Human Services Profession

Human Services Profession
April Kuhia
BSHS 301
June 30, 2010
Erica Sugiyama-Hill

Human Services Profession Human Services is part of a non-profit organization that provides services for human needs. One of the greatest gifts to give yourself or anyone else is inspiration. Human Services Professions provides the assistance needed to cope with both the basic and social human needs. The nature and purpose of Human Services Practices includes goals, a generalist practice, theoretical frameworks, and common intervention strategies. Human beings have both basic and social human needs such as providing food and shelter for oneself or families, finding love or the ability to deal with traumatic experiences in an appropriate manner. Human Services provides the necessary skills needed to build a support network to achieve these needs. Human Services Profession has a number of goals that assists people in heightening their confidence and to be the best that he or she can be within society. In addition, Human Service agencies may also help families from time to time by providing financial services for food and shelter. Human Service Professionals are dedicated to helping individuals, families, and groups or organizations decrease any obstacles that prevent people from obtaining their needs. The most important goal is to support individuals and communities function at the highest possibility for achievement (Martin, 2007). Human Services was first named the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare until the 1970s. Between the 1950s and 1960s, major changes occurred in regard to providing services for those in need. For instance, substance abuse, children, elderly, and disabled individuals were being recognized as needing social and rehabilitation services. Human Service Professionals known as “generalists” is considered a new kind of worker because their “broad and varied” (Martin, 2007). The nature of generalist practice involves “working with client systems at all levels, connecting clients to available resources, intervening with organizations to enhance the responsiveness of resources systems, advocating just social policies to ensure the equitable distribution of resources, and researching all aspects of social work practice” (Miley, O’ Melia, and Dubois, 1998, p.9). Generalists training skills include the following: problem solving, mobilizing and utilizing community resources, conducting groups, interviewing, implementing treatment plans, and consulting with other agencies to name a few. The importance of considering the different types of theories used in understanding human behavior is to keep in mind that behavior and healthy thinking is affected by history and culture. Theoretical framework is a gathering of conclusive ideas addressing the environmental elements of research. For example, my brother and I are very close, but we grew up in different environments. He lived with my aunty who is a successful working woman, while I lived with our mother who, at the time, was an alcoholic and an addict. Because of the different environments, my brother followed in my aunties footsteps while I became the third generation of drugs and alcohol in my life. Some of the theoretical frameworks used in Human Services are psychoanalytic and conceptual frameworks, but the most commonly used are the Ecological Systems Theory, Eco Systems Theory, and the Person-in-Environment Theory. Human Services use Intervention Strategies that assists individuals, families, or a group of people in receiving the necessary help needed. For example, while residing at the Kline-Welsh Behavioral Foundation, the intervention strategy most commonly used specialized in assessing destructive behaviors caused by drug or alcohol abuse. According to Gary Oldman, human beings were “given a code to live our lives by. We do not always follow it, but it is still there” (Northern Illinois University). The ethical considerations section of the Human Services Profession has provided goals, strategies, theories, and the nature and purpose of Human Services Practices. The Human Services Profession has stressed the importance of finding alternative ways to deal with human behaviors and the errors in the way people think. Speaking from experience, Human Services Professionals provides not just the skills needed but, the inspiration to do the things you dream, to become the best at what you do, and to believe in who you are.

References
Borgatti, P. S. (1996-8). Elements of Research: Theoretical Framework. Retrieved from http://www.analytictech.com/mb313/elements.htm
Martin, M.E. (2007). Introduction to Human Services: Through the Eyes of Practice Settings. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon Publishing. Retrieved from Ebook Collection.
Northern Illinois University. (n.d). Section H: Ethical Considerations. Retrieved from http://www.niu.edu/facdev/resources/guide/SectionH.pdf
Wright State University. (2007). Department of Social Work. Retrieved from http://www.wright.edu/cola/Dept/social_work/gen_practice.htm

References: Borgatti, P. S. (1996-8). Elements of Research: Theoretical Framework. Retrieved from http://www.analytictech.com/mb313/elements.htm Martin, M.E. (2007). Introduction to Human Services: Through the Eyes of Practice Settings. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon Publishing. Retrieved from Ebook Collection. Northern Illinois University. (n.d). Section H: Ethical Considerations. Retrieved from http://www.niu.edu/facdev/resources/guide/SectionH.pdf Wright State University. (2007). Department of Social Work. Retrieved from http://www.wright.edu/cola/Dept/social_work/gen_practice.htm