During the last decades we have witnessed a substantial rise in both research and occupation in the field of human services. The present paper seeks to offer a definition of human services as a generic profession. Followed by a brief discussion of human service definitions as both an organizational phenomenon and a field of knowledge, we will present the social need in human service as a generic profession, one of which the core focus is the encounter between organization and client. We will then offer a definition of the profession, and discuss its practical derivatives as well as its implications on the knowledge, skills and values as they should be assimilated and gain expression in the human services training programs and curriculums. Finally, the discussion will deal with the significant challenges awaiting the process of consolidating the new profession - in light of the offered definition - in the academia, training programs and the job market.