The field of Human Services is broadly defined, uniquely approaching the objective of meeting human needs through an interdisciplinary knowledge base, focusing on prevention as well as remediation of problems, and maintaining a commitment to improving the overall quality of life of service populations.

The Human Services profession is one which promotes improved service delivery systems by addressing not only the quality of direct services, but also by seeking to improve accessibility, accountability, and coordination among professionals and agencies in service delivery.

It's not too early to start planning for next year's conference. Our next conference will be held in Charlotte, NC. April 7th through April 10th.
The Embassy Suites in Concord is ready to start taking our reservations. To book under our block and get the group rate of $142 you will need to use guest code OHS.
Guests may book their reservations by

• Calling the hotel direct at 704-455-8200 and speaking to our reservations department.
• Calling 1-800-EMBASSY
• Going online to www.embassysuitesconcord.com and entering the Group/Convention Code OHS.

The cutoff date for reservations is March 6, 2010. Any requests after this date or after the block has been filled will be taken on a rate and availability basis.

The Center for Credentialing & Education (CCE), in collaboration with the National Organization for Human Services (NOHS), is conducting a national survey to help define the human services practitioner. The purpose of the survey is to describe the professional human services practitioner in sufficient detail to provide a basis for creating a professional human services practitioner examination that is valid to be used nationally.

This is your chance to help define your profession. By completing the survey, you will be participating in the unique effort to create the definitive measure of human services practice created by human services practitioners, for human services practitioners.

Please take the time to complete the survey by December 5, 2008. If you have any questions or need assistance in completing the survey, please contact Shawn O'Brien at CCE (336) 482-2856 or obrien@nbcc.org

The Survey can be accessed at http://www.JobDelineation.com/hs or download the pdf version
Here.

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