Elizabeth B. Pearce

Chapters 10 and 11 bring you four distinct voices from the profession of human services. Each professional featured here has stories to tell about their work with a variety of particular settings and people.As you read, consider the various settings and roles in which you might work as a human services professional. Think back to Chapter 1 in which the characteristics, skills, and knowledge needed for the profession were identified. Which of those abilities would you need to work in each of these settings?

As you have experience working in a variety of human services settings, you may meet people in one setting that you know from somewhere else. You may even have clients whom you know from personal experiences in your own life. You will learn about working with people who use substances as well as military service members and veterans in this chapter. As Standard 5 reminds us, you will need to be conscious of having multiple relationships with clients and recognize that this may increase the risk of harm to others.

11.1.2 References

National Organization for Human Services. (2015). Ethical standards for human services professionals. https://www.nationalhumanservices.org/ethical-standards-for-hs-professionals