Assignment:
Essay - A framework for understanding human service work
Create a 2000 words
In human service practice Chenoweth and Mcauliffe talk about ‘domains' and ‘fields of practice'. The table below lists these:
Domains of Practice Fields of Practice
• Working with individuals
• Group work
• Social policy
• Working with families and partnerships
• Community work
• Research and evaluation
• Education and training
• The health sector
• Mental health
• Child protection and juvenile justice
• The disability field
• Working with older adults
• Rural and remote practice
• Income security and employment services
• Substance misuse
• Youth work
• Environmental and disaster work
Chenoweth, L. & McAuliffe, D. (2015) The Road to Social Work & Human Service Practice (4th ed.) Victoria: Cengage Learning
Write an essay responding to the following questions:
• What ‘domain' and ‘field' of practice appeals to you, what have you learned during the course and through your own research that has helped you to understand it better?
• What is the role of a human service worker in that domain and field?
• What type of human service organisations provide opportunities to work with their ‘domains' and ‘field'?
• What are the needs of the people who access that area of human services?
• Referring to the diagram of the text what values, knowledge and skills are needed to work in that particular area of human service need?