Role of the Advocate

Catalog description

Students will attain and develop knowledge and skills needed to assess and analyze policies and the needs of client and client groups within the human services professions. Students will acquire skills to develop goals, design and implement a plan of action, and evaluate the outcomes of the plan and the impact on their client or client groups. Students will engage in policy practices to advance social and economic well-being to their clients and deliver effective advocacy services in the field of public welfare, aging, mental health, substance abuse, health, child welfare, and immigration.