Case Study Of The Human Service Profession

The Human Service profession is a gratifying service because not only is it responsible for clients, it is also responsible for the community and environment. Each field has individual responsibilities but together they help one another. Human Service professionals must make sure that they and their employers are each contributing and working well in order for this to work.

The fourth section of the Ethical Standards is titled, “The Human Service Professional’s responsibility to the profession.” This means that it is professionals job is to deal with situations appropriately. They promote cooperation within psychology, social work, nursing, education, and others. They motivate membership in professional associations. As a Human Service professional they must continually find better approaches to improve their professional abilities.

The professional may only handle the situation if it is within their field and/or knowledge experience (Woodside & McClam, 2011). Statement 26 shows that different professionals are more qualified in different areas of study. Even though the professionals may create a relationship with the client, they must be able to recognize when they can handle the situation or if there is a different professional that would be able to help the client better. A case study example would be if a professional had a client named Jessica who came to see her because she lost her job. After working with her Jessica the professional found out that she lost her job because she started doing drugs. The professional would not be trained to help Jessica with her drug problem. A different professional that worked for an agency that deals with drug addicts would be able to take on the responsibility of working with this cli...

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...ws that professionals are always willing to learn new information to better serve their clients (Woodside & McClam, 2011). New information and resources are critical for professionals because they benefit the clients. If Teddy continued to research and found new treatments and methods down the line this would affect his clients. Over the years he most likely would be using different methods that work better than the methods that he use to use.

These three responsibilities of The Ethical Standards are very important in Human Service professions, although they benefit professionals’ clients as well. Professionals must continue to improve over the years to make sure that their clients are receiving the best treatment possible. They must be aware of themselves to serve their clients positively and better shape the Human Service profession.

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