Skills and Characteristics of Mental Health Human Services Workers BSHS/471 Skills and Characteristics of Mental Health Human Services Workers Growing up, we as humans learn to have compassion for others and we learn that we can offer our help to whatever individuals may be going through. We may offer help to our friends, families, or we even may be kind enough to help out individuals that we do not even know. One particular issue that this world is faced with today, especially America, is mental health. Today, there are professional service workers who fight for, assist, and counsel these mental health patients. These professionals possess great skills and characteristics required to offer assistance to the patients to help them be better and function in society.
By South Carolina law, all applicants must have a 48 hour master's degree or higher in counseling or in a related discipline, and the applicant must demonstrate on graduate transcript successful completion of one (1) three-hour graduate level course in each of the following ten areas and completion of a 150 hour counseling practicum: Coursework Areas 1. Human Growth and Development 2. Social and Cultural Foundations 3. The Helping Relationship* 4. Group Dynamics, Processing, and Counseling 5.
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Through this identification, the reader will attain a greater understanding of the requirements needed for competent mental health counseling. Role of Researcher Mental health counselors aside from specializations must be informed about the people whom they work for. Understanding the characteristics of their clientele, counselors seek to understand interests, attitudes, personalities and intelligent quotients (Sherpis, et.al., 2010). One method used to attain reliable and accurate data can be demonstrated through research within these areas. Variables within data both quantitative and qualitative must be approached from an unbiased perspective aimed at seeking relevancy to these clients.
It requires at least a Bachelors degree in psychology, social work, criminal justice, urban studies, or related fields for entry-level positions (BLS). A Masters degree is needed if a person wants to pursue a supervisory role or department head employment. Also, many states require certification from The American Probation and Parole Association. All probation and treatment specialists must complete at least eighty hours of additional training per year to stay up to date with certification requirements. This extensive education is necessary for a successful career in this area.
CBT 2 Abstract Objective: Childhood psychic trauma affects several areas of the brain which in relation causes behavioral problems. Traumatized children who are victims of physical or sexual abuse, neglect or other traumatic event is generally evaluated and supervised by therapist who provides trauma focused treatment. I will be providing information on realistic strategies used for managing dysfunctional emotions and behavior problems which is broken down by the trauma focused evidence base treatment also referred to as (EBT) used for children who are highly distress. Methods: Cognitive therapy looks to help children defeat difficulties. Treatment planning includes a balance of both trauma and behavioral focal point, working on ongoing behavioral problems and behavioral crises, modify distorted thinking so that families could have the knowledge to transfer, and children can learn how to talk through their experiences.
Anxiety The objective in managing and treating patients with anxiety was to understand the clinical presentation of anxiety, the diagnostic tools used in diagnosing this illness, and the treatments used to manage the different types of anxiety. The first goal is to understand the presentation of anxiety which may include: apprehension, restlessness, and insomnia. Other symptoms are fatigue, paresthesia, near syncope, dizziness, palpitations, tachycardia, chest pain and tightness, dyspnea, hyperventilation, nausea and vomiting. The patients presenting with anxiety and depression should also have lab work to include: TSH, CBC, urinalysis, urine drug screen testing. This lab work will check for anemia, hypothyroidism, and insomnia which can also lead to anxiety or can exacerbate the condition.
Because counselors are responsible for assisting physicians in ensuring the best possible care for the client, it is important that I familiarize myself with psychotropic medication. However as a counselor I must also carefully consider the
The program or study that I mentioned above about the specialty agencies can be a great place to start. What if those specialty agencies are manned by social workers who specialize in treating and diagnosing mental illness? Instead of letting probation/parole officers monitor these individuals, let the social worker whose trained in the mental health field managed they’re care. In the NASW Code of Ethics 1.15 Interruption of Services it states; Social workers should make reasonable efforts to ensure continuity of services in the event that services are interrupted by factors such as unavailability, relocation, illness disability or death. As the person is being released into society that is where the services are severed, we as social workers can implement programs to pick up the services after their release from prison and/or jails.
Psychiatric-mental health nurses are a rich resource as providers of psychiatric-mental health services and patient care partners for the consumers of those services. (Nurse Source, 2012) The clinical practice of psychiatric nursing occurs at two levels - basic and advanced. At the basic level, registered nurses work with individuals, families, groups, and communities to assess mental health needs, develop diagnoses, and plan, implement, and evaluate nursing care. Basic level nursing practices characterized by interventions that promote and foster health, assess dysfunction, assist clients to regain or improve their coping abilities, and prevent further disability. These interventions focus on psychiatric-mental health clients and include health promotion, preventive management of a therapeutic environment; assisting client with self-care activities; administering