Looking for ResourcesTransferable skill: Critical ThinkingImproving thinking, including problem-solving and creativity, by applying intellectual standards such as clarity, precision, logic and reflection. In this profession, critical thinking is necessary for situations where the work must assess client needs and find appropriate resources. Human service workers are problem-solvers.Consider the following scenario:Janie is a 34-year old mother of three. At present, she is separated from her husband of six years. Her children are Chloe, age seven, Devin, age four and Brenden, age two. Janie is a full-time mom and stays home to care for her children. She lives in a 3-bedroom apartment and receives child-support assistance from her husband. Janie comes to your human service organization because she is struggling to manage behavioral disorders regarding her daughter Chloe. On several occasions the school has contacted Janie informing her that Chloe is acting out at school as evidenced by oppositional behavior with teachers, arguing and fighting with peers, and poor academic performance. Janie reports similar oppositional behavior at home and states that Chloe has frequent nightmares. Her four-year-old brother is beginning to show signs of oppositional behavior.Janie says that she is feeling overwhelmed and stressed in parenting her children. She complains of bouts of depression. She is also concerned that her husband’s child support is insufficient to sustain the family’s basic needs. Her husband rarely visits her or the children.You are the caseworker assigned to work with Janie. Your agency is limited in the services it provides. Your organization’s primary function is to screen clients who may qualify for specific types of financial assistance for school supplies, childcare items e.g. formula, diapers, clothing and discounted school lunches.In a 2-page address the following: Identify the key problems in this scenario. Provide a rationale for the problems that you have identified as being the most important to address.Having identified key problems, review services/agencies in your community that would be a good and appropriate match for your client. Describe the services provided and defend your decision to refer to these agencies.Discuss organizations or agencies that can provide the most services without the client having to be referred to multiple agencies. This is not always possible. Discuss options in your community (tampa bay florida) and identify any gaps in services.

Applying Project Management Approaches for a Quality Improvement Practice Gap Project management allows for a clear and focused workflow to approach an issue or task. These approaches streamline a process, allow for checks and balances, and ensure all stakeholders are active participants in the process. Project management approaches often utilize SMART objectives to define and set the objectives for the project. Each letter of the acronym SMART defines a different criterion for the objective. A SMART objective is specific, measurable, assignable, realistic, and timely. These objectives help to steer the work and direct the stakeholders to the completion of the project. For this Assignment, you will reflect on project management approaches that could be used to address a quality improvement practice gap. You will develop SMART objectives for the planning and execution of a quality improvement project and will consider potential project management approaches or activities that could be used in executing this project. TO PREPARE: Review the Learning Resources for this week and consider the approaches of project management. Refer to the Week 3 Discussion and reflect on the quality improvement practice gap you identified. Consider how you might apply the project management approaches examined this week to address the quality improvement practice gap you identified. Think about how you might develop SMART objectives for the planning and execution of a project to address the quality improvement practice gap you identified. Consider any other project management approaches or activities you might recommend using for your project that will address the quality improvement practice gap you identified. Briefly describe the quality improvement practice gap you identified in your nursing practice or organization. Be specific.  (The gap I identified is: the high time costs of mental health services due to low mental healthcare resource availability). Develop at least two SMART objectives you might apply in the project planning phase or execution phase to address the quality improvement practice gap you identified. Recommend at least two project management activities you would use for your project, addressing the quality improvement practice gap you identified. Explain your justification for why these activities would provide the best support. Be specific and provide examples. References Sipes, C. (2020). Project management for the advanced practice nurse (2nd ed.). Springer Publishing Company. Chapter 3, “Design/Implementation: Project Management—Phase 1” (pp. 49–74) Chapter 4, “Planning: Project Management—Phase 2” (pp. 75–120) Chapter 5, “Implementation/Execution—Phase 3” (pp. 121–146) http://www.ihi.org/resources/Pages/Tools/Quality-I...