Helping Field Summary
Helping Field Summary
BSHS/305
Helping Field Summary
Entering the helping field as a profession gives one an opportunity to work with and to help people who are in very difficult circumstances. Human services providers help people who do not want to be helped, provides support for people who are self-damaging, and do not have anywhere else to turn. There are many reasons why professionals choose to enter the helping field. The main purpose of entering this field is to help people in need. However, people may choose this career path because of their own personal experiences in overcoming difficult situations. Human services also provides a wide variety of opportunities to help all types of people including those with special needs, substance abuse problems, abused children, and victims of domestic violence. Being able to help others to become self-sufficient is a great opportunity to make a difference in someone’s everyday life.
The desire to help people is central to the choice to pursue a career in the helping field. Assisting others to overcome their problems requires a person that is kind, caring, and empathetic of another's personal issues. Various people in the helping field have had their own problems that they successfully overcome or family members that have gone through difficulties. A personal experience can be an important factor in seeing the value of helping others and deciding to enter the field of human services.
Unlike other careers, human services offers the unique benefits of helping make a difference in an individual's life or positively impact an entire community. Using community-based organizations, military, school systems, and other institutions, the human service professional can help a person or group succeed by giving them the tools they will need to re-build their lives. With the treatment placing an individual in an environment that provides an opportunity to heal, grow; learn again, or for the first time –
BSHS/305
Helping Field Summary
Entering the helping field as a profession gives one an opportunity to work with and to help people who are in very difficult circumstances. Human services providers help people who do not want to be helped, provides support for people who are self-damaging, and do not have anywhere else to turn. There are many reasons why professionals choose to enter the helping field. The main purpose of entering this field is to help people in need. However, people may choose this career path because of their own personal experiences in overcoming difficult situations. Human services also provides a wide variety of opportunities to help all types of people including those with special needs, substance abuse problems, abused children, and victims of domestic violence. Being able to help others to become self-sufficient is a great opportunity to make a difference in someone’s everyday life.
The desire to help people is central to the choice to pursue a career in the helping field. Assisting others to overcome their problems requires a person that is kind, caring, and empathetic of another's personal issues. Various people in the helping field have had their own problems that they successfully overcome or family members that have gone through difficulties. A personal experience can be an important factor in seeing the value of helping others and deciding to enter the field of human services.
Unlike other careers, human services offers the unique benefits of helping make a difference in an individual's life or positively impact an entire community. Using community-based organizations, military, school systems, and other institutions, the human service professional can help a person or group succeed by giving them the tools they will need to re-build their lives. With the treatment placing an individual in an environment that provides an opportunity to heal, grow; learn again, or for the first time –