Earn these career-relevant skills in weeks, not years.
- Describe the legal aspects that drive human service policy and practice.
- Explain the application of statutory, administrative, and case law within the context of human services.
- Describe forensic practice and its role in the criminal justice system.
- Apply the legal requirements of valid informed consent and duty to warn.
- Explain the difference between strict scrutiny and minimal scrutiny.
- Describe the importance of human service workers knowledge and requirements of serving legally protected classes.
- Explain advocacy as it relates to legally protected classes in the criminal justice system.
- Describe at-risk families and interventions within the criminal justice system.
- Identify the factors courts consider in determining the best interests of the child in at-risk situations.
- Identify legal presumption as it relates to at-risk families.
- Describe the relationship between domestic abuse and the cycle of violence as it relates to the role of the human service worker.
- Explain the use and limitation of a protective order.
- Describe the ABC Model of Crisis Intervention.
- Identify the core areas of intervention within the criminal justice system.
- Describe the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) process.
- Identify the constitutional rights afforded to adults and juveniles.
- Describe the various roles human service workers can play in relation to enforcing constitutional rights.
- Explain the legal criteria for civil commitment, competency to stand trial, and Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity (NGRI).
