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UNIT 3: ROLES OF PROFESSIONAL HELPER (Professional helper relies on a…
UNIT 3: ROLES OF PROFESSIONAL HELPER
3 types of helper
non-professional
have some interest and attended seminar or talks on effective communication amd helping
paraprofessional
receive more intensive training in helping on the job or at educational institutions
professional
specialist who have undergone length training or courses at the university level and specializes in helping/counselling skills
Differences between professional help and friendship
Friendship is a two ways process
Professional help mean one way process
setting where professional helpers work
1.school
2.Human Resource Department
3.higher educational institutions
4.job placement agencies
5.organizations
6.Hospital
own private clinics
Helper develop
(Perry's Stages)
the dualistic or right/wrong stage
helper's responses to a clients are right or wrong
the multiplistic stage
there is no one right answer at any moments in helping process
The relativistic stages
will recognize many types responses may be appropriate, depending on circumstancesand some are relatively better than others
Unrealistic belief vs Reasonable expectation
example
Unrealistic belief: If i were effective with one client, i will be effective with every clients
Reasonable expectation: I will not be the best match for every client
Professional helper relies on a special therapeutic relationship
There is mutual liking or at least respect
the purpose of the relationship is the resolation of the client's issue
there is a sense of teamwork as both helper and client work toward a mutually agreed-upon goal
There is a contract specifying what will be disclosed to others outside of the relationship
there is an understanding that the relationship is confined to the counselling sessions and does not overlap into the participants' personal life
contract relationship can be terminated at any time
Roadblocks to communication
Ordering, directing, commanding
Warning, threatening
moralizing, preaching
Advising, giving solutions
Judging, criticizing, blaming
Diversity of clients
understanding cultural competence
ability to acknowledge cultural assumptions and bias
understanding cultural differences
understanding the stages of cultural competence
cultural destructiveness
cultural incapacity
cultural blindness
cultural pre competence
cultural competence
cultural proficiency