Human Services Program

Program Description
The Human Services (HUS) Program offers a career-track degree that is designed to prepare students for entry-level employment within a variety of helping professions. This curriculum provides an academic and experiential foundation for skills necessary for professionals in a variety of human services careers. Core studies provide the student with opportunity to practice an essential set of generalist helping skills. Areas of focus include: knowledge and practice of empathic listening, client interviewing and problem-solving, advocating for clients within organizational structure, responding to crisis, and attending to multicultural perspectives in case management. In their final semester, students enroll in a sixteen-hour a week internship that serves as a capstone to their studies. Internships in early childhood, family assistance, chemical dependency intervention, and gerontology are just a few of the areas where HUS students have successfully demonstrated professional skill.

Mission Statement
The mission of the Human Services Program is to prepare competent entry-level professionals for employment in the helping professions and/or transfer to baccalaureate programs in Human Services or related fields. The program provides students with theory and practice in the areas of general human services and selected specialty areas.

Program Philosophy
The Human Services Program has developed a philosophical base that is used as the conceptual framework for its curriculum and program development. The HUS Program believes in the following:

the Mission of Clinton Community College.
Moral and ethical behavior by all students, staff, and faculty within the classroom, college campus, and in the community.
Application of a holistic approach when serving all clients.
Attaining competence in all areas of generalist practice.
Encouraging professional development and lifelong learning by all human service professionals.
Respecting people from different backgrounds, learning from others and assisting in change of discriminatory attitudes and behaviors.
Providing the surrounding communities with competent, qualified human service workers to serve the population with daily living problems.

Documents
To review the policies and procedures of the Human Services Program please go to:
Human Services Program Manual

Helpful Links

National Organization for Human Services

Council for Standards in Human Service Education