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In today's dynamic employment scene it is common for professionals to change careers during their working lives. Whether to seek fresh challenges, live a preferred lifestyle, or find a more personally satisfying line of work, more and more people are choosing new and different career paths. Sometimes experienced workers are forced to launch a new career due to the economic realities of a changing job market. The Field Guides to Finding a New Career provide essential tools in mapping out a path in some of today's most exciting industries. This book offers a step-by-step process for assessing yo

Reprinted: The Tennessee Trial Lawyer, June 2011 p. 37 ; Diamonds that are absolutely clearare the most valuable—so too, are departments of human services. The word transparency is derived from theLatin, transparere, meaning to appear or to become visible. Transparency has become a popular term to denote open and honest government. In human services, transparency is the desire and ability to conduct business in a clear and accountable manner. This does not mean that privacy and confidentiality are given short shrift. Rather, it means the department genuinely tries to inform the public how it works while simultaneously trying inadequate supervision. Such real time information can be invaluable to the department and the public.

This vocational guide provides detailed information on training and education, earnings, advancement, job prospects, working conditions, and relevant associations for twenty-five occupations in the human services.

Addressing the multiple meanings of service integration, Human Services Integration analyzes how motivations and expectations for social service integration differ significantly among different players in the service system. In a period of major budget cutbacks and welfare reform, however, it is important that service providers collaborate to reduce or eliminate boundaries between categorically defined and provided services. This book tells you about the efforts being made to provide existing services more efficiently while avoiding duplication and waste. As you will quickly see, developing co

Publisher's note -- Editor's introduction -- Activities therapist -- Art therapist -- Career & technical education teacher -- Case worker / social services assistant -- Childcare worker -- Clergy -- Employment specialist -- Fitness trainer & instructor -- Healthcare social worker -- Health information technician -- Home health aide -- Marriage & family therapist -- Music therapist -- Occupational therapist -- Physical therapist -- Psychologist -- Recreational therapist -- Rehabilitation counselor -- Religious activities & Education director -- School counselor -- Social worker -- Special education teacher -- Speech-language pathologist -- Substance abuse counselor -- Vocational rehabilitation counselor -- Appendix A: Holland Code -- Appendix B: Bibliography -- Index

Ch.1- The History of Occupational Social Work in the United States ; Ch.2- Personnel Departments and Employee Benefits ; Ch.3- Unions ; Ch.4- Counseling ; Ch.5- Occupational-Acoholism/Employee-Assistance Counseling Programs ; Ch.6- Corporate Social Responsibility ; Ch.7- Women, Minorities and the Handicapped ; Ch.8- Americans Employed Oversees ; Ch.9- The Military ; Ch.10- Joint Project on Industrial Social Work ; Ch.11- Case Studies ; Ch.12- Industrial Social Work in Foreign Countries ; App. A- Plan for the Office of Employee Counseling Services ; App. B- Position Descriptions: American Red Cross. ; Full Text