ABSTRACT

This article presents the conceptual underpinnings of a homelessness intervention program, accompanied by a social work course, that provide direct services and cause advocacy with and on behalf of people experiencing homelessness. A program goal is to educate students in social work, medicine, law, pharmacy, public health, and nursing about systemic causes and human consequences of homelessness, while teaching students skills for providing trauma informed care while simultaneously pursuing mezzo and macro-level systems change. The program’s and course’s evolution and efforts to collect evaluation data are described. In detailing the iterative process that spawned the still evolving program and course, the article illuminates person-centered ways to teach about homelessness, social work practice, interprofessional teamwork, humility, flexibility, and persistence.

摘要

本文介绍了无家可归者干预计划的概念基础，并附有社会工作课程，该课程提供直接服务并与经历无家可归的人并代表他们提供倡导。该计划的目标是教育学生从事社会工作，医学，法律，药学，公共卫生以及无家可归的系统性原因和人类后果的护理，同时教给学生技能，以提供创伤知情的护理，同时追求中等水平和宏观水平的制度变革。描述了该计划和课程的发展以及收集评估数据的努力。在详细介绍不断演变的计划和课程的迭代过程中，本文阐明了以人为中心的方法，以教授无家可归者，社会工作实践，职业间的团队合作，谦卑，灵活，