Study human services at JCC
与人类服务部合作.A.S. degree at Jamestown 社区 College, you can immediately enter the workforce after graduation in agencies and practices that better the welfare of service populations. You can pursue roles such as child care worker, 合格的工人, social and human service assistant, 活动负责人, and community service worker.
Your studies will focus on both the foundations of human services and electives that match your career goals. Specialized tracks include mental health, 儿童及青少年, 老年医学, and criminal and forensic practice.
You’ll also complete a semester field placement to learn and practice helping skills in a variety of agency settings. Students work under the supervision of an experienced employee of a human services agency, with guidance from a JCC faculty member. JCC has working relationships with agencies in western New York and northwestern Pennsylvania.
2022 median pay for community and social service occupations: $49,380/year according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
JCC在哪里学习
Get real-world experience at a human services agency with guidance from JCC faculty.
人类服务技能
After you complete the program, you will be able to:
- Demonstrate and assess an appropriate level of personal growth and self-awareness.
- Demonstrate competence in helping clients and/or providing early care and education to young children.
- Integrate theory and apply techniques in practice with client populations.
- Identify and explain the historical development of a public and private welfare policy/program.
- Recognize and show an understanding of respect for individuals with ethnic, 文化, gender and racial differences.
- 应用 critical thinking skills by analyzing a case study as it applies to problem solving with clients and client systems.
- Demonstrate knowledge and utilization of the Codes of Ethics in Human Services.