Description/Focus: Essay – A framework for understanding human service workValue: 60%Due date: 20 May 2016Length: 1800 wordsTask: In your set text for this subject, Chenoweth and McAuliffe talk about ‘domains’ and ‘fields of practice’. The table below lists these:
Domains of Practice Fields of Practice• Working with individuals• Group work• Social policy• Working with families and partnerships• Community work• Research and evaluation• Education and training• The health sector• Mental health• Child protection and juvenile justice• The disability field• Working with older adults• Rural and remote practice• Income security and employment services• Substance misuse• Youth work• Environmental and disaster work
Chenoweth, L. & McAuliffe, D. (2015) The Road to Social Work & Human Service Practice (4th ed.) Victoria: Cengage Learning
Write an essay responding to the following questions:• Identifies a type of human service agency in a particular field of practice;• Identifies an agency that employs workers from your discipline and the selected field of practice;• Discusses the roles of the human service professional from the perspective of the profession that you are studying, in the context of the chosen field of practice;• Identifies at least one social justice issue in this field of practice;Highlights some of the potential ethical concerns.Set text book:Chenoweth, L. & McAuliffe, D. (2015) The Road to Social Work & Human Service Practice (4th ed). Cengage, Australia.
