My Future as a Human Services Professional
Read “The generalist model: Where do the micro and macro converge?” and “Self-care in the world of empirically supported treatments”
The final paper should identify and analyze a specific need identified by a community.
Your summative assessment will require you to reflect on your future as a human service professional as a Social Worker
In your paper, you must comprehensively address the following:
1. What populations do you want to serve and in what capacity? Elderly – Senior Citizen (Geriatric)
2. What type of organization do you want to be working for in the future (or now if you plan to stay with your organization as you advance)? Long term facility or Hospice Care
3. Appraise the past, current, and future societal issues facing the human services profession with your chosen population and organization.
4. Evaluate a minimum of one historical issue related to your population.
6. What future societal issues might your clients and organization face?
7. Evaluate how you might perform your role in this field.
8. How might you be supervised?
9. What might your working relationships be with your colleagues?
10. How will you maintain healthy boundaries with clients?
11. What other services might your organization offer and how might these services interact with yours.
12. Assess the impact that the community will have on your clients and organization?
13. How will you work to serve your clients within the community?
14. How do you think you will have an impact on the global needs in terms of the population you have chosen to serve?
15. Compare the human services organization where you currently work or might work with a similar human services organization that serves the same population. (I work in a Homeless shelter for single mothers but would like to work with the Elderly)
16. Outline the similarities and differences, evaluating which is more of an effective model of a human services agency.
Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
Must utilize academic voice.
Must be eight double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA 7 edition.
Must use at least FIVE (5) scholarly, peer-reviewed sources in addition to the course text.
Course work readings:
Miller, S. E., Tice, C. J., & Harnek Hall, D. M. (2008). The generalist model: Where do the micro and macro converge? (Links to an external site.) Advances in Social Work, 9(2), 80–90. https://doi.org/10.18060/203
Puterbaugh, D. (2015, May 28). Self-care in the world of empirically supported treatments (Links to an external site.). Counseling Today.
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