Values are important to human service professionals because they

Introduction To Counseling

What roles are included in health and human services? This assignment helps you apply your knowledge from this week’s module and textbook readings. Working in the field of human services is a unique, yet rewarding career. Human services professionals work with many different populations and hold positions from entry level assistants to private practice that require increasing levels of education. As a human services worker, you will be expected to know about the clients who need services, the resources available to help them, and the types of HHS career positions who work with different populations. The Human Service Professional Use Chapter 2 to answer the questions below. Values are important to human service professionals because they _____. They allow clients to have a denial excuse They help clients focus on termination They help human services professionals to respect the dignity and welfare of all people None of these apply The lifelong process of learning about oneself by continually examining one's beliefs, attitudes, values, and behaviors is called _____. Actualization Self-esteem Self-awareness Maturation Simon is able to see situations and experience a feeling from his clients' perspectives. Simon demonstrates _____. Empathy Sympathy Apathy Antipathy Regardless of the length or intensity of the helper's training, his or her basic focus is to assist clients with their problems and to _____. Improve their lifestyles Bill appropriately for services Help them help themselves Find others they know who need help A(n) _____ pleads and fights for services, policies, rules, regulations, and laws on behalf of clients. Broker Activist Advocate Networker In the table below, provide examples of the kinds of tasks performed for each human service role. Human Services Roles Tasks Performed Human Service Professionals Type answer here Physicians Type answer here Psychologists Type answer here Social Workers Type answer here Counselors Type answer here The Helping Process Use Chapter 7 to answer the questions below. The helping process begins with _____. Referral Preparation Admission Assessment An individual who leans back with his or her arms uncrossed is indicating _____. Hostility A desire to hide Openness to suggestion Loneliness When helpers engage in ____listening, they attend to both what is said and what is not said. Projective Involved Active Constructive The goal of _____ behavior is to encourage the client to talk about and examine issues, problems, or concerns. Mirroring Listening Attending Reflecting The _____ client may come more or less willingly but fail to participate actively in the helping process. Rejecting Resistant Repressed Reluctant List each stage of the helping process and describe what a human services professional does in each stage. Stages of the Helping Process What is Done in Each Stage Stage 1: Type answer here Type answer here Stage 2: Type answer here Type answer here Stage 3: Type answer here Type answer here Stage 4: Type answer here Type answer here Stage 5: Type answer here Type answer here Reflection Reflect on what you have learned this week to help you respond to the question below. You may choose to respond in writing or by recording a video! Describe 3 skills you believe are most important for HHS workers to have. (examples: working well with others/problem solving). Which of the 3 skills above have you mastered? Which skills are you still working on?