Commonalities and Successes Paper
Commonalities and Successes Paper
Glenta Glass
BSHS 425
May 4, 2015
Jennifer Hance
Commonalities and Successes Paper
Human service organizations vary in the nature of the populations they serve, the methods they use, and the exact services they provide; however, these groups share the same common goal, values, and purpose. The human service organizations strive to facilitate human development and to enhance the quality of life for their clients. The central focus is determined to be the well-being of the clients that are served and assisting them with satisfying their basic needs, concentration on prevention and resolutions for current and possible future problems. All of these areas help to bring about positive change in individual lives, families, and communities.
Organizations are best defined as an organized body of people on a particular purpose regardless if it is in the business world or a human service field. The significant difference between the two is the concentration of purpose and the nature of the services the organization offers to the community. Human service organizations are unique in the manner in which they are designed to assist the public with a set of services such as, mental health, or child and family services. These organizations operate under the guidelines of a particular mission and other organizations such as schools, courts, jails, and hospitals have primary purposes other than providing human services but they do offer the provision of human services.
There are four trends that affect the areas of human services, which are political, economic, social, and technological. The political struggles with the balance of services and financial responsibility. There tends to be a reduction in materials and services while the demand and cost increase due in part to the many changes in human services. Economics plays a major role in most organizations and never so much as it currently does in human service provisions. While the
Glenta Glass
BSHS 425
May 4, 2015
Jennifer Hance
Commonalities and Successes Paper
Human service organizations vary in the nature of the populations they serve, the methods they use, and the exact services they provide; however, these groups share the same common goal, values, and purpose. The human service organizations strive to facilitate human development and to enhance the quality of life for their clients. The central focus is determined to be the well-being of the clients that are served and assisting them with satisfying their basic needs, concentration on prevention and resolutions for current and possible future problems. All of these areas help to bring about positive change in individual lives, families, and communities.
Organizations are best defined as an organized body of people on a particular purpose regardless if it is in the business world or a human service field. The significant difference between the two is the concentration of purpose and the nature of the services the organization offers to the community. Human service organizations are unique in the manner in which they are designed to assist the public with a set of services such as, mental health, or child and family services. These organizations operate under the guidelines of a particular mission and other organizations such as schools, courts, jails, and hospitals have primary purposes other than providing human services but they do offer the provision of human services.
There are four trends that affect the areas of human services, which are political, economic, social, and technological. The political struggles with the balance of services and financial responsibility. There tends to be a reduction in materials and services while the demand and cost increase due in part to the many changes in human services. Economics plays a major role in most organizations and never so much as it currently does in human service provisions. While the
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