Chapter 2:

1. The techniques and solutions used to aid in the well-being of clients who were in distress are asylums, hospitals and a church. All were used to house and help the people with mental disabilities.

2. The evolution of human well-being services, from the Middle Ages to present day by individuals, professionals and society went from people not being sure as to what exactly ones mental illness was. Until the Middle Ages people believed that mental illness was caused by evil spirits. Then after a while they started to be treated better when they started to better understand it.

3. Obama-Care’s mission is to aid the well-being of Americans by Healthy Care reform and signing into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. This act puts individuals, families and small business owners in control of their health care.

4. Social philosophies are promoted to aid in the well-being of clients/society because individualism is viewed America as the land of opportunity. Laissesz-fair was an economic concept that focused on societal or governmental responsibility. Social Darwinisim, in combination with laissez-faire and the wortk ethic, created a climate for the reform that was to follow.

5.The mental health movement promoted to aid in the well-being of clients/society because it aimed to improve mental hospitals, arouse public concern and prevent disease. Providing education on causes, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment, this organization furthered the development of the mental health movement.

6. The human service movement promoted the well-being of happiness by establish greater rapport and credibility with their clients.

7. Entitlement benefits promote the well-being of individuals by, for example, Medicaid gives grants to the states to assist them in helping medically indigent citizens receive medical and hospital care.

Chapter 3

1. Trends of technology in the field of human services are attempting to aid a client’s well-being because it is used in the areas of communication, information management, service delivery, and professional development. Also to provide better quality services in a more cost-effective manner.

2. Technology can promote well-being in professional development for human service workers and ultimately clients by making it easier for human service professionals to take advantage of the latest information about population being served as well as the knowledge and skills of emerging best practive.

3. Managed care is a term used to describe a set of tools or methods designed to manage resources, especially in the areas of health care and mental health and it helps both client and human service worker as they work together to plan and provide services.

4. Some of the limitations of managed care and how it can impact a well-being is that it influences the delivery of services to clients within the social service network.

5. Service delivery means to be able to bring what the client needs and providing services to the client whenever it is needed and it can be faster and more effieceint.

6. Human service professionals pay attention to various groups in order to promote well-being of US citizens because of the global population began to increase rapidly in the 20th century.

7. what is happening internationally promotes the international human services continue to be great.

8. The concept of teaching a man to fish promotes well-being

9. cultural competency can promote well-being by having more awareness, understanding and skill about human beings and their diversity.

1. Describe how the client empowerment model for change effectively impacts a client’s well-being status? Include what the professional would do to implement the model in the counseling session.

The client empowerment model for change effectively impacts a client’s well-being status because it’s another approach to facilitating change, to place the empowerment in the hands and voices of the clients or those in need.

2. Describe how a community-based agency’s mission and goals promotes well-being and happiness for their clients.

A community-based agency’s mission and goals promotes well-being and happiness for their clients because the mission communicates the purpose of the agency by summarizing its guiding principles. If a client needs help from an outside source the organization will list it’s mission so the human service professional knows which services is best for their client.

3. Describe how an agency’s organizational chart promotes well-being through the chain of command.

An agnecy’s organizational chart promotes well-being through the chain of command by making it easy to see the boxes that represent offices, departments, and sometimes individuals with an illustration.

4. Describe how the referral process is utilized in relation to the clients well-being.

The referral process is utilized in relation to the clients well-being because in seeking services for a client, the helper often relies on other professionals both within and outside the agency to locate the needed services, negotiate introductions and meeting times, and establish the groundwork for the client to visit another agency. This helps the professional know which agency to send their client to.

5. Describe how an informal network can aid in the referral and well-being goals.

An informal network can aid in the referral and well-being goals shows who their client is and helps put them in the right agency.

6. Describe how documentation and paperwork requirements aid in the well-being of the client.

Documentation and paperwork requirements aid in the well-being of the client so the human service professional is aware of who this client and what they need so the helper can meet the needs of the clients as well as possible.

7. Describe how stress and “burnout” of the worker can impact the clients well-being?

Stress and “burnout” of the worker can impact the clients well-being because burnout affects the day-to-day work of the professional and results in behavior that has negative effects on the work environment as well as the helping process. Loss of idealism and disappointment in client motivations may result in loss of commitment to both job and clients.

8. Describe how professional development activities can impact the well-being of the worker. Describe how it also impacts service delivery to the client.

Professional developments activities can impact the well-being of the worker by keeping positively engaged and well supported while delivering services. The ultimate goal is to be a more effective helper and to be able to respond to each helping opportunity in a way the positively supports the client.

9. Describe how a human service worker can utilize client empowerment as a tool in the well-being of client.

A human service worker can utilize client empowerment as a tool in the well-being of a client by using it as fuel to help their clients and giving them what they need.

1. Describe how the Human Services Code of Ethics initiates. guides and promotes a clinical arena for professional and client well-being.

The Human Services Code of Ethics initiates. guides and promotes a clinical arena and client well-being by helping clarify the professionals responsibilities to clients. to the agency and to the society. It also states the goals or aims of the profession, that protect the client, that provide guidance to professional behavior, and that contribute to a professional identity for the helper.

2. Describe how the human service professional’s responsibility to clients promotes well-being.

The human service professional’s responsibility to clients promotes well-being because the professional is committed to helping clients develop the best of their abilities and to protect them from harm. The human service professional is obligated to provide high quality service to their clients. The helper must be concerned with having time to work with a client and the resources necessary for effective practice. Human service professionals protect the clients right to privacy and confidentiality except when such confidentiality would cause harm to the client or others. Overall they must provide good quality services to whomever needs those services.

3. Describe how the human service professional’s responsibility to the community and society promote well-being.

The responsibility to the community and society promote well-being is the human serve professionals are aware of local, state and federal laws. They keep informed about current social issues as they affect the client and the community. They share information with clients, groups, and community as part of their work. They understand the complex interaction between individuals, their families, the communities in which they live. The professional must provide a mechanism for identifying unmet client needs, calling attention to those needs, and assisting in planning and mobilizing to advocate for those needs at the local community level. The professional must provide services without discrimation or preference based on age, ethnicity, culture, race, disability, gender, religion, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic status. Must be knowledgable about the cultures and communities within which they practice.

4. Describe how the human service professional’s responsibility to colleagues promotes well-being for the client.

The human service professional’s responsibility to colleagues promotes well-being because the human service professionals avoid duplicating another professionals helping relationship with a client. They consult with other professionals who are assisting the client in a different type of relationship when it is in the best interest of the client to do so. When a human serve professional has a conflict with a colleague, he or she first seeks out the colleague in an attempt to manage the problem. If necessary the professional then seeks the assistance of supervisors, consultants, or other professionals in efforts to manage the problem. Human service professionals must respond appropriately to unethical behavior or colleagues by talking directly to the colleague and if no resolution is forthcoming, reporting the colleagues behavior to supervisory of administrative staff.

5. Describe how the human service professional’s responsibility to the profession promotes well-being for the client.

The human service professional’s responsibility to the profession promotes well-being because the professional knows the limit and scope of their professional knowledge and offer services only within their knowledge and skill base. Professional must seek appropriate consultation and supervision to assist in decision making when there are legal, ethical and other dilemmas. Must act with integrity, honesty, genuineness, and objectivity. Promote cooperation among related disciplines such as psychology, counseling, social work, nursing, family and consumer sciences medicine and education to foster professional growth and interests within the various fields. Seek out new and effective approaches to enhance their professional abilities.

6. Describe how the human service professional’s responsibility to the employers promotes well-being for the client

Their responsibility to their employers is to make sure they are their job is being done correctly because their employer is a reflection of who they are.

7. Describe how the human service professional’s responsibility to self promotes well-being for the client.

The human service professionals responsibility to self promotes well-being for the client by striving to personify those characteristics typically associated with the profession. Must foster self-awareness and personal growth in themselves. They recognize that when professionals are aware their own values, attitudes, cultural background, and personal needs, the process of helping others is less likely to be negatively impacted by those factors. Recognize a commitment to lifelong learning and continually upgrade knowledge ad skills to serve their populations better.

8. Describe how the human service professional’s responsibility to educators promote well-being for the client.

The human service professionals responsibility to educators promote well-being for the client is the human service educators are familiar with, informed by, and accountable to the standards of professional conduct put forth by their institutions of higher learning; their professional disciplines. Uphold the principle of liberal education and embrace the essence of academic freedom, abstaining from inflicting their own personal views/morals on students and allowing students the freedom to express their views without penalty, censure for ridicule,and to engage in critical thinking.

9. Describe the four stages of ethical decision making. Indicate how it strives to promote well-being to the client/society.’

The four stages of ethical decision making are to Identify the problem, Consult with colleagues of experts, Identify and explore options, and Choose a course of action and act. The first stage, Identify the problem, may involve gathering additional information; considering the legal, ethical, moral and professional perspectives and determining the issues involved. The second stage, Consult with colleagues, is when legal counsel, coworkers, and supervisors are some of the resources who can be tapped to obtain different perspectives about the dilemma. The third stage, Identify and explore options, which is thinking about the desired outcomes and the advantages and disadvantages or risks and benefits of each option. The final stage, Choose a course of action and act, is when both the process and the choice are evaluated.

1. Describe problems in living and how individuals experience these problems in terms of their sense of well-being.

Problems in living can include where someone lives (their environment), their job, education, children, etc… All these things can contribute to someone’s well-being by affecting where they live if it’s a safe area or not, if the education they received will allow them to have a well paying job, and also if they are a young parent, a single parent or just a parent in general can affect their well-being.

2. Describe how can human services networking aid in the well-being of clients.

Human services networking can aid in the well-being of clients by allowing them to see what’s happening in the world and can increase communication.

3. Describe how utilizing on interdisciplinary approach within the work of a human service professional can aid to the well-being of a client/society.

Utilizing an interdisciplinary approach within the work of a human service professional can aid to the well-being of a client/society because it involves the three disciplines which are psychology, sociology and anthropology which allows a human service worker to better understand their client and their own personal needs as to why they may do something or think a certain way.

4. Describe how social care, social control and rehabilitation contributes to the well-being of an individual? Society?

Social care, social control and rehabilitation contributes to the well-being of an individual because each are ways a client is helped and the services that are required for them.

5. Describe how the relationship between the worker and client can be an integral part in the well-being of client.

The relationship between the worker and client can be an integral part in the well-being of a client because it allows a relationship to be formed by using skills such as listening, observation, and assessment of their client.

6. Describe the clinical/ professional job/tasks the human service professional performs in aiding the well-being goals of the client.

Clinical/professional job tasks the human service professional performs in aiding the well-being goals of the client are to ask questions about the client and what’s happening in their life to more understand your client. Help clients develop certain skills to increase their intellectual, emotional and behavioral options. Performing the teacher role to empower the client to solve future problems independently.

7. Describe how being a generalist human service worker aids in the well-being of those they serve.

Being a generalist human service worker aids in the well-being of those they serve because they have a certain set of skills which means they performs all the duties expected of that member of the particular profession.

8. Describe how the clinical/ professional may steer the client to be self-sufficient.

The client may be steered to be self-sufficient by providing these clients with what they need and they will eventually be able to contribute financially to meeting their own basic needs even if they still require assistance.

9. Describe how the human service delivery system provides Alameda with social care, social control and rehabilitation in order to create a path of well-being in her life.

The human service delivery system provides Alameda with social care, social control and rehabilitation in order to create a path of well-being in her life because so many are engaged in service with her, so case management responsibilities is one way to deliver multiple services in a more effective and efficient manner.

10. Describe how evidence based practice knowledge can be utilized by the professional to aid in the clients well-being.

Evidence based practice knowledge can be utilized by the professional to aid in the clients well-being by making sure the programs, policies or interventions that their client will be following will be effective for their client.