www.mcalisterrinc.org this is the place I will be touring. I will update once the tour is complete.
Community mental health centers are the cornerstone of providing services to individuals with mental and behavioral health needs. The environment that is set within these centers is grounded in ensuring that wellness is the primary objective in the treatment and programs offered. This assignment provides students with the opportunity to observe the impact that community mental health centers have on a client's success to recovery.
Instructions
- Observation: Students will select a community mental health center from their own community, research the agency’s background, discuss, critique, and evaluate through direct observation of the programs offered within the agency and services provided to clients. The observation must be a minimum of 45 minutes. Choose one or more of the following ways to observe a mental health center. If students cannot do the observation in person, they can call or Zoom for the observation. Tour or interview can include:
- Interview employees or volunteers
- Tour the facility
- Attend a board meeting or open house
- Speak directly to clients of the agency
- Reflection Paper: Students will then write a reflection paper on the observation and how the agency did or did not incorporate the recovery-orientated values within the programs offered at the agency. In the reflection, make sure to include:
- The name of the agency
- Mission, vision, and values of the agency.
- How the agency includes cultural competency and diversity for the entire agency environment (staff, volunteers, interns, clinicians and individuals who utilize the services.
- Prevention and intervention strategies
- Effectiveness of services reaching the population in need and how
- How the agency does or does not incorporate well-being and recovery
- A complete and accurate description of the observation.
Students will connect what they observe to the course or outside readings and cite sources in APA format.
Reflection Paper (minimum 5 pages with four sources which does not include resource and coverage page)