Human service work can be stressful, and as such, the need for self-care is an important component of the professional career of human service workers.  With that said, it is the case that everyone does self-care differently.  In other words, what will work as self-care for one person may not work as self-care for another person. 

In order to complete this assignment, you will need to assume that you are a human service worker who is employed full-time at a social service agency that focuses on helping individuals who are living with a mental illness.  Your supervisor has noticed that you are becoming stressed by your work and tells you to develop a self-care plan so that you can manage your stress at work and increase your overall health and wellbeing at work as well as outside of work.  

What will your self-care plan look like?  Write a three to five page paper that will detail the nature of your self-care plan.  As you create your self-care plan, make sure that your plan addresses the following aspects of self-care:

1) Workplace self-care;

2) Physical self-care;

3) Psychological self-care;

4) Emotional self-care;

5) Relationship self-care;

6) Family self-care.