Helping Field Summary
Holly Regan, Kevin Gatlin, Latasha Burgos, Sabrina Brown, and Yaddira Espinoza
BSHS/305
December 8, 2014
Cassidy Hawf
Helping Field Summary
The main reason most people go into the helping profession is the desire to help others, but there are other factors that influence a career in the helping field profession. According to Woodside & McClam, these factors are direct work experience, college courses and instructors, friends, acquaintances, or relatives in helping professions, (2011).
The ability to contribute to another's growth by helping others is a gratifying feeling for those who want and do enter the helping field of human services and the opportunity to discover more about themselves through self-exploration. Values held by a helping field professional are equally important to the characteristics one must have to be successful as a helping professional. "The most commonly held values in human services: acceptance, tolerance, individuality, self-determination, and confidentiality," (Woodside & McClam, 2011).
Holly has chosen the helping field for a handful of reasons. She wants to make a difference in other's lives and knows she has much to offer the population in which she will serve. She has empathy for others, patience, and the ability to work with any facet of clientele without being judgmental. She believes she can provide strength and empowerment to others when they have all, but given up or in and a strong desire to help others become more productive and successful in their lives.
Kevin believes that it's human nature to see individuals in need and lend a helping hand. He has had a number of jobs in his life, but none has been as rewarding as assisting the youth population. He receives his drive for completing his education to help the youth population better from the clients he now serves at a juvenile detention center as a youth counselor. His reason for choosing a helping field in human services is either...