Community Service and Leadership Values

In pursuing an advanced degree in human services, it is important to consider how your leadership values align to the organization in which you work. Leadership values, such as respect, integrity, and humility, will ultimately guide your decision-making and help the organization achieve its goals.

In this Discussion, you imagine yourself as a leader of the organization where you will complete your community service this week. As you do so, you identify leadership values that you would emphasize given the organization’s outreach and humanitarian efforts. 

Resources

RESOURCES/ REFERENCES

• Žydžiūnaitė, V. (2018).Leadership values and values based leadership: What is the main focus?Links to an external site. Applied Research in Health and Social Sciences: Interface and Interaction, 15(1), 43-58.  https://doi.org/10.2478/arhss-2018-0005Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
  Click the weekly resources link to access the resources. 

• Schram, B., Mandell, B.R., Dann, P.L., & Peterson, L. (2020). An introduction to human services: Policy and practice (9th ed.). Pearson.
  • Chapter 10, “Working with Groups” (pp. 255–276)
• Slesnick, N., Feng, X., Guo, X., Brakenhoff, B., Carmona, J., Murnan, A., Cash, S., & McRee, A.-L. (2016). A test of outreach and drop-in linkage versus shelter linkage for connecting homeless youth to servicesLinks to an external site.. Prevention Science, 17(4), 450–460. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-015-0630-3Links to an external site.
• Visser, M., Mills, M., Heyse, L., Wittek, R., & Bollettino, V. (2016). Work-life balance among humanitarian aid workersLinks to an external site.. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 45(6), 1191–1213. https://doi.org/10.1177/0899764016634890Links to an external site.
• Walden University, LLC. (2020b). Hart CityLinks to an external site. [Interactive media]. Walden University Canvas. https://waldenu.instructure.com

Note: Visit the Hart City Rescue Mission Homeless Shelter and view the scenario about outreach and humanitarian work. 

• You may find these websites helpful for identifying face-to-face community service opportunities:
  
  • All for Good. (2020). https://www.allforgood.org/Links to an external site.
  • Give Pulse. (2020). https://www.givepulse.com/Links to an external site.
  • Just Serve. (2020a). https://www.justserve.org/Links to an external site.
  • United Way. (n.d.). Get involved. https://www.unitedway.org/get-involved/volunteerLinks to an external site.
  • Volunteer Match. (2020a). https://www.volunteermatch.orgLinks to an external site.
  • Walden University Career Planning and Development. (2020). Volunteer opportunities and internships [Multimedia file] https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/careerservices/jobandinternshipsearch/volunteerinternshipLinks to an external site.
    • Note: Click Volunteer Opportunities.
• You may find these websites helpful for identifying virtual community service opportunities:
  
  • Catchafire. (2020). https://www.catchafire.org/Links to an external site.
  • Just Serve. (2020b). Discover volunteer opportunities. https://www.justserve.org/projects?advanced=full&keywords=&volunteerRemotelyLinks to an external site.
  • UN Volunteers. (n.d.). Retrieved June 15, 2020, from https://www.onlinevolunteering.orgLinks to an external site.
  • Volunteer Match. (2020b). Virtual volunteer opportunities: Volunteer from anywhere. https://www.volunteermatch.org/virtual-volunteering

To Prepare

• Review your Course Announcements for possible information related to this week’s Discussion and Assignment.
• Review the Learning Resources on outreach and humanitarian work.
• Reflect on the organization where you will complete community service this week and how the organization’s outreach and humanitarian efforts serve the target population.
• Read the article on leadership values. Imagine you are a leader at the organization where you will perform community service. Identify at least three leadership values you would emphasize given the organization’s outreach and humanitarian efforts.

By Day 4

Post a brief description of the organization for which you will complete community service this week. Then, explain how the organization’s outreach and humanitarian efforts serve the target population. Finally, imagine you are a leader in the organization. Given the organization’s outreach and humanitarian efforts, describe at least three leadership values you would emphasize and explain why. 

By Day 6