Skills and Characteristics of Mental Health Human Service Worker

Skills and Characteristics of Mental Health Human Service Workers
Skills and characteristics are essential in the Human Service Profession to be efficient in helping the clients. The Human Service Professional is a one of a kind individual, which requires skills and certain characteristics that very few people have. This paper will discuss the skills and characteristics and the definition of the two which are essential in this field, as well as the writer’s skills and characteristics that will lead to a successful career as a Human Service Professional.

According to "Merriam Webster" (2014) the definition of skill is “the ability to do something that comes from training, experience, or practice” (skill). According to "Merriam Webster" (2014) the definition of characteristic is “a special quality or trait that makes a person, thing, or group different from others” (characteristic)

Working in the Human Services field can be a very stressful and over whelming job for many people. I believe that there are people that were born to help others and those that have been taught to be caring and compassionate. While not every person is cut out to be on the front line of this field, those that are become very skillful people. It takes a special person to be willing to give up their lives and time to help others and to not make a lot of money is a characteristic he or she has naturally. This group of individuals has a unique personality that is not learned or handed out to everyone. The people that work in the Human Services field are a special group of people that help to make our current world a better place.

Education and training is just the beginning of what is needed to be successful in the Human Service field. Passion is a key requirement for both the client as well as the Human Service professional. A Human Service Worker must be able to put personal prejudices aside to be able to help his or her client in the appropriate manner. As a Human Service Worker putting aside personal prejudices does not mean he or she should put aside common sense. Ethics are another key point to be successful, without ethics one truly cannot see the entire big picture. Having the ability to freely see the big picture is a skill that is necessary to be effective in this field. Also having the ability of being non judgmental is another key point, The Human service Professional is seeing the client or helping the client for a reason, the last thing the client needs is to be told that what they did was wrong, or insinuated in any way that he or she messed up or is less than anyone else.

Education is an important key to this field, this does not always mean by the books either. Some things need to be from experience, whether professional or personal. Listening skills are a key element, because sometimes your client might be talking or not being direct and you need to be able to read between the lines or ...

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