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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Scenario of a Human Services Client Working in the field of human services is a unique‚ yet rewarding career. Human services workers engage with diverse populations and carry different titles to include counselors‚ case managers‚ milieu therapists‚ social workers‚ etc. Regardless of what title a human service worker may hold‚ communication between a client and professional is vital. The purpose of this paper is to introduce a client from a particular background and address his presenting issues
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Purposes of Human Services Score: 18 / 19 Questions 100% 1 2 3 100% 5 6 7 100% 8 9 10 67% 11 4 The interdisciplinary approach of human services Societal attitudes toward human services before the 19th century The changes in societal attitude toward human services in the 19th century 12 13 Human services through 100% 14 15 16 17 18 19 the 20th century Federal policies and reforms in the field of 100% human services Concept: Themes and Purposes of Human Services Mastery
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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 others and optimism that
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Healthcare in the United States is undergoing some exciting changes in defining and delivering services to those in need. Human Services now takes its place among the field of professionals administering aid. Follow us as we explore this growing and developing field with a group of college students pursuing a Human Services Leadership Degree online through the University of Wisconsin. Their diversity‚ exhibited in both their individual and professional aspirations‚ gives us a glimpse into this
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of Human Service Practice Cynthia D. Morgan BSHS/302 July 23‚ 2012 Teresa Levesque The Nature and Purpose of Human Service Practice Human Service is not a new concept. Historically the practice of helping others in need goes back as far as Biblical age. The modern-day role that Human Service plays in the world is basically the same as it did back then; to help people meet their basic needs in order to survive and live a productive life. The basic understanding of what human service must
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Interview with a Human Services Worker I chose to interview my mother. Her name is Barbara Lee and she works for the Riverside County Office of Education. She is an infant teacher of the deaf and hard of hearing. She has been working in her position for about 30 years and she still loves it! The human problems she works with are working with hearing impaired children and their families. There are both parent-child classroom settings and in-home settings. Some of the technologies used are
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Program Planning and Evaluation in the Human Services The terms ‘Planning’ and ‘Evaluation’ are terms used and frequently heard in Human Service organisations. Whilst the importance of planning and evaluation is understood by employees with program management responsibility (most often as a result of the rigid parameters described in funding and service agreements)‚ the concepts that underpin planning and evaluation are often poorly understood by program staff and managers alike. Planning is
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Current Trends In Human Services The current economic and political climate has had a profound affect on the human services fields and has impacted those served in a very real and direct way. The Affordable Healthcare Act (AHA) for example has created such a backlash in the political and economic arenas that it has even caused the United States government to shut down due those who resist and fight its implementation and continues to be a heated debate. The relationship between economic and political
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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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