skills and characteristics of mental health services worker
Skills and Characteristics of Mental Health Human Services Workers
BSHS/471
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Having a successful human service career depends on the skills and characteristics the social worker brings to the field every day. It is the job of a human service worker to provide both direct and indirect services to clients. He or she provides services and also works towards preserving the client’s wellbeing by assisting the client in various ways from setting appointments to finding the right therapy or intervention programs. A social worker should also bring into the field as a human service work is the key to his or her success in becoming a good human service worker and a career he or she will enjoy doing on a daily. Many human service workers provide direct and indirect services to his or her client. Human service workers provide services and advocate in the best interest of his or her client. It is his or her job to transport or assist his or her client to scheduled appointments, intervention programs, counseling sessions, group activities, and much more. A human service worker can develop the skills to be effective in their line or work through experience or training. Many human service workers receive his or her skills from education; going to college and internship within the field as a human service worker to gain his or her experience to become an effective human service worker. One of the difficulties for any human services professional is keeping their bias or prejudices from affecting their work and the only way to address it is by learning to control them. When asked what skills a human service worker should possess also include bias or prejudice against certain race or gender. It can be hard at times for any professional or person to become bias or prejudice because its life and people are human and bias and prejudice is one of a human being’s instincts. It is how humans learn to
BSHS/471
Name
Date
Instructor Name
Having a successful human service career depends on the skills and characteristics the social worker brings to the field every day. It is the job of a human service worker to provide both direct and indirect services to clients. He or she provides services and also works towards preserving the client’s wellbeing by assisting the client in various ways from setting appointments to finding the right therapy or intervention programs. A social worker should also bring into the field as a human service work is the key to his or her success in becoming a good human service worker and a career he or she will enjoy doing on a daily. Many human service workers provide direct and indirect services to his or her client. Human service workers provide services and advocate in the best interest of his or her client. It is his or her job to transport or assist his or her client to scheduled appointments, intervention programs, counseling sessions, group activities, and much more. A human service worker can develop the skills to be effective in their line or work through experience or training. Many human service workers receive his or her skills from education; going to college and internship within the field as a human service worker to gain his or her experience to become an effective human service worker. One of the difficulties for any human services professional is keeping their bias or prejudices from affecting their work and the only way to address it is by learning to control them. When asked what skills a human service worker should possess also include bias or prejudice against certain race or gender. It can be hard at times for any professional or person to become bias or prejudice because its life and people are human and bias and prejudice is one of a human being’s instincts. It is how humans learn to