Laura Gisel
BSHS/305
Angela Murray
11/06/2014
Now-a-days there are multiple reasons as to why a client may be in need of assistance. Life happens, and we all need help at some point or another. There is a variety of agency that can provide the help these clients need, the agencies can be either public or private, and the job of the human service worker is to help the client become more self-sufficient. Human services workers help clients that are unable to help themselves (the elderly and the children). In this day, there are a variety of services geared towards the many needs of the clients. The first steps to providing help to the client is evaluating what their needs are. Then prepare a course of treatment …show more content…
Each client will have a tailor based plan of action. "The steps differ, based on where the client is at that point in time," says Deborah Jackson, a family, self-sufficiency coordinator for the housing commission in Annapolis, MD. As a human service workers, we cannot and should not force a client to accept the help one is offering. If they client is not ready for the help then, it will not work. Many clients are in an unstable emotional state, many being put into situations they have never been in before. Offering support to the client is a must. "Clients have the enthusiasm to improve their lives," says Jackson. We as helpers need to do our best to maintain that level of enthusiasm for the clients, if they see that we are excited to help them get back on their feet, the hope is they will stay as …show more content…
We are all different, and our needs are all different. Some needs will take longer to fix than others. The goal is to provide a safe and trustworthy platform for the client to stand on and to begin the steps of getting back to the life they once were living.
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