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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with 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
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1 Describe human services from the early 1900s to the present day. 2 Throughout History Human Services made a big impact and a difference in our society as we know it today. Through the sociological era in the 1900’s many were faced with challenges such as financial support for the poor and no support or guidance for the children‚ developmentally disabled and the mentally ill. Human Services make positive and lasting differences in peoples’ lives‚ and they help improve the world. The early
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Human service is a profession implemented to helping people and the community that it services. The goal of Human Services is to make sure that people can become self-sufficient. During the early 1600s human services was developed when the English set a law that was focused on helping the poor. The intervention and strategies use is to help people meet their needs and fall short of their goal to succeed. The ethical consideration that a human service professional must have is to view every client
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My Beliefs‚ Values‚ and Clinical Gestalt with Individual and System’s Paper The Human Services field requires education‚ a thorough evaluation of your values and beliefs‚ and ongoing reevaluation of your own issues and personal growth. It also requires honesty‚ dignity‚ ethics‚ and a willingness to help others. One of the most important requirements of being a human resource worker is to be aware of your own feelings and beliefs. You also have to be aware of how your body language‚ nonverbal
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The Range of Problems Facing Human Service Clients Chaleetra Johnson-Hornes University Of Phoenix Karen Miner 18 August 2014 BSH/305 “Problems for clients are rarely single issues and the human service Professional should approach each client with the expectation of more than One problem.” (Woodside & McClam‚ 2011‚ p. 13) In our world today there are a very large number of problems that human service client’s face on a daily basis and problems in living is at the top of the
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Human Services Profession April Kuhia BSHS 301 June 30‚ 2010 Erica Sugiyama-Hill Human Services Profession Human Services is part of a non-profit organization that provides services for human needs. One of the greatest gifts to give yourself or anyone else is inspiration. Human Services Professions provides the assistance needed to cope with both the basic and social human needs. The nature and purpose of Human Services Practices includes goals‚ a generalist practice‚ theoretical frameworks
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CODES OF ETHICS IN COUNSELING AND HUMAN SERVICES According to Neukrug (2000)‚ codes of ethics are a fairly recent development in the mental health professions. He states that the APA formulated its first set of ethical standards in 1953; the ACA in 1961; and the NASW in 1960. Within this relatively short period of time‚ these ethical codes have undergone a number of revisions. This is due to the fact that they reflect ever changing societal and professional values. Those charged with the formulation
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Human Services Program: Commonalities and Successes Shannon Williams BSHS/425 July 27‚ 2015 Gina Harper Human service organizations are unique organizations they are different than any other in the general business world. According to Lewis and Packard (2012)‚ human service organizations work together towards a common goal. Human service professionals work in different settings and in various ways to assist clients and improve their way of life. This shared vision brings other
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A human service practitioner is a professional who acts as an agent to assist and or empower individuals‚ groups‚ families and communities to prevent‚ alleviate or better cope with crisis‚ change and stress to enable them to function more effectively in all areas of life and living. It must seem like that would be hard to earn a degree in a field that involves so much‚ right? GUESS WHAT?! It is not hard to earn a degree in Human Service nor is it a career that is difficult if you love helping others
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