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Human Service: A Framework For Education And Practice, Hyung Shik Kim, Roderic Underwood
Human Service: A Framework For Education And Practice, Hyung Shik Kim, Roderic Underwood
Research outputs pre 2011
This paper sets out to deal with two main themes. The first theme considers the historical, political and social forces in human service delivery which were instrumental in the gradual recognition of human service as a field of academic study and practice. The paper firmly locates human services in organisational and administrative settings, in contrast to therapeutic or clinical orientations of the established helping professions.
The second theme deals with the domain of human services by incorporating the value commitment to meeting human needs. The normative position identifies human service as a field of study and practice which cuts across …