As future counseling and human services managers, you will encounter gaps between
how you understand and integrate social justice within your work. Specific barriers can
include but not limited to the following:
• Limited organizational culture which includes limited knowledge of social change
• Poor hiring tactics related to implications on American with Disabilities, Equal
Employment Opportunity Act, and LGBTQ community
• Limited to no education on the value of social justice within human services
agencies
• Lack or limited technology
• Legal and ethical dilemmas
• Mis-aligned organizational structure including ineffective board members
Instructions:
From the barriers mentioned above or in your present or future counseling or human
services agency which particular barriers might you encounter as a manager? Your
written assignment will consist of a paper discussing four of the barriers in detail. Based
on what you know now, what possible challenges can you identify to overcome the
barriers?
