Essay #2: Laws and rules in state licensing and public policy State of Florida 491 Board Standards (or State of Florida Department of Education Rules) The counseling licensure process in the state of Florida requires that the student graduates from a CACREP accredited university with a mental health counseling degree. According to States of Florida 491 Board Standards (2009), “[f]or mental health counseling, a minimum of seven of the courses required under s. 491.005(b)1.a.-c. ”(p.9).…
With the population that is being served at the Renaissance Treatment Center, there are many different sections, and each section requires different psychological careers in order to serve each client efficiently and effectively. These career includes, a psychiatrist, a family therapist, a mental health counselor, a substance abuse counselor, and a psychologist. These careers are suitable and also are the best fit for the population that Renaissance Treatment Center currently serves. A psychiatrist will be responsible for assessing, evaluating, diagnosing and helping clients with treatment and ways how to prevent disorders of the mind. Clients who experience serious depression, anxiety or hallucination, who are having trouble understanding,…
Inside the setting of human services a standout amongst the most critical components is the foundation of affective therapeutic relationship powerful the nurse and service users (foster & Hawkins, 2005). The path in which the nurses and service users communicate can be powerful in term of information exchange, arrangement of psychological support and give some helpful advantages in themselves…
Human Service Agency The human service agency I chose is the Behavioral Health Unit located in the Lake Cumberland hospital. The mission statement of this organization is leading the way to better healthcare by providing the level of care for our patients that we would want for our own families (Lake Cumberland Hospital, 2018). The goal is to be the healthcare leader in our area, providing excellent care with kindness and compassion (Lake Cumberland Hospital, 2018). Location and Size…
The commitment to provide quality services to clients with special needs is typically imbedded within a human service agency’s literature, philosophy, and promise to recipients and funding sources. In adult services, delivery of services is largely in trusted to direct-care staff, they are often responsible for reviewing, explaining and implementing both behavioral and skill development interventions with those they support. As human service agencies grow and needs are multiplied, lead, supervisory, and/or pyramidal roles are created to help alleviate part of management and training responsibilities, which traditionally fall on behavior analysts, managers or supervisors. As opportunities arise, agencies often promote direct-care into these…
human services professionals must have an array of knowledge and a skill set that helps them understand people, both as individuals and within groups. This requires knowledge of a variety of factors in human behavior. The human services worker must be familiar with human development, how culture and society impact behavior and influence the economic structures on human…
Please answer the question in 350 words or less. Why are you interested in attending the University of Virginia School of Medicine? What factors will be most important to you in choosing a medical school? University of Virginia’s reputation as a forerunner in medical education and research with values such as excellence and leadership make it an ideal match for an engaged, driven student like myself.…
The role of the human service professional is to assist clients with bringing about change in their lives, helping them to meeting certain goals, and overcome obstacles. According the National Organization for Human Services website, “The primary purpose of the human services professional is to assist individual and communities to function as effectively as possible in the major domains of living” (2015, para. 11). This can be one of the most rewarding, yet challenging professions. Appropriate professional image plays a vital role in the helping relationship. Presenting a professional appearance will help to project a sense of professionalism to clients and better distinguish the helping relationship from just another friendship.…
Mental illness is a largely stigmatized topic and it leads most patients to fear treatment options and seeking care. Often times, the relatively unprepared communities are not supportive of these patients and make them feel more out of place. A lack of community support causes relapse and therefore, readmission to hospitals (Yearwood, 2008). Another weakness comes from the fact that, often times, patients in these facilities are unable to care for themselves. This means they rely heavily on local centers, or support systems.…
In Class Writing Four Throughout this semester, there have been many aspects that have really sparked my interest. Although this semester is fixing to end, I would love to retake this class just for fun. Also, this class has taught me a lot about giving back to the community and its importance.…
In the field of human services, having a nonjudgmental mindset is crucial to carrying out your job efficiently. In order to work with clients from all different backgrounds, it is necessary to know how to adjust your method to each individual. On my journey to becoming a human services professional, I have dealt with my own prejudices like never before. There are so many things that we say or unconsciously think on a daily basis that projects a great deal of prejudices without knowing it. The baseline and the hidden bias tests were eye-openers for me.…
To better understand the Humans Services field I interviewed six people, asking them what they thought about the choice of human services as a career. I also decided to choose these people based on their culture, place of residence, language and customs. I decided to split the six people into two groups - the group of people interviewed who live in Italy and the group of people interviewed who live in the United States. This division has allowed me to compare similarities and differences present in the two human service networks. The interviews with the Italian group were made over the phone.…
One the most significant things that I learned in introduction to human services this semester was that everyone experiences situations differently, what might be something unimportant and minor to you might be a trigger for someone else. You should always be mindful of others, I think us as human beings we tend to be a bit selfish and like to think that the world revolves around us. Which, is ridiculous because the world has 7.3 billion people and counting, and what makes me more significant than all those other people? Sometimes I’ll go out to the store in a hurry and I’ll get a line with a cashier that is being extremely slow, and I get upset and start thinking of some nasty things about the cashier, without ever taking into consideration what that person might be going through.…
Psychological disorders and mental health issues in today’s society affect many people in a variety of ways. Many people in society are often stigmatized and labeled because of a psychological disorder shunning them from society, the work place, schools, friends, and more. However, recently through my research I see how many people are working their jobs, handling their careers, never stop working and aspiring with their goals, and face varied challenges at home, work, and out socially using a variety of therapies from medications, to psychologist visits, and even psychotherapy. There are over four hundred types of psychological disorders.…
Ms. Koenig sees a challenge overall in mental health care is care, or more accurately, lack of care, for these students when they become adults. Ideally, our system strives toward having resources available in the schools for these children, as well as resources in general for students. But this care often drops off as children age through the schools and become adults. We need to do a better job as a society. She states, “Mental health is so much more difficult to diagnose and treat than a clear bodily issue where you can clearly see the problem and see the response to treatment (although the brain is for sure part of the body!…