Amaba 2 One of the world’s famous scholarly activists once said, “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others” — Mahatma Gandhi. Human Services professionals will encounter the range of demographics; which varies from different groups to its own unique capacity of individuals seeking the right kind of support within our own communities. Both Human Services Professionals in General and Forensic-based environments, focus on providing sources and information to people in need of assistance. When it comes to Human Services it is business driven, time consuming, and administrators use billing codes for insurance companies …show more content…
Some of the unique challenges, barriers, and obstacles that human services face when working with Forensic Behavioral Health populations are trying to understand social and psychological problems with clients. As Mathieu claimed: “Additional symptoms of compassion fatigue include intense physical and emotional exhaustion along with an evident distortion in the human services professionals’ ability to feel empathy for their clients, co-workers, friends, and families” (Mathieu, 2009). Case Managers will burn out, feeling stressed out they need time off work to decompress. Human Services professionals tend to spiral into depression or get careless on the …show more content…
For instance, there are coalitions and agencies to support victims of rape, sex trafficking, domestic abuse, sexual abuse, and those who have been incarcerated or released from prison. Louis stated: “Due to the specialized needs of the populations they work with, forensic social workers tend to have a strong clinical social work background so that they can complete psychosocial and risk assessments, provide effective therapeutic services, and implement social, emotional, psychological, and behavioral challenges” (Louie, 2017). Essentially, the responsibilities of Forensic professionals experience clients with severe trauma and endure environmental changes to coordinate