Title: Describe professional, legal, and safety issues that confront human services employees.
Course: Introduction to Family and Human Services (19001-18) > Section: Exploring the Human Services Career Pathways

Description should include issues such as

- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
- discrimination (race, age, pregnancy, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion) legislation
- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
- Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
- workplace harassment (under the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
- social security fraud
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
- workplace policies.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- How can one identify reliable information related to the human services industry's safety issues?
- What is the best way to create networking opportunities between family and community services?
- What are the consequences of deceptive human services practices on the family? Community?

Communication

- What is the best way to express concerns about ethical practices used in community services programs?
- What additional human services could create a positive change in the community?
- How can people working together help decrease harmful, deceptive, or fraudulent community services?

Leadership

- How can an employer encourage professionalism?
- How might a person's values interfere with making professional or ethical decisions in a service?
- How can one voice an opinion in the public forum? What is an example of when one might do this appropriately?

Management

- What resources are needed to analyze harmful and deceptive human services practices?
- How can unethical behavior by government offices and businesses affect the local community?