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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Advocacy for the Homeless Amy Albertus August 17‚ 2011 BSHS 441 Barbra Czinger Advocacy for the Homeless What is advocacy? The classic definition from Webster’s Dictionary is simply “active support; especially the act of pleading or arguing for something “(Webster’s Dictionary‚ 2011). To make this definition more specific to advocacy in the Human Services field just a few details need to be added. A more specific‚ to this field‚ definition of advocacy would be: to help a particular population
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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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In this essay I will discuss the definition of advocacy. I will then define and describe policy analysis and finally‚ I will discuss experiences that I have had with advocacy. In the book‚ Advocacy in the Human Services‚ Ezell mentions that‚ “Advocacy is about change and this is central to the practice of advocacy.” (P.23) This definition underscores the fact that advocacy is goal seeking‚ that it is a process‚ and that the process of advocacy involves “ obtaining”‚ “modifying”‚ and “promoting”
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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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Human Service Scenario Analysis BSHS/322 Communication Skills for the Human Service Professional Human Service Scenario Analysis My client is a 32-year-old woman named Sonya. Sonya‘s heritage is multicultural as her mother is Hispanic and Caucasian and her father was Afro-American. Sonya identifies herself as an Afro –American raised by a white middle-class family. Green (2008) states‚ “Historically‚ biracial individuals have been portrayed as lost souls…” (p. 39). Sonya is among a group
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Consultation and Advocacy in Counseling Donna Boyett COUN 5004 Survey of Research in Human Development for Professional Counselors August 4‚ 2012 195 Wayfair Lane Hinesville‚ GA 31313 Telephone: (912) 980-1231 Email: Donna.Boyett@hotmail.com Instructor: Kathy Blaydes Abstract This paper discuses the importance of social justice advocacy and consultation in the counseling profession. The introduction is an explanation of social justice advocacy‚ and the different ways counselors advocate
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