What exactly is Human Services? Human services is defined as “uniquely approaching the objective of meeting human needs through an interdisciplinary knowledge base‚ focusing on prevention as well as remediation of problems.”(National Organization of Human Services [NOHS]‚ n.d) Ever since I was in my sophomore year of high school I knew that after college I wanted to work with human services in some sort of way. But being a naive sophomore‚ I knew nothing about the careers and the information that
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affected by varying disabilities – some more severe and debilitating than others. Due to various programs‚ laws‚ and policies‚ such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other programs‚ many funded through the Department of Health and Human Services (DHS)‚ many advances have been made to improve living conditions‚ vocational training‚ and independent skill building. While many improvements have been made and a number of programs have been implemented‚ there are still problems with the availability
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The History of Human Services Margaret Soria HHS201: Introduction to Human Services Instructor Angela Anderson August 4‚ 2013 Human services are an ability that everyone has. People have been helping people for centuries. Neighbors help each other with food‚ rides‚ housework‚ and babysitting. Assisting our neighbors‚ family‚ and friends is something everyone does. Human services is listening with empathy and trying to
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1 Describe human services from the early 1900s to the present day. 2 Throughout History Human Services made a big impact and a difference in our society as we know it today. Through the sociological era in the 1900’s many were faced with challenges such as financial support for the poor and no support or guidance for the children‚ developmentally disabled and the mentally ill. Human Services make positive and lasting differences in peoples’ lives‚ and they help improve the world. The early
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Vulnerable Populations Introduction to Human Services‚ BSHS 302 June 21‚ 2010 Introduction Chronic illnesses are disorders that require ongoing care and treatment for much of the patients’ life to manage the illness. Examples of such illnesses are diabetes‚ high blood pressure‚ or heart disease. When discussing chronic mental illness‚ such diseases or disorders would be those that require ongoing treatment and care throughout much of the patients’ life. Examples would be schizophrenia
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Tyler Radcliff HS 101 MWF 10:00 am Assignment #4 1. Give examples and describe how each of your 5 top strengths will help you in the field of human services and helping clients. a. Competition- This strength will help me because in the human service area‚ it is about how well you can interact and connect with your client. Every client is like a little competition. Some clients are a little harder to build a (professional) relationship than some clients. Being a competitor‚ it drives
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Clients Human Services 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
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CODES OF ETHICS IN COUNSELING AND HUMAN SERVICES According to Neukrug (2000)‚ codes of ethics are a fairly recent development in the mental health professions. He states that the APA formulated its first set of ethical standards in 1953; the ACA in 1961; and the NASW in 1960. Within this relatively short period of time‚ these ethical codes have undergone a number of revisions. This is due to the fact that they reflect ever changing societal and professional values. Those charged with the formulation
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“What Is Human Services?” Daniel J. Lyons University of Phoenix BSHS/302 Intro to Human Services Kristie Hilton January 10‚ 2011 What Is Human Services? The field of Human Services in today’s society plays a very important role that has evolved over time to help people of all ages‚ races‚ and gender that cannot meet the basic needs to live a sustainable life. In order for one to understand how human services have become such an important part of society‚ one must understand the basic nature
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Working in the field of human services‚ we encounter various barriers and some causes of barriers are due to poverty. One main barrier that is harder to deal with are working with the homeless. As we take for granted the opportunity to go home at the end of the night and enjoy a good meal‚ there are many that are not given the same privilege. There are a number of people identify as being homeless as they’re residing in the streets and have no dwelling to take care of their personal hygienes or
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