Risk management is an important aspect of working in the human service field. Human service professionals may encounter situations that can put not only the client at risk, but also the professional. Developing risk management strategies is one of the best ways to protect yourself as well as your clients.

Please respond to the following:

• Identify and discuss, in detail, the legal and regulatory issues common to the human services profession.
• Discuss how risk management strategies might alleviate or avoid the risk of these issues.
• Develop a plan for how you might implement these risk management strategies in your own practice.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of these strategies.