Human Services

In the last 50 years, human services workers are now able to offer a magnitude of services to millions of more Americans. The two major focus areas were mainly known to be food and work however, that has been constantly changing due to the higher demand of needs from Americans. A much larger amount of people is in need for many more different things than they were fifty years ago.. Americans are now in desperate need for clothing, shelter, healthcare as well as food. As Americans are being forced out of their homes these basic services will become a much higher demand. People needs are changing on a daily bases and the human service workers are constantly trying to keep up with the rising demand from everyone. In the last 10 years the needs of individuals has changed a startling amount from food and shelter to now needing medical assistance and childcare among a multiple of others things. The main reason that the needs for individuals are changing is due to the raise in the cost of living. The minimum wage that individuals are earning from working still does not even come close to cover that areas cost of living. With the basic needs that keep our people, thriving in their society is much greater than beyond reach for one individual. In order to keep up with each of the high needs of each individual a society as a whole has increased their responsibility to accommodate these issues. We as a whole start to feel a bit of responsibility for those individuals that have fallen down and need a hand up. Many different community programs such as churches, schools, family aides are all falling short them when it comes to funding the needs of their community. I hope to believe that the role of Human Service Workers will become a bit more proactive than what it has been and is at this current time. Social Workers will hopefully be able to handle more of the Americans needs, and help families with children as well as the elderly before they run into a problematic