HSER1020 — Introduction to Human Services and Social Work
HSER 1020 - Introduction to Human Services and Social Work HSER 1020 - Introduction to Human Services and Social Work Hours/Week: Lecture 3 Lab None Course Description: This course introduces the Human Services field and the Social Work profession. Course topics include the history and foundational concepts of the field, worker roles, potential career and job opportunities, including the kinds of agencies, programs and community resources that employ Human Service workers and Social Workers. Course activities explore counseling skills, common mental health concerns, and the basics of case management. MnTC Goals None identify major fields of practice in the social work and human services professions. explain generalist social work as a profession. describe the roles and responsibilities of the social work and human services profession within the social welfare system. differentiate among professional social worker’s responsibility and other service providers’ responsibilities. explain the social work and the human services perspective on human diversity, oppression, and privilege. explain the values of the profession and how they are expressed in the NASW Code of Ethics as the practice framework for generalist social work practice. demonstrate professional demeanor in behavior; appearance; and oral, written, and electronic communication. assess their comfort level to work with persons different from themselves. describe the role that social workers and human service profession