organization in my free time‚ my volunteer work made it all change‚ and led to my decision for a career in human services. My first discovery of the human services field came when I volunteered at a community center for teenagers. These kids were mostly at-risk students in Howell‚ and they quickly noticed that I stood out from the volunteers who only stuck around to fulfill community service requirements. Rather than come and go‚ I stayed for years to better the lives of these
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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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–History and Development of Human Services Walden University Human Services agencies play a vital role in connecting community resources to those in need of services. Some of the agencies are more beneficial to the community than others. Some of the larger agencies that are well connected with political figures tend to receive more funding‚ and directly affect local policy changes. Inadequate‚ funding prevents most human services agencies from conducting program
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My interest in the human services field comes for a variety of different elements. Through experiences in my own life‚ things I have witnessed or even heard about; all will help me and at the same time they may hinder my abilities. Human Services is such a broad field there are so many things to be done and I am not sure exactly where I want to place my focus. Kids are a huge factor in my overall direction but I am looking forward to all the techniques and training that I am receiving to help me
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Causes and Prevention of Burnout in Human Services Staff High-stress jobs such as those in the human service field can cause serious issues such as burnout. Burnout can show up in a multitude of ways for employees. For organizations this can cause a large number of sick days or they may experience a high turnover rate. Human service workers enter the workforce full of hopes of making changes for those people who they want to work. Like every other job there is always a high hope of helping
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Human Service Agency Interview Date: July 11‚ 2010 To: Shelley Kerr‚ LCSW From: RE: Deaconess Cross Pointe I conducted an in person interview at Deaconess Cross Pointe‚ 7200 East Indiana Street; Evansville‚ Indiana 47715. I interviewed Natalie Goffinett‚ who has achieved her Master’s Degree in Social Work‚ and counsel’s children and families at that facility. When setting the appointment to interview Ms. Goffinett‚ I offered her the option to conduct the interview either in person or over the
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Yolanda Morrison BSHS/442 September 12‚ 2011 Courtney Bruno Advocacy in the Human Service Field Advocacy in the Human Service Field Advocacy is about assisting people in speaking up for themselves and making sure that their ideas and opinions are heard and understood. An advocate should avoid conflicts of interests with the people that give services to the person that he is assisting. The advocate should stand up for the person as if he is standing up for himself. The five main ways
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Social Problems In the context of human service words sometimes take different meanings. A problem specifies the term that must be used in the eligibility rules determining who is and who is not entitled to benefits or services and specifies the general goals to be achieved. A good example of this would be determined if someone was eligible for Medicaid or needed another insurance program. A policy typically described as a principle or rule to guide decisions and achieve rational outcomes. The
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Collaborating with Human Service Professionals Summary of the Case Mary‚ a 31-year-old single mother of three children (ages 9‚ 5‚ and 3) has been seeing Annabelle‚ a mental health counselor at a community mental health center for about 4 months. She has become increasingly anxious over past few weeks and reports that she feels frightened all the time‚ is unable to sleep through the night‚ and worries that “something horrible is going to happen.” She also admits to having a
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Arc of the Ozarks is a local human service organization providing help to people in the local communities with physical and mental disabilities. The main local offices for the Arc can be found in Springfield‚ Joplin‚ and Monett‚ Missouri. Interviewing someone from the Arc could have been done over the phone‚ by e-mail‚ and an in-person interview. The in-person interview seemed to be more appropriate because it would allow me to interact with the people who work for the organization and possibly see
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