What Is Human Services

“What Is Human Services”

Josh Whatcott

BSHS302

April 2, 2012

Maxine Proctor

What Is Human Services

The history of human services, along with ethics relating to the human services professional, is to provide food, water, and shelter for those that cannot provide for themselves. Common intervention strategies like empathy, compassion, listening, patience, and observation. All of which, are used in human services. Human services are a necessity in society and help many that are unable to provide for themselves.

What is Human Services

“Human services is a broad term covering a number of careers, but all have one thing in common-the helping of people meet their basic physical and emotional needs for whatever reason cannot be met without assistance” (Martin, pg.4, 2007). Understanding human services, the processes of human services, strategies, along with intervention skills professionals can help those with social and mental disorders. Thus, allowing people to function in society while meeting their needs.

The Goal of Human Services

The goal of human services sounds simple to understand; however, this goal can be difficult to reach. Not every case has the same diagnosis, and not one person is the same. The goal of human services is to help provide the basic needs for individuals, such as food, shelter, safety, health, and sanitation. Social and psychological needs also have to be met. (Martin, 2007) The goal in human services is to do a thorough evaluation through active listening and other communication skills. Through these skills, the professional will be able to determine what need is lacking, and to have a better understanding as to how the individual arrived in the situation. Once the cause has been determined, human services uses the best approach to help the individual. Through proper treatment and help, professionals can assist the consumer in obtaining the skills needed to function effectively on their own. “One goal of the human...