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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u10a1-Advocacy Campaign Project Resource for People With Disabilities for Social Empowerment‚ Financial Assistance for Education‚ Provision Maintenance‚ and Support System Josie P. Smith CST5249 Health Advocacy in the Community Dr. Wendy Killam Capella University Minneapolis‚ Minnesota September 17‚ 2010 Abstract The purpose of this paper is to implement an advocacy campaign that will assist adults with disabilities with the necessary resources that will assist them in becoming productive citizens
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Interview with a Human Service Worker Upon the start of this assignment‚ I had a couple human service workers in mind to interview. I ultimately decide to interview Joy Sultan‚ a teacher/couselor for Chapter One Students at Hamilton Crossing Elementary school in Cartersville‚ Georgia. She works with troubled second grade students. Initial Contact When initially contacting Mrs. Sultan‚ I could have used a letter‚ email‚ or phone to set up the interview. I also could have done the interview
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Tyler Radcliff HS 101 MWF 10:00 am Assignment #4 1. Give examples and describe how each of your 5 top strengths will help you in the field of human services and helping clients. a. Competition- This strength will help me because in the human service area‚ it is about how well you can interact and connect with your client. Every client is like a little competition. Some clients are a little harder to build a (professional) relationship than some clients. Being a competitor‚ it drives
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own developing professional practice. This assignment will examine the concepts of Advocacy‚ Partnership Working and Empowerment. It will firstly describe the three concepts individually and then‚ in order to examine the topic in more depth‚ scrutinise how the concepts link and are relevant to each other. The complexities and tensions regarding these connections and how these may impact on service users‚ social workers and social care agencies will also be examined. Examples of professional
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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 I
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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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As stated by the man in the video‚ a Human Services degree offers a wide range of opportunities in a variety of settings. Those considering a career in this field have a chance to make a difference in the lives of others while experiencing a sense of personal fulfillment‚ as well as‚ aiding people from diverse cultures. The man indicates he is a Christian and Christian’s have a calling to serve people that the world overlooks. Several aspects of this type of degree interest me. One is that I
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Working in the field of human services‚ we encounter various barriers and some causes of barriers are due to poverty. One main barrier that is harder to deal with are working with the homeless. As we take for granted the opportunity to go home at the end of the night and enjoy a good meal‚ there are many that are not given the same privilege. There are a number of people identify as being homeless as they’re residing in the streets and have no dwelling to take care of their personal hygienes or
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Writing in Human Services Appendix B Evelyn Bruce June 16‚ 2013 Throughout this paper will be discussing the PEACE Domestic Violence Agency explaining the program planning and the evaluation‚ describing how the two components are interrelation and identifying the technical and political aspects of both programs. The PEACE’s mission is to reduce victim trauma‚ empower survivors‚ and promote recovery through direct services. PEACE is
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