The Importance Of Human Services

Human services field was started in the 1950s. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) derived from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) in 1980 (Mandell & Schram, 2012). Due to the reason that the having traditional social workers as unnecessary and too expensive, the profession of human service workers was create by the federal government. According to the textbook, An Introduction to Human Services, there are some influences that helped grow human services profession (Mandell & Schram, 2012). For example, the proliferation of community colleges encouraged human services programs and deinstitutionalization and contracting out in the past required more workers to work in community.
Moreover, the new careers movement

It is very important to know client’s specific tribe of nation before providing service. Service providers need to be knowledgeable of the theoretical framework of cultural competency. There are three major principles under the cultural competence human service providers must be, (1) knowledgeable about the specific group in question; (2) self-reflective and recognize biases within self and the profession; and, (3) able to incorporate knowledge and reflection (NIH, 1993). Not only having and applying practical knowledge, but also many service workers require to demonstrate a type of creativity to be truly competent, which can be developed through

210). Human service workers need to aware that agencies they work for may not have authority over local American Indian children. Weaver stated that, there are specific welfare agencies holds the responsibility for those children, such as tribal social services or urban Indian social welfare agencies. Rarely, those agencies delegate responsibility to state or another regular agency. For example, human service workers should clarify with the child 's nation or an urban Indian social services agency about providing service, if there is a case of Indian child.
Unlike any other group in the United States, Native Americans can implement their own law through their tribal police and court system. For example, “if a client is involved in a domestic violence situation, probation or parole, or other legal matters, consultation with an Indian organization about applicable laws and policies is recommended” (Weaver, 1998, p. 211).
To conclude, within a multicultural society, Native American people have a unique place. Their history is different from people who immigrant to the United States. Even though changes between Native American and the United States have been made, not all Native American agree with