Social Service/Mental Health - Pierce College at Fort Steilacoom

Social Service/Mental Health from Pierce College at Fort Steilacoom is a Campus Certificate Counseling degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. Pierce College offers the Certificate in Social Service/Mental Health at the Ft. Steilacoom campus. It prepares students for entry-level service and employment in human services , or it can be combined with the Associate in Arts degree for those who wish to use it as a stepping stone to further education. The work in this demanding but rewarding field routinely involves interviewing, counseling, crisis intervention, assessment, outreach, coordination and community development. The Certificate in Social Service/Mental Health is designed to prepare students for entry-level positions, to enhance the skills of persons working in the fields of social services and mental health , or may be combined with the AAS degree for those continuing their education. Counselor Case Manager Residential Counselor Youth Counselor Client Advocate Human Service Worker Program Outcomes Graduates will be able to examine self and field to identify and match appropriate strengths and weaknesses for successful/ meaningful education and/or career path. Graduates will be able to integrate self-awareness to cope and manage with stress in the field for self and others. Graduates will be able to incorporate an ethic of care in all aspects of practice to insure humane treatment for clients/consumers/patients, regardless of race, creed, diagnosis, wealth, age (develop appreciation social justice). Graduates will be able to maintain the integrity of the client/consumer/patient in order to establish trust. Graduates will be able to access community resources to provide for life and home maintenance stability. Graduates will be able to develop basic interpersonal skills as a foundation to counseling. Graduates will be able to know applicable laws and codes as they relate to counseling and client care. Graduates will be able to integrate an understanding of the broad spectrum of human services . View more details on Pierce College at Fort Steilacoom . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Counseling courses.