Human Services Program Outcomes

After successfully completing the Human Services requirements, students will:

• Identify the knowledge, values and skills expected of an effective Human Service Worker (empathy, confidentiality, etc.).
• Identify the range of Human Services in society and their functions.
• Identify factors that influence why people act, think and feel as they do.
• Develop knowledge of the characteristics of selected consumer populations and their typical challenges in accordance with students’ interest or service focus.
• Identify various strategies and tactics used to assist consumers to achieve agreed upon service objectives.
• Establish a respectful, nonjudgmental, and professional therapeutic or supportive relationship with colleagues and consumers of human services in a variety of practice settings.
• Gather, assemble and interpret data through various methods necessary to determine consumers’ strengths and barriers that interfere with their ability to overcome adversity or achieve valued life goals.
• Assist consumers to identify and clarify, define establish meaningful service needs.
• In consultation with consumers design and implement an action plan to achieve agreed upon service goals
• Help consumers identify access, develop and make use of supportive and helpful resources and opportunities in their social environments.
• Use critical thinking skills to make sound and reasoned decisions regarding common ethical dilemmas encountered in various practice settings.
• Learn to critically assess one’s own professional effectiveness in helping consumers achieve desired goals.
• Earn entry level positions in Human Services.