A Guide to the Helping Professions,9780205308446

A Guide to the Helping Professions

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ISBN13: 9780205308446
ISBN10: 0205308449
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-10-26
Publisher(s): Pearson
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Summary

This book introduces readers to the human service profession by examining the work environment, reviewing the essential skills required of human service professionals, and guiding readers with their career planning in the field.By using case studies, examples, and self-tests, this book provides students with a realistic view of the daily decisions that must be made by professional helpers. This guide provides an overview of the issues and problems that create a need forprofessional assistance increasing readers' awareness of why health and human services agencies are needed. Current treatment methods and service delivery systems that best connect clients to the assistance they need are also discussed.Potential social workers or anyone interested in learning more about Human Services and the counseling profession.

Table of Contents

Preface xi
Becoming a Helping Professional
1(23)
Helping Defined
1(3)
Special Challenges for Helper-Trainees
4(5)
Client Needs
9(2)
Helping Strategies
11(7)
Career Paths of Helpers
18(2)
Using This Book
20(1)
Summary
20(4)
Characteristics of Skilled Helpers
24(20)
Characteristics of Skilled Helpers
26(14)
Characteristics That Hinder Skilled Helpers
40(1)
Summary
41(3)
Cultural Diversity and Helping
44(30)
Understanding Culture
44(3)
Issues in Helping Cultural, Racial, and Ethnic Minorities
47(5)
Racial, Cultural, and Ethnic Differences and the Helping Process
52(13)
Helping Persons with Disabilities
65(3)
Helping Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Individuals
68(2)
Summary
70(4)
Professional Helping Skills and Techniques
74(30)
Foundational Skills
74(25)
Return to the Pretest
99(1)
Summary
100(4)
Understanding and Assessing People
104(23)
Identifying Problems and Assessing Strenghts
104(5)
Locating the Source of Problems
109(1)
The DSM-IV
109(3)
How to Do and Initial Assessment
112(4)
Illustrations of Assessment in Action
116(7)
Standardized Assessment Techniques
123(1)
Summary
123(4)
Service Delivery Systems
127(21)
Overview of the Human Services and Health Care System
128(7)
Service Delivery Strategies
135(5)
Work Settings for Professional Helpers
140(4)
Evaluating Service Delivery Systems
144(1)
Summary
145(3)
Counseling Individuals
148(20)
Process of Individual Counseling
149(5)
Types of Individual Counseling
154(10)
Comparing Counseling Approaches
164(1)
Summary
165(3)
Working with Families
168(18)
Family Patterns
169(1)
Types of Family Problems
169(2)
Developmental Stages of Families
171(1)
Strengths of Familites
172(1)
Ideas to Deepen Our Understanding of Families
173(5)
Helping Families
178(5)
Internet Resources for Families
183(1)
Summary
183(3)
Helping in a Group Setting
186(32)
Group versus Individual Helping
187(1)
Factors That Make Groups Effective
188(6)
Stages of Groups
194(7)
Types of Groups
201(3)
Skills of Effective Group Helpers
204(9)
Factors That Keep Groups from Succeeding
213(1)
Summary
213(5)
Working with Communities
218(14)
Making a Commitment to the Community
219(1)
Assessing the Needs of a Community
220(1)
Understanding How to Help a Community: A Behavioral Analysis
221(4)
Advocacy as a Tool for Community Development
225(2)
Communities in Action: Illustrations
227(3)
Summary
230(2)
Helping on the Internet
232(14)
Using the Internet in Helping
235(3)
Guidelines for Internet Use
238(2)
Some Useful Web Sites
240(2)
Evaluating Web Sites
242(1)
The Internet as a Training Tool
242(1)
Summary
243(3)
Ethical and Legal Issues in the Helping Professions
246(23)
Ethical Principles
248(8)
Enforcing Codes of Ethics
256(3)
Decision-Making in Helping: Ethical and Legal Factors
259(2)
Legal Threats to Helpers
261(4)
Summary
265(4)
Becoming Employed and Advancing in a Helping Career
269(16)
Becoming Employed: Required Professional Credentials
270(2)
Locating Job Openings
272(2)
After Employment: The Role of Professional Organizations
274(4)
Getting More Education
278(2)
Advancing in Your Field and Retirement
280(2)
Summary
282(3)
Maintaining Your Physical and Mental Health
285(16)
How to Assess Stress
287(1)
Stress, Burnout, and Becoming a Professional Helper
288(9)
Getting in Touch with One's Spirituality
297(1)
Summary
298(3)
Becoming A Helper: Some Issues That Influence Practice
301(7)
Workfare and other Welfare Reforms
301(1)
Managed Health Care
302(1)
Outpatient Care of People with Chronic Mental Health Problem
303(1)
Deemphasis on Rehabilitation of Criminals
303(1)
The Rights of the Handicapped
304(1)
Changing Population Demographics
305(1)
Economic Risk and Hispanics
305(1)
Summary
306(2)
Index 308

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