Instructions:Follow this outline precisely.Be brief and factual in your answers.Use agency charts where possible, e.g., budget, organizational chart for staffing pattern. Do not insert charts in lieu of the narrative presentation. If a chart is not available, you may create one to summarize the information.Use the latest available data, e.g. annual report.Locate key people who will help you find the information for this assignment and interview them.4-6 pages, excluding charts. Use APA format.Purpose:The purpose of this assignment is to help you understand and think critically about the agency in which you have your field internship, its place within a field of practice, its organizational purpose, structure, and function and, particularly, the specific program or service unit to which you are assigned. It is designed to help you get a beginning “feel” for what it is like to be a worker with a client in your agency or program.Part I. Agency Mission and Organizational StructureA. Values and PolicyFind and summarize your agency’s mission. Briefly state what values underlie this mission statement. Link 1-2 core values from the NASW Code of Ethics to agency values.Identify a state or federal policy issue that is relevant to clients served by your agency and to recommended client services..B. Organizational StructureProgram: Identify the specific program in which you work. Program, as used here, refers to the particular program in which you are working in your agency, for example, (the program of) Foster Care in the (agency) Department of Social Services. Identifying a program does not apply to all internship sites, e.g. if you are placed in a school, the school is your agency and you don’t have a specific program beyond that.Area served: What is the catchment or geographic area served by your agency?Organizational structure: What is the organizational structure of your program? Provide organizational chart if possible.Define and describe the Advisory Board and/or Board of Directors for yourWhat is the composition of the administrative staff and other direct service staffIdentify the support staff positions (e.g. office manager, secretary, receptionist)Funding pattern: How is the program funded? What are the various sources of f
unds? Is your program’s budgeting adequate? Are there funding problems?agency using an organizational chart, if available. Discuss function of board. Doclients serve on this board? Use position titles, not employee names, to discussthe structure.of your program, including the professional disciplines.in your program and describe their functions.Part II. Population ServedA. Provide information on clients served (in your program) using percentages (%). Compare and contrast these factors for clients and agency staff; for example, 20% of clients are Hispanic and 2% of the staff is Hispanic.Age groupsRacial and Ethnic CompositionGenderSocioeconomic classB. Identify the specific problems clients bring to your programs? What kind(s) of oppression do your programs’ clients deal with?What are the predominant referral sources? What groups are officially and unofficially reached?Part III: EvaluationAgency Evaluation: Describe evaluation or outcome measures used in your program or agency.Preliminary Observations: What are your initial impressions of the strengths and limitations of your program?
Grading Guide for Field Agency PaperName: _____________________Possible ScoreYour ScorePart I. Agency Values & Policy and Organizational Structure40A. Values and Policy20Summary of agency mission and valuesState/federal policy issueComparison of your values and agency valuesIdentification of public laws that impact delivery of agency services.B. Organizational Structure20Identification of the specific program in which you workIdentification of catchment area or geographic boundaries of areaservedInclusion of agency charts (organizational)Identification of organizational structure and staffing patterns (at all levels)Funding PatternIdentification of community/interagency interactionsPart II. Population Served40Describe the client population served in your programIdentification of the predominant referral sources30Age groupsRacial and Ethnic CompositionGenderSocioeconomic classIdentification of specific problems clients bring to your program & oppression.10Part III. Evaluation10Agency evaluationInitial impression of strengths and limitations of programOther: conformity to directions, APA style, overall appearance, correct grammar, etc.10Final Grade100