Human Services - Bismarck State College

Human Services from Bismarck State College is a Campus Associate Human Science degree that prepares you for a Human Services career. The Human Services program provides training and knowledge in basic helping skills and an understanding of service delivery and program administration needed for entry-level employment in public, private and volunteer human service agencies. "Human Services" is a term used to include all the professional disciplines that share a common goal of serving people. This program will prepare students for employment in agencies, schools, businesses and centers that value paraprofessionals who bring to the job a combination of college course work and human services field experience. Human Service graduates assist professionals in all kinds of positions where people help people. These include community and social welfare agencies, mental health and social service agencies, group home settings, community organizations, day care centers and nursery schools, elementary and secondary schools, and home health aid and geriatric services. The human service worker may provide case management, needs assessment, advocacy, service delivery, crisis intervention, as well as program planning and continuation. People seeking a career in human service should recognize that to be successful they must be emotionally stable, creative and flexible. Human service workers will have to be able to work with diverse groups of people and individuals with a wide variety of ages, social and cultural backgrounds and life situations. This program is designed to be flexible to meet current and future market demands so that the students may choose courses most appropriate to their interests and career goals. In addition to pursuing the curriculum for a Human Services generalist, students may specialize in eligibility worker or criminal justice. View more details on Bismarck State College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Human Science courses.