Human Service Assistant - Inver Hills Community College

Human Service Assistant from Inver Hills Community College is a Campus Certificate Human Science degree that prepares you for a Human Services career. Purpose: Provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to obtain entry-level employment in human services profession. Program Information: This certificate program is designed to allow students the appropriate training that will allow them to be qualified for entry level positions in the human services field. The students will acquire theory, knowledge, skills, and techniques to prepare them for employment. This program helps students confront directly the realities of a career focused on helping others. Students explore attitudes, thoughts, and feelings as they affect their ability to work effectively with others as a human services generalist. Direct experience with human service consumers and agencies, through internship and class experiences, are essential features of this program. Students can also specialize in areas such as mental illness, mental retardation, chemical dependency, child development or aging by focusing their internship and course work in those areas. Occupational Objectives: Advocate, case aide, case manager, crisis/help line counselor, corrections counselor, recreation therapist, activities director for the elderly, assistant teacher - child day/care, child care worker, chemical dependency technician, job coach, human service generalist, crisis worker, mental health worker, support group facilitator, information and referral specialist, chemical health counselor, chemical health educator and other human service related employment. View more details on Inver Hills Community College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Human Science courses.