s and industry, correctional institutions, and in private practice.
The primary client population in the agencies is low income, neglected, and/or abused adults and children with a combination of social, medical, mental, learning, housing, employment and other disabilities and problems, depending on the specific focus of the agency. For exam -
รป D - eak Alzheimer's Care Center provides an environment specifically designed to support the confused person and those diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
The Inland Regional Center serves people with a developmental disability originating before age 18 which is a substantial handicap and is expected to continue indefinitely, such as mental retardation, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, autism, and other conditions found to require similar treatment.
The three private nonprofit agencies receive funding from a variety of sources including private payment, reimbursement from Medi-Cal, grant funding from the state, and private donations. Budgets are spare. Depending on the organization, salaries for social workers are more competitive at state and county facilities than at the private nonprofit agencies. At Guadalupe Homes Foster Family Agency, monthly salaries are significantly less.
All of the agencies must abide by state regulations, funding source guidelines, operational and administrative rules, and licensing restrictions. These rules and regulations apply to every facet of the agency's operation: eligibility criteria, program services, assessment and evaluation, state-mandated charges for specific services, public accessibility, accounting procedures, and records maintenance. The overall administrative and program operation and the services provided to each person using the facility must be documented in a circumscribed way.
Social worker must not only be competent and have strong clinical skills, but also have a f...