Perspectives from the Field

Resources

• Discussion Participation Scoring Guide.

To prepare for this discussion, interview three human services professionals. Ask each one the following questions:

• How do you define human services?
• How do human services professionals view the helping process?
• In what ways to human service professionals promote change in individuals, groups, and larger societies?Using the Capella University Library, find an article that identifies a current problem in the field. Explain how a human service delivery model addresses this problem and provides social care, social control, and rehabilitation services.

  In this unit’s studies, you took several self-assessment inventories presented in readings from Issues and Ethics in the Helping Professions in order to provide you with a profile of your strengths and weaknesses.

  Provide a summary of the self-assessment inventories you completed and answer the following:

  • What most surprised you?
  • From the client’s perspective, how might your weaknesses interfere with the helping process?
  • How will what you learned determine your future professional development needs?

  • Reflect on the human services values described in this unit’s reading in An Introduction to Human Services, addressing the following:

    • Which human services value is the most difficult for you to practice? Include an example of a situation that encompasses that value and why it would be difficult for you to use it.
    • Which human services value is the most important to you and why?
    • How might your understanding of the values that guide practice help you determine your future professional development needs?