The purpose of this paper is to write about the essential characteristics and skills of mental health human services workers. When discussing the fundamental characteristics of a human services worker‚ Team B felt that communication skills are vital. Without rapport and connection with the client‚ other skills cannot be effective. Of course‚ the most fundamental ingredients for a human services worker are a compassionate‚ patient‚ caring heart and a desire to see each individual achieve a personal
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Skills and Characteristics of Human Services Workers Angela Taylor BSHS 471 May 7‚ 2013 Dave Sweeney Skills and Characteristics of Human Services Workers An excellent mental health human service worker needs to have certain skills and characteristics to be of use to his or her clients. Some of these skills and characteristics include facilitation‚ communication‚ leadership‚ expertise‚ knowledge of subject matter‚ cultural competency‚ and so on. These skills and characteristics can be
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The position of a human service worker is to help those in need. Therefore‚ a human service worker must be able to handle themselves‚ and help those in need during a time of crisis. A human service worker must work in situations that may seem unsafe‚ such as during a crisis situation with a client‚ during a domestic violence intervention‚ counsel those who abuse their spouses and/or child‚ as in the Bible The Lord tests the righteous‚ but his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence Psalm
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Responsibility of Human Service Workers Gen/200 January 3‚ 2013 Dr. Jacqueline Mangieri‚ PhD Responsibility of the Human Service Workers While there is no argument for lazy‚ incompetent‚ uncaring persons that are doing a job just for a paycheck when individuals are depending on you for services; it is the Human Service Workers responsibility to provide the needed resources to clients‚ not excuses. The Human Service Worker has the responsibility to protect the individual and civil rights
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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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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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Skills and Characteristics of Mental Health Human Service Workers Your Name BSHS 471 Date Instructor Skills and Characteristics of Mental Health Human Service Workers Human service workers are people who are chosen to work with people. Human service workers help clients become more self-sufficient. The workers are there to help what issues the client is currently experiencing to be handled with some ease. Human services workers evaluate and plan‚ put the plan into action‚ and provide emotional
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Starting from the history of the human service profession‚ I learned in the beginning of the course that the human service profession was formed from religious traditions‚ which are the earliest foundation for the profession. The religious backgrounds involved were Judaism‚ Islam and Christianity. The most important thing about the field of human service due to my participation in class is you have to be a dedicated worker in order to pursue the job‚ I learned that the individuals would visit peoples
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Skills and Characteristics of Mental Health Human Services Workers Tamberley G. Nelson BSHS/471 Mental Health and Crisis Intervention April 26‚ 2010 Frank Selvaggio Skills and Characteristics of Mental Health Human Services Workers The following chronological narrative is a personal appraisal of the skills and characteristics compulsory to thrive as a human service worker in the mental health field. This self-assessment will offer learning situations and events pertaining to the development
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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
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