Human Services Problems

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The client of human services can be defined by the nature of the problems that exist in their individual, family, or group situation. Those individuals and their problems are the reason human services exist from the start. Problems are a part of everyday life, and they can come and go and be major or minor. In understanding this essential part of human service, the helper can fully understand what exactly can help the client and what helping skills can be utilized. In this paper, I will discuss the range of problems facing these client’s and what skills the helper can use in order to help their client. When problems exist that causes a client to experience trouble or discomfort, it is essential that human service professionals can identify…show more content…
This range of problems usually occurs because the client is in a particular place at a given time, unlike that of the developmental perspective. In this perspective the individual may not have done anything to contribute to or cause them to occur, responsibility begins once this problem has occurred and identified as an issue. In examining a client after they have been violently assaulted, there are problems that exist because of the attack. The feelings of anger, fear, shame, and questioning their actions can occur. It is important for these individuals to seek help for the aftermath of the assault in order for them to return to a previously psychological healthy place. Another way to identify a client’s problems is to establish which needs are being met and which are not through the hierarchical perspective. This theory is best described by Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs model. It was later proposed that these hierarchies of requirements could be divided into two categories: deficiency needs and being needs. This perspective says that if a person is unable to provide themselves with the physiological needs such as food or shelter, they would not be able to focus on other needs such as protection or even concentrate on the love and belonging…show more content…
Environmental influences include specific locations in which a client lives, friends and family that influence the client, groups to which the client belongs, and activities the client engages. This perspective is best when you view each aspect as a layer, the further distance away from the client the less they have an influence on that individual. In terms of a child, the first layer of control would be the family. This control includes the interactions of parents, childcare situation, the presence or absence of a parent(s), or the age of their sibling(s). These influences determine a child’s thought process and problem-solving ability from the start. If these impacts are negative, then the outcome as the child grows into adulthood could become negative. Middle layers of control in terms of a child are those represented by a neighborhood, social organizations, and faith-based organizations in which they are involved with. The secondary environment of a child can influence a lot with the child. If a child lives in a drug, gang, and crime-infested neighborhoods, this control can lead a child to the same choices as a young adult. They can be led to pressures into a gang or tempted with drugs because that is the environmental influence they are seeing every day. They may begin to think it is the norm and although a secondary influence a lot of times when a child’s primary
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