Lewis, J., Packard, T., Lewis, M. ( 2007). Management of Human Service Programs. 10, (218-…
One of the best ways to learn about how various human service organizations meet human needs is to research and study agencies within your city or state.…
Identify one kind of human services organization—for example, mental health provider or foster care provider—and describe the services provided.…
This essay will discuss the mission and vision statements of the Goodwill of Southern Arizona; it also will discuss how the organization is governed and staffed, who the key stakeholders are and how they influence the organization. Some of the strategies will include marketing, public relations and community involvement to name a few. Then the essay will discuss relationship strategies and the importance of collaboration with the community. Finally, the essay will discuss how the organization handles diversity and further cover different environmental trends that contain politics, economy, and technology, and how the organization handles dealing with these trends.…
I believe the first step to understanding the differences between these two approaches is learning the definition of Human Services. Human service jobs are those that provide a service to the community. They help individuals or families in a time of need such as, loss of income, need of food or housing or the need to get out of a dangerous situation, like abuse. These workers help their clients reach their maximum potential. Some examples of these jobs include: psychologist, licensed clinical social worker, welfare caseworker, health educator and probation officer. Of course there are many other jobs in this field, those are just a select few.…
The field of Human Services is broadly defined, uniquely approaching the objective of meeting human needs through an interdisciplinary knowledge base, focusing on prevention as well as remediation of problems, and maintaining a commitment to improving the overall quality of life of service populations. The Human Services profession is one which promotes improved service delivery systems by addressing not only the quality of direct services, but also by seeking to improve accessibility, accountability, and coordination among professionals and agencies in service delivery. (http://www.nationalhumanservices.org/what-is-human-services). "Human services professional" is a generic term for people who hold professional and paraprofessional jobs in such diverse settings as group homes and halfway houses; correctional, intellectual disability, and community mental health centers; family, child, and youth service agencies, and programs concerned with alcoholism, drug abuse, family violence, and aging. Depending on the employment setting and the kinds of clients served there, job titles and duties vary a great deal. The primary purpose of the human services professional is to assist individual and communities to function as effectively as possible in the major domains of living. A strong desire to help others is an important consideration for a job as a human services worker. Individuals who show patience, understanding, and caring in their dealings with others are highly valued by employers. Other important personal traits include communication skills, a strong sense of responsibility, and the ability to manage time effectively. (http://www.nationalhumanservices.org/what-is-human-services). When you think about it we all are in the human service field in some way or another, helping someone across the street, picking up something someone dropped for them, helping…
Human service agencies provide a remarkably unique approach in assisting the community. Each field provides a number of services that meet the need of the individual.…
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.…
Human service agencies are designed to specifically provide services to those in the communities. They usually provide services that are a to meet certain needs such as substance abuse, mental health concerns, and developmental disabilities. Particular agencies may focus on employment, rehabilitation centers that helps individuals gain skills pertinent to their job, and also to populations that are subject to prejudice or marginalization. Most human service organization are non profit but there are also for-profit and not-for-profit. All in all human service agencies have the needs of their clients as their first priority.…
References: Burger, W. R. (2011). Human services in contemporary America (8th ed.). Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning.…
History of Helping: Content Guide.H.) The "Republican Shift" - Nixon, Reagan, George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush with the Carter/Clinton Interludes.…
Human service organizations vary from time to time. All have a set of goals and objectives, social problems, and rules that need to be addressed on a regular basis. These rules are mainly used to determine what families or individuals are eligible for specific benefits. The objective for eligibility rules is to determine who needs the benefits the most and if in fact, those who have applied for benefits are truly utilizing these benefits and allocating them appropriately. “The decentralized disarray of the U.S. welfare system creates literally hundreds of public and private programs that offer welfare services and benefits. Each has a somewhat…
As for populations including the three I’ve listed another way that human service workers help coordinate services is to assist clients with completing necessary paperwork. After clients begin receiving assistance, human service workers monitor the clients’ status to ensure that services are being provided and are appropriate. Jackson, for example, sees her clients about once a week so she can track their…
How does working with individuals, versus working in group settings, affect the use of human services skills?…