In the United States of America, there is a plethora of careers for a person to choose from along with multitudes of programs to help Americans in need. Many people choose to enter a career in Human Services or aid. This career field is often described as a type of volunteerism or service used for the betterment of society and the people within it. These fields are meant to make an impact on society in a positive way. That being said, the answer to the grand question of whether people can change the planet or not is quite simple: service to a community can help single people, whole communities, or the world develop for the better when concerning the economic stability and health capabilities of a community; they can do this through the use of physical, intellectual, monetary, and social aid. With these concepts, it should be noted for clarification that the Human Service Field …show more content…
Defining this, suggestions and implementations of certain programs have been shown to help a community strengthen its confidence levels in one another (Wu 7-8). With stronger community ties, and masses of information flowing in, communities may be able to take advantage of these successes, and grow into a wonderfully prosperous community. Given the work of tenders, poor communities all across the globe, if given the will to, will be able to develop in all aspects of the first world. As Huiting Wu describes in her report with reference to the social impacts of aid, resources and help from other communities allow people in shambled parts of the world to “have more feasibility of starting a grassroots effort to meet a range of community needs, … [by starting things like] an after-school program or organizing a park cleanup program” (8). This in itself shows how a population can benefit by socializing with people who strive to give, and to assist others in making their lives
According to Robert Hanvey’s An Attainable Global Perspective, “In summary, we are in a period of transition, moving from a pre-global to a global cognition, Global cognition is characterized by new knowledge in planning human action” (Hanvey, 166). Robert G. Hanvey states that everything that we do will affect our generations in the future. Therefore, it is important to take action if there is an issue in the community. If community members do not take action with their issues and/or leave the issue as it is, the issue will still occur within the next generation and the issue may be way worse than it is now. In this unit, the students will be able to brainstorm in groups and as a class about different ways they can solve the issue of poverty in their community and around the
Did you have a cup of coffee today? Or maybe you went shopping for that new shirt for the summer? Your money could be going to a better cause. Of the 7.15 billion people on Earth today, approximately 2.4 billion people live on less than two dollars and day, and 1.4 billion people live on less than $1.25 a day. More than eight-hundred people go to bed hungry, and more than one million people do not have access to clean drinking water. The amazing stat is that over eighteen thousand children die per day from diseases that are preventable. Kids die from a multitude of cause such as diarrhea, malaria, malnutrition, and disease. (Abbate, Global Poverty, 2014) Each could be prevented with the money you spent on that nonessential item for yourself. Most people do not seem to do this because of the out of sight out of mind principle. Since we never get to see how our aid actually helps those across the world, individuals are less inclined to help. In his article ,“The Singer Solution to World Poverty” (Landau, 2012) Peter Singer provides a unique argument in that he believes that we are no different than a murderer because we had the capability to stop it and didn’t do so. We have the ability to give what we essentially waste to maximize the happiness of another person and reduce poverty around the world. There are many charities out there, that can take the little money that we have or need to give, and can distribute it to help a magnitude of people worldwide. In this paper, I am arguing that we should give what money we can to relief and aid organizations in order to reduce global poverty because it is our duty to maximize the happiness around us.
The research topic will focus on essential characteristics of human service professionals. Identifying fundamental characteristics that other successful people in the profession have, can create a key component to success for students and people entering into the field. This paper will discuss other research that has been done on characteristics required of human services professionals.
The Human Service profession is a gratifying service because not only is it responsible for clients, it is also responsible for the community and environment. Each field has individual responsibilities but together they help one another. Human Service professionals must make sure that they and their employers are each contributing and working well in order for this to work.
Human services covers as broad range of professions and many of the professionals use different models to be able to provide the proper services to their clients. There are three different models used currently by human service professionals, which are the medical model, the public health model, and the human service model (Woodside & McClam, 2015). The models may be used independently or used together based on how the professional chooses to provide the services (Woodside & McClam, 2015). The three different models have certain philosophical assumptions that guide their practices, the assumptions reflect the beliefs about the cause of the problem, their treatment, and how the professional uses the model (Woodside & McClam,
In this assignment I learned about unethical behaviors. It was very interesting what everyone thought was unethical and how they rated them. I have learned as a human service professional it is very important to develop your ethical standards. By doing this you are looking out for best interest of your client and yourself.
One thing that I have learned this semester about the human service world is that nonprofits provide the largest contribution towards addressing social issues and advocating for change in the United States. To help achieve their goal, nonprofits receive contributions that are tax-deductible. Consequently, the trade-off for having such benefits also creates limitations on certain activities. In this case, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), which is a government agency that oversees nonprofits and their tax-exempt status, restricts the act of legislative lobbying. As a result, nonprofits are prohibited to directly interact and influence decision makers.
As a human service professional, hereafter to referred to as, “HSP”, I am very well aware that my attitudes and beliefs would differ from his for the fact I did not grow up in the same environment as Andre. No matter where someone came from, it is a HSP responsibility to remain impartial and treat the client with respect, without prejudice and of course not hold any type of stereotypical thoughts pertaining to Andre for the previous life he has lead. Like him cleaning up and trying to move on, we must start with a clean slate. Being open to everything he is confiding in you as a professional will allow the sessions to be effective in the outcome of his treatment. When you are a HSP, your education never ends. There are always new laws passing
The quote “what goes around, comes around” is true. Whatever we put into our lives, we will see the outcome in the future. Whether if it is something big like graduating college or small such as drinking vitamin c daily, it will have a result in the future. The same goes to our planet and society. I believe that the globe is impacted by what we do everyday. If it’s leaving the tap on while we brush our teeth or use canteens instead of purchasing plastic water bottles, it will show in the future and even now. It is safe to say that we do have an impact on the world around us and there are definitely clear results both positive and negative.
Mario Machado, a veteran Peace Corps volunteer, describes his experience in Paraguay in his essay “The Privilege of Doing Development Work: Voluntourism and Its Limitations.” The Peace Corps requires a minimum 27-month commitment for its volunteers, so they can really understand the culture, language, and needs of the area. As Machado puts it, “nobody can do good development or aid work in a few weeks/months, especially not outsiders” (Machado, 2014). He continues to express the importance in becoming a part of the community by saying if he really had wanted to make more of an impact, he should have stayed in Paraguay for at least another two years. So much about development work involves building relationships, which takes time. Even the most well-meaning voluntourist can’t make any measurable change with a summer vacation. As relationships can be forged more easily by those who are from the community, it begs the question why we don’t focus on our own poor and hungry neighbors in our local communities – what is more appealing about a trip to Ethiopia to help starving children, than a trip to our local food bank to help hungry families in our same zip
I don't expect to change the world, but I certainly believe that I can make an impact, even in a minuscule way, through sacrificing certain luxuries for the good of others. I find it important to develop youth around the world that often find it hard to find an outlet of hope. Through the Peace Corps, I will travel to a developing country in hopes of impacting the education children receive by focusing on English literacy.
Even though I may not go into the Human Service profession, the lesson I learned can be applied to any career that I choose to go into. Every person should be taken out of their comfort zone in order to understand people of a different race or culture. Being exposed to different cultures and beliefs can also help me to education my young children when it comes to different worldviews. So in reality, this course is not only helping me, but another
Wonderful things happen when a group of enthusiastic people come together with one simple goal: to help those in need. Acts of benevolence in a community can help to ease a financial burden, feed a hungry child, provide transportation to important appointments and so much more. Helping hands extended with kindness, compassion and respect. It makes a community stronger.
Human service organizations facilitate and empower those in society who require assistance in meeting their basic human needs both emotionally, mentally, physically, and socially, or do they? Many individuals who are in need for these treatments continue to face unfortunate circumstances due to a number of failed services. Hasenfeld states how clients are treated is an organizational affirmation of morality (2010). It is emphasized that the relationship between workers and clients is crucial for proficient assessment of needs. However, for Mary Ann Moore and many other individuals relying on welfare for a plate of food, morality falls short next to monetary welfare concerns (Deparle, 1994).
Peter Singer said; “If it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening, without thereby sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance, we ought, morally, to do it” (Famine, Affluence, and Morality). As human beings, we have a moral compulsion to help other people, despite the verity that they may be strangers, especially when whatever type of aid we may render can in no approach have a more significant consequence on our own life.