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¶ … political, social, and/or technological factors that influence contemporary human services organizations and explain how. Then explain how these factors might pose challenges to human services administrators. Be specific.
Political, social, and technological factors affecting human services
Not so long ago, it was assumed that most young adults would become financially independent after college or even high school. However, fewer and fewer college graduates can expect to get a job immediately after graduation that will enable them to live independently of their parents. More and more adults are seeing their children come home to live with them. This creates a financial and emotional strain for many families. What is considered 'adulthood' has been pushed ahead to one's mid-twenties, even mid-thirties. Even under the law, children are eligible to be covered under their parents' health insurance long after they have gained the right to vote and to...
Human services departments have reconstructed 'entry level' positions as unpaid internships rather than paying positions. This is sometimes presented as a 'win-win' situation, given that the company gains free labor, and the young employee gains experience he or she can put on a resume. Critics of this practice, however, state that this postpones financial independence indefinitely, forcing students with high levels of debt to work without pay. Why should a college graduate be grateful to 'make copies' and do routine tasks to gain experience, which is often the traditional duty of a student intern?
The government is exercising greater scrutiny of for-profit employers who offer paid internships. "If you're…
The government is exercising greater scrutiny of for-profit employers who offer paid internships. "If you're a for-profit employer or you want to pursue an internship with a for-profit employer, there aren't going to be many circumstances where you can have an internship and not be paid and still be in compliance with the law," which states "the internship should be similar to the training given in a vocational school or academic institution, that the intern does not displace regular paid workers and that the employer 'derives no immediate advantage' from the intern's activities -- in other words, it's largely a benevolent contribution to the intern" (Greenhouse 2010). When using unpaid interns, human resource departments must be very mindful of how they structure such programs, to ensure that they are mutually beneficial for students and the company. The cultural trend to extend adulthood has not changed the law, namely that unpaid interns cannot be given the work of lower-level employees yet be expected to work for free.
Employers, however, have complained that the 'millennial' generation is more immature and less prepared for the demands of the workplace, and this is reflected in the tasks allocated to them. A common allegation against millennials is: " they've been blessed with parents and grandparents laying the foundation to give them a better life...But that hunger is not really in them. But the desire for success is. They want to make money but don't want to put in the required hours or effort" (Shapira 2010). Given such complaints, thorough training in workplace etiquette and an organizational work ethic is essential for new hires, regardless of the caliber of school they may have attended. If internships are used, they must still prepare workers for the workplace.
If social forces are extending adulthood, another trend affecting human services
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As Pressman states, "Given what has later become known about the delicacies of brain function and the complexities of psychiatric illness, it strains credulity that such a crude procedure as the original lobotomies might truly have yielded therapeutic benefits for a great many patients." (Pressman1998, 195) This also refers to the fact that some medical theories are favored at certain times and not others. This suggests the relativity rather