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7/29/2019 Intro to Human Services222 http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/intro-to-human-services222 1/4 Cotabato Medical Foundation College, Inc. Midsayap, Cotabato Course Number: HS 1 Course Title: Introduction to Human Services Course Goal:  The goalof this course is to examine the broad range of services and functions of the human service professional in his or her workplace. The student will become knowledgeable about the many roles and functions of the human service professional, gain an understanding of the types of agencies where human service professionals are employed, and be exposed to an overview of the human service profession. This course is the first course toward training students to become professionals in the human service field. Course Description: Students will learn about human services, the helping process, and the role and function of the human service professional. Students will be exposed to local and state human services facilities. Objectives: 1.  To examine what the human service professional does at work. 2.  To visit various work settings of the human service professional and discuss similarities and differences at these sites. 3.  To study the history of the mental health movement as it relates to the human service professional. 4.  To distinguish between the various kinds of professionals in the social service fields. 5.  To identify the attitudes and personal characteristics of the effective human service professional and evaluate to what degree each of us embodies these attributes. 6.  To understand what it means to be a "developmentally mature" human service professional and discuss how each of us might strive to be more effective as a human service professional. 7.  To understand the change process and demonstrate how to facilitate change in clients. 8.  To learn about and practice basic interviewing and counseling skills. 9.  To learn about basic case management techniques and examine how case management is used at varying social service agencies. 10. To compare and contrast the concepts of guidance, counseling, psychotherapy, and mental health support. 11. To learn about theories of human development and examine how knowledge of human development can be applied with clients.

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Cotabato Medical Foundation College, Inc.Midsayap, Cotabato

Course Number: HS 1

Course Title: Introduction to Human Services

Course Goal: The goalof this course is to examine the broad range of services and functions of the human service professional in his or her workplace. Thestudent will become knowledgeable about the many roles and functions of the human service professional, gain an understanding of the typesof agencies where human service professionals are employed, and be exposed to an overview of the human service profession. This course isthe first course toward training students to become professionals in the human service field.

Course Description:Students will learn about human services, the helping process, and the role and function of the human service professional. Students will beexposed to local and state human services facilities.

Objectives:1.  To examine what the human service professional does at work.2.  To visit various work settings of the human service professional and discuss similarities and differences at these sites.3.  To study the history of the mental health movement as it relates to the human service professional.4.  To distinguish between the various kinds of professionals in the social service fields.5.  To identify the attitudes and personal characteristics of the effective human service professional and evaluate to what degree each of 

us embodies these attributes.6.  To understand what it means to be a "developmentally mature" human service professional and discuss how each of us might strive to

be more effective as a human service professional.7.  To understand the change process and demonstrate how to facilitate change in clients.8.  To learn about and practice basic interviewing and counseling skills.9.  To learn about basic case management techniques and examine how case management is used at varying social service agencies.10. To compare and contrast the concepts of guidance, counseling, psychotherapy, and mental health support.

11. To learn about theories of human development and examine how knowledge of human development can be applied with clients.

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Orientation to CourseDefining the HumanService Professional The Human ServiceProfessional: Historyand Standards

 TheoreticalApproaches to HSWork. The HelpingInterview: Skills,Process, and CaseManagement

 The Development of the PersonSystems: What Are They? How Do WeWork With ThemHuman ServiceProfessionals in aPluralistic Society The HS Professionaland the World of Work

Interview and 5 moreExperiential Exercise

A Look to the Future: Trends in theFunction and Roles of the Human Service

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