Career Interventions and Techniques: A Complete Guide for Human Service Professionals

This unique text provides detailed information on career development interventions appropriate to use with some of the most common populations with whom entry-level human service professionals often work.

 

This practical and new all-in-one reference includes coverage of the historical perspective of career counseling, career development theories, career assessments, employment campaign, and program development/evaluation. Written for associate- and bachelor-level human service professionals working with diverse populations, this new text allows students to see how to integrate these topics when developing their own personal approach to working with their clients. 

 

Twelve chapters provide detailed information on career development interventions appropriate to use with some of the most common populations with whom entry-level human service professionals often work. Each of these chapters includes a case study, a description of the population, barriers to career success, interventions, programs, a career counseling program model, and services specific to the population.  Finally, the text also explores special topics pertinent to entry-level human service professionals: ethical issues, workplace issues of the 21st century, maintaining balance, diversity, workplace safety, supervision, and technology.

Career Interventions and Techniques: A Complete Guide for Human Service Professionals, 1/E

Molly H Duggan
Jill C Jurgens

ISBN: 0205452388

 

“Refreshingly well-written and full of pertinent information and insight that informs the novice human services professional and refreshes the seasoned professional.”

-Warren R. Braden, Sr., Springfield College at Milwaukee

                                     

“An excellent tool for students… The Case Study provides the reader with an excellent study of a ‘real-life’ case that helps them apply the reading material to a real situation.”

-Susan Claxton, Floyd College

 

“[This book] has inspired me to develop a course specific to career development for my department.”

-Sandra Haynes, Metropolitan State College of Denver

 

 

 

This practical new reference provides detailed information on career development interventions appropriate for use with the populations with whom entry-level human services professionals often work.

 

Designed for associate- and bachelor-level professionals, the text explores unique topics, such as ethical issues, modern workplace issues, diversity, supervision, and technology. Each population-specific chapter includes a case study, a description of the population, discussion of the barriers to career success, a career counseling program model, and services specific to the population which provide students with concrete models for delivering services.