Introduction to Human Services Discussion Questions Week 1 – DQ 1: What are the four major themes of human services? Which theme do you think is most critical for human service professionals? According to Woodside and McClam‚ the four major themes of human services include problems with living‚ the growing number of problems in the modern world‚ self-sufficiency‚ and the three distinct functions human services serve: social care‚ social control‚ and rehabilitation (An Introduction to Human Services). I find
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Meeting Human Services Challenges with Technology BSHS/351 Meeting Human Services Challenges with Technology The Human Services Field faces numerous issues‚ challenges‚ or problems on a daily basis. Some examples of the issues that are being dealt with are: child welfare‚ healthcare reform‚ poverty‚ economic injustice‚ and affordable housing. All of these challenges pose problems to human services professionals who are trying to assist clients with these issues
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The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)‚ also known as the Health Department‚ is a cabinet-level department of the U.S. federal government with the goal of protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services. Its motto is "Improving the health‚ safety‚ and well-being of America".[3] Before the separate federal Department of Education was created in 1979‚ it was called the Department of Health‚ Education‚ and Welfare (HEW).The Department of Health
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Human service professionals’ desire is to help their clients and improve their quality of life. Sometimes clients have complex needs and make lifestyle choices that are not helpful nor address their needs‚ but they have the right to do so. The clients’ right to self-determination is of the utmost importance when the human service professional is collaborating with the client to help them address their needs. Clients that choose to make lifestyle choices that are not conducive to their well-being
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all kinds. In Human Services‚ interoperability and how efficient it is will define the quality and depth of services. Interoperability enhances the significance for information technology to make the networks and integrations work. The term is most widely used in product enhancement and networking. Compatibility is a significant term when defining interoperability. In human services most providers define interoperability as the ability to communicate with other systems and services seamlessly with
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Department of Human Services Code of Ethics Rebecca Metz PHL/323 October 17‚ 2012 Eric Landis Department of Human Services Code of Ethics In this paper the Code of Ethics from the Department of Human Services will be discussed. General information about the company‚ the company’s mission statement‚ the type of ethical system used by the company and how and when the company uses it will be talked about. Thoughts of why the company may need to modify their existing code of ethics will be included
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Software for Human Services Organizations Paper By Gail Hall Professor Steven Cheng April 21‚ 2015 In this paper we will explore the advantages of using this software to centralize electronic client records and human services resources. We will also explore the way the software is used to track client services and the advantages and disadvantages of this software. We will explain how the size of the organization helps determine the software package chosen as well as three possible
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Nowadays‚ businesses operate in an uncertain environment and the managers can never know what will happen in the future (Arnold‚ 2005). Meanwhile‚ the economic crisis has turned that world upside down; it is a change for ever. The global economy was changed during the past two decades; because of globalization‚ the firms are not only trade or invest in the company’s domicile‚ but also trade or invest in other countries. Then management will face a lot of business risk in global economy. There are
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Lab Report 1: Measurement Lab Date: January 17‚20XX Lab Partners: XZ Report Date: January 24‚2014 Report Written by: XXXXXX Introduction: Measurement is a form of quantitative observation. The ability to make accurate and precise quantitative observations is crucial to science. Accuracy in this sense refers to the closeness of the measured result to the hypothetical “true” value (Motzny 2014). Having a precise measurement implies its exactness.
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Working within the human service field having proper skill sets is important. I believe that no matter the situation whether it be within a primary‚ secondary or tertiary prevention level all the skills a human service worker obtains will be utilized. I feel that the skills you go into the field with‚ along with skills you will gain while in the field all get utilized to the same degree. Now depending on the severity of the situation shows how often specific skills are utilized. I will list several
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