Human Services - Goodwin College

Human Services from Goodwin College is a Campus Certificate Human Science degree that prepares you for a Human Services career. The field of human services offers a wide variety of career opportunities for people who have a strong desire to help others. Professionals provide a broad range of services that assist people to meet basic human needs, enhance their quality of life and address issues pertaining to human growth and development. Human Service professionals promote positive change in individuals, families and communities and, by providing services and enhancing opportunities, assist them in overcoming challenges and barriers that they face in their daily lives. All students in the Human Services program take courses that build core competencies utilized in the vast majority of human service occupations, among them: performing intakes and assessments; conducting interviews and counseling; providing case management; practicing with professionally recognized ethics, values and cultural competence; understanding the psychology of individuals and groups; and, performing effective advocacy. As students progress through their program they are exposed to a wide array of populations typically served by human service professionals. Through coursework, interactions with professors who are also practitioners, guest lecturers and field trips to local human service organizations, students will begin to focus their degree on the specific population(s) they choose to work with when they begin their career. This could include children, youth, older adults, families; people with mental illness, developmental, intellectual or physical disabilities; substance abusers and families of those individuals; people with learning disabilities; individuals in the criminal justice system; persons with hearing or visual disorders; disabled veterans; at risk populations such as those who are homeless, abused and neglected children, and people in abusive relationships. Students may also choose to focus their degree on assisting people to meet basic human needs such as securing food, housing and employment; or, by performing advocacy work on behalf of the people they serve. New careers in human services are emerging every day and successful graduates of the program will be prepared to meet the challenges and experience the rewards that they offer. The certificate program is designed for students who are currently working in the field who want to develop additional skills for the profession. It is also a good option for students who are unable to pursue an associate degree at this time but who wish to develop basic competencies that might enable them to secure an entry-level position at a human services organization. View more details on Goodwin College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Human Science courses.