Role of Human Service Practitioners in Education Sector

HUMAN SERVICE
PRACTITIONER

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Human service practitioner..........................................................................................................3
Services which are related to School of Human Service.............................................................4
Assistance of students..................................................................................................................5
Policy related to the sector affecting human service..................................................................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
The report is about human service practitioner and the policy guiding this occupational
framework. Human service practitioner are people who assist people in many domains for
getting their work done like tax relief, medical aid and educational support. The profession has
been described across education domain with the social policy influence on the sector. Various
aspects have been covered which show the duties and relevance of human service in education
sector.
Human service practitioner
They are the ones who provide direct and indirect services to the client. Assessment of clients’
needs and eligibility for the benefits and services are done by them and the clients are helped in
obtaining them. Financial documents like rent receipts and tax returns are examined for
determining whether client’s eligibility for tax relief, medical aid and other human service
programs are judged. Arrangement for transportation and escort if necessary are also arranged by
them (Grote, 2018).
Tasks and responsibilities of them include:
 Monitoring and keeping case records of clients and reporting the progress to the
supervisors and the case managers.
 Transporting or accompanying clients to the health care centres and meal sites.
 Follow up through telecommunication to clients for making sure client received services.
 Helping clients in completion of medical and insurance papers along with application
filling for loans and other financial help.
 Assisting clients in daily living needs.
Variety of roles are played by them in community. One such role which is played by human
services is school social work. The human service workers assist parents, students and the school
staff in identification of needs which interfere with learning or working with students for getting
the services they require (Chenoweth and McAuliffe, 2017). The workers work with students
and families for resolving social, emotional and problems related to behaviour. This is done
through assessment, consulting with school staff and the community providers through

developing and implementing behaviour management plans. Assessment of the child’s strengths
and weaknesses is done and accordingly a schedule is prepared for the student to be followed to
overcome problems
At school, human service workers meet with students one-on-one to emphasize on issues such as
peer relationships, behavioural issues, and issues in the residential area relating to community, at
home, or at school. Students of social skills, coping mechanisms, and constructive solutions are
supported by human service workers (Grote, 2018).
School human service workers are licensed mental health practitioners who can help with mental
health issues, behavioural issues, positive behavioural support, studies and classroom support,
consulting with students, parents, and administrators, and individual and community
counseling/therapy. School human service workers have to play a significant role in helping
schools achieve their goal of providing a secure environment for teaching, learning, and
competence and trust development. School human service workers are employed by school
districts to assist them in achieving their academic goals, specially when communication
between home, school, and community is necessary.
Need of human services in School
Today's students have been becoming victims of a variety of social forces that are detrimental to
their growth.
Their student life is influenced by this. The family is undergoing changes, and till it is over, it
will continue changing. Children's physical and emotional needs are unmet. Their ability to learn
and adapt in school would be hampered, thus.
Services which are related to School of Human Service
 Attending special education appraisal meetings and student educational Planning
Meetings: These meetings help human service employees to know about student, the
family and student’s behavior and performance in academics and sports with extra-
curricular activities (Chenoweth and McAuliffe, 2017).
 Working on problems in a child's home which are impacting on school performance:
Personal problems can affect a student mentally and can affect the performance of the

student. Parents are counselled that they should keep the personal problems away which
might affect the student’s health and performance.
 Creation of a social and development focused background for a disabled student:
Counselling is provided for these students to invoke confidence in them by identifying
courses for them which they can learn with learning aids. Also, assistance is provided in
their mobility from one classroom to other by getting them accessories like wheel chair
which they can operate themselves too (Albers, Metz and Burke,2020).
 Person, community, and/or family counselling for future of students: Family can be a
source of stress as every body is set to put their child in the race for excelling. Parents are
counselled that every child has own capability and accordingly, they need to realise
where the interest of pupil lies and what can be the best course for the student as per
skills.
 Putting use to resources from the child's family, school, and community for helping to
achieve as much as can be done in educational programme: This is with relation to
gathering of knowledge from surroundings of the pupil which can help one learn from
them whether it is general awareness, sports or academics. This is to make students
curious and inquisitive in nature for bringing overall development.
 Giving assistance in the developing effective behavioural modification techniques: As
student grows up, the behavior pattern starts changing in adolescence where they require
right guidance to follow the right path in life. Human service practitioners realize the
importance of this and hold educational sessions which make aware the students about
the changing phases in life and how one should be acting as per situations (Ryding,
2020).
Assistance of students
 Intervening in crisis period: Students going through a crisis which can be emotional, of
family or due to academics can hamper health and performance. Human servicers come
in at this juncture and provide emotional support to the students and assess their problems

through establishing a friendly conversation with them. This helps the student to be vocal
and share own problems with them and get solutions.
 Creation of intervening methods for helping students succeed in school: Human servicers
put the concept that working on student’s strengths can help the student excel be it a
particular subject, debate, group discussion or other curricular activities. The teaching
methods have to be renewed with focusing on individual capabilities which can motivate
students to perform well.
 Helping in the settlement of conflicts and resentment control: Any conflict which may
arise in school environment is mediated and solved by human servicers which can be of
financial aspect like fees not paid on time, if the parents are from low source of income
group, then human servicers intermediate with school to allow them more time and also
can help the parents in getting education loan for their children (Albers, Metz and Burke,
2020).
 Providing help to the child in developing necessary social skills: Child has to interact in a
social environment and thus this is highlighted by human servicers by organizing
functions in school where plays are enacted highlighting on the necessary social skills
which can contribute to the personality development of student with coming of use in
future.
 Assisting the student in coming at terms with himself and others and gaining confidence
in self.
PARENTAL/FAMILY SERVICES:
 Discussion with parents to make it easy for them in helping their children as they adjust
to school: Parents who are in a transferrable job have to change schools for their children
which can be a bit challenging for students to adjust in a new environment. The human
servicers highlight this fact to parents to talk to their children about any issues they might
be facing which can be solved and help adjust their children in new environment
(Ryding, 2020).
 Reduction of family tension in order for encouragement to the child to perform better at
school and in the community.