segment of this philosophy statement is
the portfolio which tells a lot about a student or any
professional for it can be used to quickly assess a person’s
expertise, values, experiences and even some social, cultural
and ethics of a person. Therefore, a portfolio forms a very
crucial part of the philosophy statements which dictates any
informs a lot about any professional in the human services
sector.
Many scholars in the recent? have all agreed that the best way
to do a quick assessment on both students and even those who
are already in the field of human services is by understanding
their
educational, professional and ethical values of a person
summarized by one’s portfolio (Gray, Dean, Agllias, Howard, &
Schubert, 2015). Therefore, when developing a portfolio one
should tackle the three key components which are the purpose
the portfolio is intended to serve, the definition of what
expertise the person may have accrued over their educational
period and finally the pragmatics which is very important and
the language one uses in delivering their information matters a
lot. It promotes the development of skills and knowledge that
might be the very key in the implementation of individual
compiling the portfolio.
Human services in the recent past have been given little
recognition globally but the role the sector plays in human is
very pivotal. Since so many praises can be given to engineers,
lawyers or even doctor but the human service industry will
forever remain the backbone of humanity for without it there
can never be other fields of study which rely on humanity as
they serve the human needs. But ideally of what purpose could
science serve if there is humanity to appreciate the beauty of
science? It therefore means that human service is very
fundamental field in any human race.
This field requires support from every relevant stakeholder in
order to make its contribution recognizable globally. For
instance, the case of flooding and civil war, the major sector

3. which has been in the fore front to restore the sanctity of
humanity is the human service industry (Neukrug, 2016). Some
of the individuals in this sector have philosophy statements
which are very comprehensive and informing. Hence in
philosophy statement development one should clearly
understand the purpose his or her portfolio for it determines and
tell
more about who one is.
In summary, it can be said that human service is a very
important aspect of humanity and a professional field which
should be given the right attention it deserves just like other
sectors of service industry. Also, portfolios are equally
important in allowing professional and students alike to
summarize what they could have learnt in their respective field
of choice. This kind of information helps assessors to create
linkage between the student or a professional and their
portfolios.
References
Gray, M., Dean, M., Agllias, K., Howard, A., & Schubert, L.
(2015). Perspectives on neoliberalism for human service
professionals. Social Service Review, 89(2), 368-392.
Neukrug, E. S. (2016). Theory, practice, and trends in human
services: An introduction. Cengage Learning.
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4. Running head: ASSIGNMENT 3
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ASSIGNMENT 3
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Assignment 3
Walden University
Linda Dotson
Professor Vermillion
Capstone
December 15, 2019
Assignment 3
Interviewing is a fundamental skill in the field of human
services. Human services professionals have to make daily
choices on the specific interviewing strategies
to use. This helps them to best meet the needs of a wide
diversity of clients. This paper examines the purpose of
knowing and using different styles of an interview. The paper
also explores the kinds of specific behaviors a professional
would engage in while conducting interviews.
A human services professional helps clients by providing the
required daily support. Effective interviewing skills enable
human services professionals to communicate with clients and
quickly ascertain the problems they face. Human services
professionals usually spend a lot of time interviewing clients
and trying to assist them. A human services professional can
either chose to use either structured interviews or unstructured
interviews. This depends on the situation of the client being
interviewed
.
Structured interviews involve reading the questions exactly as
they appear in the interview guide. The type of questions asked
in a structured interview is often fixed (close-ended) in
advance, though open-ended questions can also be included. A

5. structured interview also standardizes the order in which
questions are asked by the human services professional. The
questions asked are always answered within the same context.
The purpose of the structured interviews is to ensure that each
interview is presented with exactly the same questions in the
same order. This will ensure that answers can be reliably
aggregated hence the counselor
can be able to easily find out the solution to the problem facing
the client.
Unstructured interviews help the human services professional to
understand the behavior of individuals (Doody & Noonan,
2013). The questions asked to occur in a natural course of an
interaction between the human services professional and the
client. The human services professional follow the narrations of
a respondent then comes up with questions from them, although
the professional may have a list of questions as a guideline.
Unstructured interviews are undertaken for the purpose of
collecting data about the cognitive processes and experiences of
a client (Jones, 2010). The questions asked by the human
services professional are largely unscripted. The human services
professional aims at collecting data that may help him/her to
effectively address the needs of the client.
The human services professional should have a well-developed
understanding of an issue facing the client (Bui et al., 2015).
This will allow him/her to come up with a highly structured
interview guide that will provide a client with meaningful,
appropriate and relevant response categories to choose from for
each question. Structured interviews are, therefore, appropriate
to be used when there is an adequate understanding of a
problem facing the client (Tolin et
al., 2018).
Unstructured interviews might be used there is a need to allow
clients to give their own answers. It is also suitable when there

6. is a need to modify questions depending on the answers given
by the clients. Questions can also be added or eliminated in the
course of the interview. Unstructured interviews might also be
used when there is a need to allow clients to answer questions
asked in some profundity with their own choice of words. This
can in turn aid the professional to have an insight on how the
client understands the issues facing him
/her. Unstructured interviews might also be suitable when there
is a need to create qualitative data. Finally, I can use the
unstructured interview when I want to inquire more about the
issues facing the client. This will give me an opportunity to get
an in-depth understanding and clarification.
It is important for a human service professional to analyze first
the problem presented
by the client. This will enable him to understand the problem
and also examine the extent of the problem. This is also
significant in determining the appropriate interviewing
technique to be adopted by the professionals. Human services
professionals should always strive to use the types of interviews
that are appropriate for the client. This will enable human
services professionals to come up with the best
recommendations for solving the problem facing a client.
References
Bui, E., Mauro, C., Robinaugh, D. J., Skritskaya, N. A., Wang,
Y., Gribbin, C., ... & Zisook, S. (2015). The structured clinical
interview for complicated grief: reliability, validity, and
exploratory factor analysis. Depression and anxiety, 32(7), 485-
492.
Doody, O., & Noonan, M. (2013). Preparing and conducting
interviews to collect data.
Jones, K. D. (2010). The unstructured clinical interview.
Journal of Counseling & Development, 88(2), 220–226.
Tolin, D. F., Gilliam, C., Wootton, B. M., Bowe, W., Bragdon,

7. L. B., Davis, E., ... & Hallion, L. S. (2018). Psychometric
properties of a structured diagnostic interview for DSM-5
anxiety, mood, and obsessive-compulsive and related
disorders. Assessment, 25(1), 3-13.
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interview would need to be documented.
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interview will allow the use of open-ended questions. These
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8. Running head: LOGIC MODEL
LOGIC MODEL
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Logic model
Linda Dotson
Walden University
December 22, 2019
Logic Model
Introduction
The Mississippi Department of Human Service covers a wider
scope with human services concerns. The services include; child
support, community services, early childhood care and services
among other critical divisions. Basing on the social problems,
the logic model analysis hooked? on youth services.
Division of Youth Services, runs the juvenile correctional
facilities (DeFosset, A. R., Schooley, T. S., Abrams, L. S., Kuo,
T., & Gase
, L. N., 2017). However, it has been noted that a large number
of children committed to the training schools were found to be
non-vicious reprobates. Initially, a judge could instruct a child
to commit to a training school due to trivial felony. Regarding
the review of this department, with the aid of logic model, the
study will analyze to determine the chief strengths and
subsequently look into the insufficiencies in its dimensions and
practice associated to serving, caring and achieving perpetuity
for children under its protection (DeFosset, A. R., Schooley, T.
S., Abrams, L. S., Kuo, T., & Gase, L. N., 2017)..
The activities employed will be building a partnership of

9. decision makers from the top leadership to the bottom from
administrators to caseworkers by assessing, and making reviews
of documents such as agency guidelines, reports as well as the
training manuals among others. Analysis, of a caseworker job
load is finally a study of caseworkers concerning service
requirements and accessibility. The above will be followed by
introducing the new integrated programs which will include
adding additional staff to reduce work load for both the
caseworker and the supervisors, conducting training programs,
this is meant to acquaint the staff with the necessary skill and
competencies to handle the cases and also acquisition of the
right technology.
The above activities are perceived to and create and integration
of juvenile care, and subsequently seamless communication and
teamwork among the workers this would result in an efficient
and effective division. The new staffing programs and proper
remuneration is perceived to attract fresh human capital, this
will in turn cartelize festiveness and professionalism in
handling the juveniles.
The previewed outcomes proper training for the juveniles could
become integrated (Wu et al., 2019). The issues of a non-violent
offenders instructed to take training sessions is well addressed.
The training of the staff well highlights degree of offenses that
could be referred to juvenile correction facilities. Furthermore,
there can be a coalition that may link the new programs to
validate the correctional facilities goals. To crown it all, there
is a perceived well sustained program as the process
incorporates all the stakeholders of the division. The process
evaluation is well structured and articulated, thus it is attainable
(Wu et al., 2019). This will help to encourage the development
of the society, since that the workers are well trained and
empowered to handle the juvenile with utmost professionalism.
This can produce well trained and corrected individuals that can
impact positively in the community.
Conclusion

10. A logic model can be an effective scheduling and assessment
tool, it is
a critical project management source that can immensely
alleviate the likelihood that a project goals will be reached
consistent according to the objective. The model is able to aid
in facilitating a network evaluation process and correspondingly
engage leadership and project members effectively.
Table 1
References
Wu, H., Shen, J., Jones, J., Gao, X., Zheng, Y., & Krenn, H
. Y. (2019). Using logic model and visualization to conduct
portfolio evaluation. Evaluation and program planning, 74, 69-
75.
DeFosset, A. R., Schooley, T. S., Abrams, L. S., Kuo, T., &
Gase, L. N. (2017). Describing theoretical underpinnings in
juvenile justice diversion: A case study explicating Teen Court
program theory to guide research and practice. Children and
Youth Services Review, 73, 419-429.
Output
The number of service units delivered.
Integrating patient care
Communication and collaboration between workers hence
resulting to communities of practicing clinicians
Attracting new patients to GLA

11. Funding a two-year pilot grant
Some of these may be activities.
Effective process for psychiatric screening for homeless
patients
Outcomes
Homeless project were? integrated
The issues of homeless veterans were addressed due to
institutional barriers
There was creation of coalition and linking the project to
legitimate VA-wide goals
Good sustained program maintenance, process evaluation and
encouraging development of communities.

12. Activities
Building a coalition of decision makers
Introduction of a new integrated program
Inputs
The decision to implement
Initial implementation
Sustained maintenance
Termination or transformation
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Running head: CASE MANAGEMENT
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CASE MANAGEMENT
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Case management
Linda Dotson
Walden University
Case Management
Cate is a 19-year-old girl, who lives with his mother, Taylor,
and step-father, David in Detroit. Cate’s mother, Taylor works
three jobs to be able to pay all the bills including her daughter’s
school fees. Her husband, David is a jobless drunkard who is
often violent and rude. He has been sexually assaulting Cate.
Due to the absence of her mother, Cate could not get to her
concerning the issue and thus she found comfort in drugs. As a
result, Cate’s performance deteriorated and pushed her peers
away by being a loner. Some of the challenges Cate suffers on a
daily basis include parent (mother) absenteeism, lack of basic
needs due to the limited resources, as well as psychological
trauma (Penzenstadler, Machado, Thorens, Zullino, & Khazaal,
2017).
The case Management;

14. Clients’ name: Cate
Age: 19-years-old
Gender: Female
Problem description
Strategies
Goals
Outcome
Cate has two major problems. One is the fact that her stepfather
is taking advantage of her sexually and the second problem is
her constant use of illegal substances.
To aid her to heal, some treatment strategies could be
implemented. Such include basic education on the dangers of
substance abuse. Counseling could also assist in this matter as
well as sexual harassment by her stepfather. Encouraging cate
to participate in extra-curricular activities could help keep her
mind engaged thus no thoughts of using drugs.
Attending seminars in relation to sexual harassment and joining
support groups could also be of help (Joo, & Huber, 2015).
-Establish a stronger relationship with her mother and opening
up to her in relation to being sexually harassed by her
stepfather.
-Improve her academic performance.
-Get to forgive her stepfather.
-Engage in physical activities and interact more with peers.
Upon the achievement of these goals, Cate will find peace with
herself as well as persons around her. She will be able to
interact with her peers and also improve her academic
performance.
Clients’ name: Taylor
Age: 39-years-old
Gender: Female
Problem description
Strategies

15. Goals
Outcome
Taylor is a busy woman who hardly has time to spend with her
daughter. The key problem is her absenteeism in her daughter’s
life.
A strategy that could be implemented is the formulation of
activities that Taylor could use to spend more time with Cate
such as swimming. This way, Taylor will be able to get to know
Cate a little bit more.
-Improve her relationship with her daughter.
-Creating time to interact with Cate
-Being Cate’s confidant.
Achieving these set goals, Taylor’s relationship with Cate will
gradually improve. Also, she would be in a better position to
notice any changes in relation to her daughter.
Taylor would also help her daughter in the process of healing
from the trauma.
Clients’ name: David
Age: 38-years-old
Gender: Male
Problem description
Strategies
Goals
Outcome
David is a drunkard who sexually assaults his step-daughter.
David requires rehabilitation for the over-use of alcohol.
Legal action ought to be taken for sexually harassing Cate
(Penzenstadler et al., 2017).
David could also join forums that will educate him on matters
relating to businesses and gaining self-employment.
-Quit abusing alcohol.
-Face the legal punishment allocated to him.

16. -Seek forgiveness from both Cate and Taylor.
-Find a job or start up a business.
After achieving these goals, David would be able to find a job
and repair his relationship with his stepdaughter.
The case management plan, generally describes how the issue at
hand should be handled to achieve the optimum best results.
Joining support groups, such as Alcohol Anonymous for David,
will aid in accomplishing the set goals for all the clients. Also,
social relations and interaction will be of help to the clients,
through which Cate will be able to interact with her peers as
well as her mother, David will openly speak of his alcohol
addiction and gain support from both friends and family.
Maintaining a commitment towards the set goals will generally
improve the quality of life of the clients (Joo, & Huber, 2015).
References
Joo, J. Y., & Huber, D. L. (2015). Community‐based case
management effectiveness in populations that abuse
substances. International nursing review, 62(4), 536-546.
Penzenstadler, L., Machado, A., Thorens, G., Zullino, D., &
Khazaal, Y. (2017). Effect of case management interventions
for patients with substance use disorders: a systematic
review. Frontiers in psychiatry, 8, 51.