Working+Collaboratively+With+Social+Service+Systems

Working Collaboratively

with Social Service Systems

In what capacity do you work with

social service systems?

What has been your experience

so far?

Advocacy Skills

1. If the client is comfortable, the client is the best advocate for themselves.

Advocacy Skills

2. We refer people to people, not people to services or people to agencies.

Advocacy Skills

3. Do your homework.–Awareness of rights and

responsibilities–Knowing where to go for help

Advocacy Skills

4. Be Assertive, not Aggressive•Use your voice, but use it correctly•be clear about the client’s needs and

considerations, even to yourself•encourage clients to use the “I”

statement, and when working with clients, present a united front

•don’t ask if the client can....state what the client needs

Advocacy Skills

5. Follow Through•hold up your end of any agreement

•know your recourse – Documentation!!!

•collapse your timelines by being around people with the same goal•only agree to what you can produce

Advocacy Skills6. Effective Negotiation•be flexible•be open to other ideas•keep the end goal in mind•make clear choices and decisions – know that when you say yes to something, what are you saying no to and vice versa

Important Websites

ipac.aclink.org

•Once this page has loaded, click on “Clubs and Organizations”

•Keyword search “domestic violence,” “anger management,” and “sexual assault”

Important Websites

www.michie.com/nj/

•Find the regulation that is NJAC 10:122: 8-6

•Find the regulation that is NJAC 10:126:6-11

•Find the regulation that is NJAC 10A:31-13.10

•Find the regulation that is NJAC 10:130-2.10

•Find the regulation that is NJAC 10:90-20.3

•Find the regulation that is NJAC 10:90-6.7

Thank You.

Erin O’Hanlon, Director of Community Initiatives

Atlantic County Women’s Center

PO Box 311, Northfield, NJ 08225

(609) 601-9925, ext. 201

erin.ohanlon@acwc.org