organization in my free time‚ my volunteer work made it all change‚ and led to my decision for a career in human services. My first discovery of the human services field came when I volunteered at a community center for teenagers. These kids were mostly at-risk students in Howell‚ and they quickly noticed that I stood out from the volunteers who only stuck around to fulfill community service requirements. Rather than come and go‚ I stayed for years to better the lives of these
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Forge‚ having to live in 12 man huts for six months in the middle of a blizzard‚ some of your fellow soldiers are becoming ill‚ others are deserting and your nine months are nearly over. Would you re-enlist and stay at Valley Forge or would you leave and go home to your family and aging mother? If I was a soldier in the Continental Army and the conditions were the same‚ I would re-enlist. I would stay in Washington’s army because many of the soldiers became ill‚ died‚ or deserted‚ leaving
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Social Networking Site A social networking site is an online service‚ platform‚ or a site that focuses on facilitating the building of social networks or social relations among people who‚ for example‚ share interests‚ activities‚ backgrounds or real-life connections. It allows users to share ideas‚ activities‚ events‚ and interests within their individual networks. Web-based social networking sites make it possible to connect with people who share interests and activities across political and
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Meeting Human Services Challenges with Technology BSHS/351 Meeting Human Services Challenges with Technology The Human Services Field faces numerous issues‚ challenges‚ or problems on a daily basis. Some examples of the issues that are being dealt with are: child welfare‚ healthcare reform‚ poverty‚ economic injustice‚ and affordable housing. All of these challenges pose problems to human services professionals who are trying to assist clients with these issues
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Grants In Human Services HSM/270 Abstract Grants play an important part in the Human Service Fields. Human Service departments would not exist without funding. There are only so many funds that can be raised by fund raisers and community charity. A grant is needed to assure proper funding needs are met. Grants In Human Services Grants are so important to the Human Service Departments because many neighborhoods depend on the Human Service agencies. Grants are provided by state government
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perspective is still strong in many of the national associations‚ but some have changed their focus to be more of a social and community based program. The YWCA Pierce County is a community leader and forerunner in domestic violence for over a century now. Established in 1906‚ the YWCA is has steadily expanded and enhanced a comprehensive menu of domestic violence service provision‚ offering clients real tools to implement change in their own lives. Their mission statement is to transform lives through
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some new shoes‚ but it is nearly Christmas so I am saving up for Christmas presents for my family. 2. no‚ i do not have a little job because i do not have time to work and i am too young. but if i could‚ i would like to have a little job on Saturday evenings‚ in a restaurant being a waitress. Then i could earn my own pocket money. 3. (yes‚ last summer I had a job as a waitress‚ I cooked food and served it to customers. I worked there for 3 weeks and i earned enough money to buy myself a bracelet as
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Bruno Advocacy in the Human Service Field Advocacy in the Human Service Field Advocacy is about assisting people in speaking up for themselves and making sure that their ideas and opinions are heard and understood. An advocate should avoid conflicts of interests with the people that give services to the person that he is assisting. The advocate should stand up for the person as if he is standing up for himself. The five main ways to advocate are first to advocate for you‚ this is called self-advocacy
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In the field of Human Services there are a multitude of people that need assistance. However‚ in each target population has their own distinct issues. Examples of these target groups or populations are people with mental illness‚ the homeless‚ and senior citizens. Mental illness is defined as when a person’s mental state is beyond what is considered normal. For instance‚ a person with depression has extreme lows as appose to a mentally healthy person who will bounce back from their emotional low
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