Paine College Consultation Supervision and Advocacy Plan Introduction For this assignment, imagine you have been contacted by an agency in your community

Paine College Consultation Supervision and Advocacy Plan Introduction

For this assignment, imagine you have been contacted by an agency in your community to provide consultation on how they might improve their services to clients. The agency is concerned that clients with serious counseling issues are “falling between the cracks” when they are referred to others in the community for intensive treatment. Furthermore, the brief aftercare they provide is not accessible enough to sufficiently support clients as they re-integrate into the community.

INSTRUCTIONS

Use the Consultation, Supervision, and Advocacy Plan Template to complete this assignment. Using your studies in Units 7, 8, and 9, as well as ideas you have gathered from your peers in the discussions, address the following in your assignment:

Identify a population with mental health counseling needs as well as other needs, for example:
People experiencing chronic or severe mental illnesses who also experience homelessness.
Children with medical needs who also experience high anxiety.
Elderly individuals who are socially isolated and depressed.
Chemically dependent persons with recurring mental health crises.
Evaluate how the group you identified has been served in the history of clinical mental health counseling.
Describe the agency that is requesting consultation, specifying where their services are located within the continuum of care available in the community. Briefly outline the services they provide, such as outpatient services, inpatient services, partial hospitalization, or aftercare, and describe the other professionals or entities to whom they can refer clients for coordinated care.
Identify and describe the consultation theory, model, and strategies you would propose use to assist the agency in improving coordinated services for their clients.
Propose a counseling supervision model for the agency that describes roles and strategies for maintaining ethical and consistent client care.
Recommend additional steps professionals at the agency could take to advocate at the state or national level to reduce barriers that impede access, equity, and success for their client population.

Review the scoring guide linked in the Resources area to make sure you understand how this assignment will be graded.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Your paper should meet the following requirements:

Written communication: Compose your paper to concisely and clearly address each topic, with correct grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.
Length of paper: 3–5 typed, double-spaced pages, not including the title page and reference page.
References: Be sure to correctly cite and reference at least three sources.
APA formatting: Follow current APA guidelines for style and formatting, as well as for citing your resources in the body of your paper and on the References page.
Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point. [BRIEF VERSION OF THE TITLE, ALL CAPS]
NOTE: After including your own information, delete brackets on this page and the next.
Delete this note after reading.
Consultation, Supervision, and Advocacy Plan
[Author First Name MI. Last Name]
[Course Number and Name]
[Date]
Capella University
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[BRIEF VERSION OF THE TITLE, ALL CAPS]
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Consultation, Supervision, and Advocacy Plan
This is your paper’s introduction (one paragraph). An effective introduction prepares the
reader by identifying the purpose of the paper and providing the organization of the paper. Note
that this paragraph does not have a heading; its position at the beginning of the body of the paper
indicates that it is the introduction. Instead, include the title of your paper centered at the top of
the page, not bolded. In the body of your paper, indent the first line of each paragraph. Double
space throughout (with no extra spaces between paragraphs) and use 12-point Times New
Roman. For the purposes of this assessment, simply replace this text with a brief paragraph in
your own words stating what this paper will cover, thus cuing the reader as to what will follow.
Serving [Your Selected Population]
Identify a population with mental health counseling needs as well as other needs, for
example, children with medical needs who also experience high anxiety, or chemically
dependent persons with recurring mental health crises. Briefly describe how counseling can
benefit this population.
In another paragraph, concisely evaluate how this group has been served in the history of
clinical mental health counseling, including key events that have influenced counseling services
available for this population. This section should be in third-person voice.
Counseling Services across the Continuum of Care
Describe the agency that is requesting consultation, briefly outlining the services they
provide. Identify where their services fit within the continuum of care available in the
community.
In a second paragraph, identify and describe the other professionals or entities to whom
they can refer clients with needs that you identified in the previous section for coordinated care,
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including outpatient services, inpatient services, partial hospitalization, and aftercare options.
Consultation Plan
Describe a concise plan for consulting with the agency. Include the specific consultation
theory, model, and strategies you would propose to assist the agency in improving coordinated
services for their clients with the counseling needs you described in the first section of this paper.
Supervision Plan
Describe a concise counseling supervision model for the agency. Include identification of
the roles involved as well as specific supervision strategies for maintaining ethical and consistent
client care within the agency. Consider whether specific types or opportunities for supervision
will be needed by those caring for the population you chose as the focus for this assignment.
Advocacy Steps to Reduce Barriers for Clients
In the final section of your plan, recommend several additional steps professionals at the
agency could take to advocate at the state or national level to reduce barriers that impede access,
equity, and success for the specific client population you chose as the focus for this assignment.
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References
[Include the sources that you cited, using hanging indentation. The reference below provides
example citations for an article, book, and website. Your syllabus also contains examples
of how to cite the resources used in the course.]
Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume
# (issue #), xx–xx.
Erford, B. T. (2018). Orientation to the counseling profession: Advocacy, ethics, and essential
professional foundations (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Pearson.
Mental Health America. (2012, June). Position statement 33: Substance use, abuse, or
dependence and co-occurring interactive disorders. Retrieved from
http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/positions/co-occurring

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