MSW 5001 WEEK 7 Examine Mental Health and Developmental Disability Services in Your Community

 

Your task is to analyze the mental health and developmental disability services in your community. Assume you need to develop a pamphlet to help educate the community, which may consist of clients, potential clients, and family and loved ones trying to assist an individual in need. Most often, family and loved ones do not know where to turn for help.

As part of your pamphlet, address the following points:

  • Describe the services that are available for:
    • Mental health
    • Developmental disabilities
  • Assess the following services by neighborhoods
    • Accessibility
    • Staffing
    • Hours
    • Ethnic needs
  • Identify the types of service providers
    • Faith-based
    • Community clinic
    • Private
    • Group homes
    • Advocacy organizations 

 prepare a 1-2 page paper addressing your recommendation for one area of improvement.

Support your assignment with at least three scholarly resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including seminal articles, may be included. 

Length: 3-5 pages plus short video clip, not including title or reference pages