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Analysis Of MERS Goodwill: Lippmann Counseling And Rehabilitation Services

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This disquisition includes a complete overview of the agency, MERS Goodwill: Lippmann Counseling and Rehabilitation Services, and the services they offer. The agency has been around for years, servicing people with disabilities and allowing the people to be able to work at jobs suitable. MERS Goodwill is the second top rank non-profit agency in the St. Louis area. The aspects explored are the ends and out of the company, what it takes to receive services, and how the agency correlates with the fundamentals of human service. Major components about the agency such as the goals, challenges, target populations, funding, and policy legislations, will be addressed. The paper will also include specific codes of ethics, followed by theoretical basic …show more content…

The reasons for choosing this agency are because I am currently a part-time employer as a job coach and because I highly believe in the core values of this agency. The person’s interviewed were the Assistant Vice President of Program Services at Lippman Center and the Job Coaching Coordinator. The interview concluded of both employers being asked a series of questions that outlined and assessed the purpose of the services the agency provides to the community. MERS stands for Metropolitan Employment and Rehabilitation Services. “MERS was incorporated in October 1940 as Jewish Employment & Vocational Service to help those in greatest need by providing desired employment and community services. Goodwill was founded in 1902 in Boston by a young Methodist minister. His chapel provided a place where goods were exchanged, repaired and refurbished. Missouri Goodwill was established in 1918” (About Us, …show more content…

A reason that this approach will be beneficial is because the clients, in which MERS Goodwill serve, need a lot of positive reinforcement to know that they are excelling on the job. The services also allow the clients to practice social learning. It is important to view each client as a professional in training. Every client that the agency serves must understand a connection between thinking, feeling, and behaving. It will help develop social and communication skills, and fully prepare them for the

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