ESSAY : Human Service Practice in the Criminal Justice Setting Discussion Board in Theories of Helping Professionals

Your supervisor, Sarah Harris, is a new probation officer who has been on the job for only a few months and is still learning the job herself. You are asked to prepare a memo to Sarah Harris listing the five types of helping professionals that she might come into contact with during her job as a probation officer in a pretrial diversion program.

Also, you will need to select one psychological theory and one social work theory from the list that you feel would aid her most in dealing with the adults on her caseload. You will need to explain the theories and why she needs to know this as probation officer. Use the following guidelines to complete your memo:

Be certain to have the following headings in your memo: (To: From: Re: Date :).

Provide a list of at least 5 helping professionals that your supervisor may come into contact with during her job as a probation officer in a pretrial diversion program.

Select 1 psychological theory and 1 social work theory from the list that you feel would aid her most in dealing with the adults on her caseload.

Use the following list below to guide you:

Psychological Theory:

Developmental psychology
Cognitive psychology
Behavioral psychology
Humanistic psychology
Social psychology

Social Work Theory:

Crisis theory
Solution-focused brief theory
Structural family therapy/family systems therapy
Psychosocial theory
Psychodynamic theory
In \”Psychological Theory\” I would like \”Developmental psychology\” and \”Behavioral psychology\” to be emphasized.

In \”Social Work Theory\” I would like \”Structural family therapy/family systems therapy\” emphasized.

SAMPLE SOLUTION

Subject: Human Service Practice in the Criminal Justice Setting
Being a new employee or manager in a new job setting can take time for one to adapt. It may need the help of even junior officers in providing a helping hand to help the supervisor or boss adapt faster to the place of work (Cohen & Austin, 2018). Management and adopting to a new work setting can similarly be challenging for a probation officer working in a pretrial diversion program. It is also important for the probation officer…