Immersion Week Reflective Paper : Neumann Family Services

Recently, at my internship I was involved in a re-placement foster home with a six-year old child unknowingly. Initially I was under the impression that I was transporting this young boy back to his original foster home, after a parenting time visit. However, I got more that what I bargain for. I was not given much information on the child, which I would later find out would have been conducive to my approach with the incident that occurred. While transporting this child, I discovered that the child was not prepped for his reassignment to a new foster home, as well as just recently had come into care. The young boy became extremely dismayed when he noticed I was not taking him to his previous foster home.

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They are many factors that can influence support of a person in achieving the outcomes and support they need. The following could have influence on what people are able to do by themselves, their dreams and hopes:

Her idea was to make sure that every child placed in the foster care system would receive appropriate care regardless of their background, past history or specific challenges. As part of their mission statement, this non-profit agency’s main focus is to recruit, train and support every family interested in adopting or fostering a child under Department of Child Safety’s (DCS) custody.

You Gotta Believe is one of the few organizations in the U.S and the only organization in the New York City Metro area that limits its practice to finding permanent parents and families for young adults, teens, and pre-teens in the foster care system. You Gotta Believe was founded in 1995 by Pat O’Brien, a Brooklynite working in New York City on preventing homelessness noticed a peculiar pattern: when reviewing surveys of adults in homeless shelters, he found that as many as 50% had spent time in foster care. Pat realized that youth who were leaving the foster care system had nowhere to go and were often finding themselves homeless. He thought it unrealistic to imagine that youth ages 18-21 would be prepared to make it on their own in today’s society after being turned out onto the streets by the foster care system. Those teens needed permanent parents just as much as younger youth who are most often considered ready for adoption. Working with a group of adoptive parents and young people who aged out of care, Pat conceived the idea of You Gotta Believe.

The focus of the local task force was primarily the physically handicapped incurring the handicap or disability at the age of twenty-six or later. However, the task force should not overlook the cognitive, intellectual, mental, sensory, and developmentally disabled. For example, nurses with experience in psychiatric, geriatrics, intellectual, and developmental disability can ensure this population is not neglected (Joel, 2006).

As Faith Community Nurses (FCNs), we advocate for the disable person. Knowing key resources for the members of our community will contribute to the success of our service. Thus, Internet is a tool used by the FCN to search and find organizations, get information on who they advocate for, know their mission and vision, contact individuals on the organization, and discuss concerns regarding individualized cases. Two advocacy websites called my attention when reviewing them in depth: The Center for Independent Living of South Florida, Inc. (CILSF) and the Victim Response, Inc.

Services that are offered by New Life include options counseling, adoption assistance, post-abortion support groups, parent education and resources. There are also support homes for pregnant women, interim foster care and a support group for parents who have placed their child for adoption.

In our competitive world, not everyone has the same opportunity to develop and gain access to resources leading to our career path. For many in the world, individuals are born in an environment or family that has less than others. Pursuing a career in a human relations means helping other individuals to gain access to those resources so they can continue to grow. The goal is to ensure that these individuals are capable of taking that knowledge and independently making something out of their experience. By advocating for clients, counselors will be able to build their self-efficacy and shine light towards many opportunities.

For centuries when a person was diagnosed with a disability they were institutionalized per the doctor’s request. There were many advancements in the 20th century in trying to get people who suffer from a disability the proper help they need. During the 1960s, “President Kennedy called for the deinstitutionalization of people with disabilities and increase in community services” (Disability Rights, 2012, p.6). President Kennedy wanted the community to come together to help assist people with a disability specifically mental retardation. Due to numerous laws enacted by the government, in today’s society the community gets involved in assisting people of all different types of disabilities. One of the ways they do this is through a special service dance. On September 27, 2014 in Tenafly at the Jewish Community Center, I attended the special service dance that is available for all different types of disabilities. This dance has a mix of high functioning and low functioning people with disabilities, from the ages of fourteen to twenty five. I choose to do the dance because many of the topics were covered in class were displayed at the dance.

Various programs designed to help this population cost based on the level of disabilities and the amount of care required for an individual. Quality programs range from $100 and above daily depending on the program and the client needs, and they are expected to attend those programs 5 days a week. This finding is not enough to care for the needs of this population and that is why majority of them who is currently receiving funding do not attend the programs regularly because the money is not enough to cover for 5 days a week programs. In order for this population to achieve their individual goals, they need to attend programs like the ones provided at Rosa’s Centre in order for them to develop more on their skills, and to maintain the knowledge and skills they have gain from high school. Transportation is another barrier this population and their caregivers is experiencing. Waiting list for transportation can be very lengthy as well, which then stop majority of this clients to attend

Heart Havens is Richmond’s premier provider of intensive residential services for adult with intellectual disabilities. Heart Haven’s mission is to empower, follow core values of respect, integrity, empathy and accountability. Heart Havens have a total of eleven homes nestled in great neighborhoods all across Virginia. The residents of these homes are encouraged to live as independently, and exclusively amongst their neighbors as possible. The residents are also supported with transportation needs, medical appointments, community integration activities, recreation and religious requests. The relationship they share with the community is vital to ensure the residents interact with a diverse population. The daily operations include;

I live in a family that participates in fostercare and adoption. Usually, we have eleven or more children living in our home. We have been involved with the foster care program for around five years now. About fifty different children have lived in our home! Every child that is within the foster care system is different, but I have personally seen many similarities throughout various children. Children in foster care have a great need for love, attention, and discipline.

Life Adjustments Centre, a non-profit organization opened its doors to the developmentally disabled patients in 1992. Its mission is to provide quality, state-of-the-art health care services. Services are provided by skilled personnel who feel that management has failed to cater to their needs (Maslow's hierarchy of needs). This has led to poor morale and high staff turnover. There needs to be a change in the Director’s leadership style, no time are taken to listen to their concerns and needs for performing their jobs. No individual discussions are held on various issues work related. He makes decisions with no regards for the worker’s opinion. Despite the poor treatment, those who have chosen to continue to feel that more can

As an adjunct privileged to have taught Social Work to both graduate and undergraduate students since 2003, my methods have evolved to suit the unique personality of each class, and to better engage and communicate with my students. Student learning is always my highest priority, and over time my teaching practice has become more interactive and student-centric, with less focus on me as the central figure.