Community Organizer: Ethical Standards Of Human Services

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The Community Organizer is in a strong position of being direct point of contact helping to meet needs within the community. They are making and taking calls, setting up appointments, keeping meetings, setting up fundraisers. Making house calls in order to make changes within the community, one family at a time.

Some of the ethical standards of the human services that can be applied to the position of the Community Organizer would include:

Possessing strong Communication Skills
Strategic Family Planning
Individual Family house calls
Advocate for all cultures & diverse backgrounds
Ethical in approach to the rights of others
Commitment to HIPPA laws & standards
Rendering unbiased client services
Knowledgeable about job description & resources

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