History of Helping: Content Guide.H.) The "Republican Shift" - Nixon, Reagan, George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush with the Carter/Clinton Interludes.…
Certainly, not everyone can become a human service provider, because of those skills that are not taught, like patience or empathy, are needed to be a good provider along with the technical skills learned from education and by working the job. The human service provider needs many skills to perform his/her job. For instance, I know that even as a child I could sense those social workers who cared, because of their attitude, and personality. Those good social workers try to make the clients feel at ease, because of their fears and anxiety of being in separated from family. Overall, those feelings that I felt were fear, anxiety, shame, loneliness, and guilt, but some showed me their compassion and that helped with those feelings. Many of those…
Human Services professionals choose to practice alternative actions on behalf of social welfare. In general it involves, advocating where ever needed for social justice supporting physical, spiritual, mental and emotional growth of the individual or group participants. Relating to cultural understanding, supplying food for families and…
1. Give examples and describe how each of your 5 top strengths will help you in the field of human services and helping clients.…
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 three populations that I would like to address the human service professional’s role in servicing populations are the mentally ill, the homeless, addicts. People with addictions. Human service workers help people who are struggling with many types of addiction, such…
Human Service Manager’s have a great deal of responsibilities, including communication and interviewing skills. Human service staff rely on the assistance, support and directives from his or her manager. This paper will discuss the recommendations and strategies for three staff Case Study situations.…
I am applying for the Human Services graduate program at East Tennessee State University. The reason why is because I feel I will be of great value to the program. I am passionate about my education and furthering my career options. I have always enjoyed the pursuit of education and with an advanced degree in this field I know that I am the right candidate for the program. I will live a more enriched life knowing I have achieved this accomplishment. I am very eager to educate myself more about the Human Services field. Given the fact, that I have already spent five years helping the people I care for the most. When I am accepted into the program I will dedicate myself to making this world a better place, when given the opportunity. As a current…
As stated by the man in the video, a Human Services degree offers a wide range of opportunities in a variety of settings. Those considering a career in this field have a chance to make a difference in the lives of others while experiencing a sense of personal fulfillment, as well as, aiding people from diverse cultures. The man indicates he is a Christian and Christian’s have a calling to serve people that the world overlooks. Several aspects of this type of degree interest me. One is that I can relate to many situations that others are enduring (to some degree). I guess others would say, I have a soft heart for people that are suffering.…
The Human Services field requires education, a thorough evaluation of your values and beliefs, and ongoing reevaluation of your own issues and personal growth. It also requires honesty, dignity, ethics, and a willingness to help others. One of the most important requirements of being a human resource worker is to be aware of your own feelings and beliefs. You also have to be aware of how your body language, nonverbal and verbal cues and tone of voice are perceived by others. To be an effective human service worker you must be able to set your own feelings and beliefs aside and focus on the client’s. Your focus is going to be on the clients’ values, feelings…
What is considered to be one of the most important historical events in the history of the human services profession, I would have to say the New Deal and the Social Security Act of 1935. The Social Security Act of 1935 created pensions for workers, unemployment compensation, aid to mothers with dependent children, and aid to people with disabilities (Martin, 2014, 30). Social security has always been a universal problem. This economic security encompass the way families and individuals have some income assurance, for people who are longer able to work because age, people who are unable to work due to a disability, if the breadwinner dies, and if a person faces involuntary unemployment. The principle of the social insurance was to minimize…
Working relationships with outside agencies (Doctors, Dentists etc.) -Be professional, Keep clear records to enable on-going medical support…
Human services is broadly defined, with the primary objective of meeting human needs through an interdisciplinary knowledge base focusing on prevention and remediation of certain problems, and retaining an obligation to improve the overall quality of life. Professionals within the field of human services are those who empower those in society who may need assistance in meeting their basic human needs emotionally, physically, and/or mentally. With that being said human services professionals work with diverse cultures in various types of settings to deliver not only education but prevention as well as resources for individuals, families, and communities. There are two types of organizations, profit and non-profit. Profit companies are typically…
A human service professional, plays a major role in society, working side-by-side with various professionals, and assumes a wide range of roles to assist individuals, groups, organizations and communities. Although human service professionals do not necessarily do in depth and psychotherapy, they are well-equipped to facilitate client change and growth typically by working directly or indirectly with clients around concrete tasks, objectives, and goals. A counselor, broker, advocate, case manager, community planner and behavior specialists are just few of the roles of a human service professional. (Lincoln University)…
Human service workers and human service assistants play a variety of roles in the medical field to include social workers, social service assistants, case managers, case manager assistants, alcohol drug abuse counselors, mental health aides, community outreach workers, life skill counselors and gerontology aides. All of these positions require a unique person who is dedicated to helping others with flexibility and high ethical standards. The human service area that I plan to concentrate on is a social service assistant and life skill counselor. I would work with clients with a variety of challenges to help them to be self sufficient and confident, to the best of their ability, as positive contributors of society.…
Human service goals can be different for different workers within the field. One common goal is to help people. It has been said that human services is a broad term and that human service is going on whenever one person is employed to be of service to another (Zins, 2001). Expertise and skills of all human service workers will help identify and establish goals for individuals. Individuality is very important to learn key aspects of a person’s life. Gaining respect and trust is imperative to an individual who is venerable and is of need of help. Establishing key necessities for an individual will allow a human service worker to achieve the goal or goals.…