Human Services Generalist Certificate, Credit Certificate
The Human Services Generalist certificate program provides a broad base of training preparing students to work in a wide array of social and human service positions providing direct service opportunities. Social and human service assistants help social workers, healthcare workers, and other professionals to provide services to those in need.
Program objectives
Upon completion of this certificate, students will:
- utilize a variety of counseling skills and abilities to function effectively as counselors in a variety of settings;
- assess and document a client's current status and apply basic therapeutic techniques;
- develop, prioritize, and implement a plan to address a client's presenting problem;
- conduct themselves professionally and ethically as counselors in culturally-diverse settings; and,
- express themselves professionally, both verbally and in writing, to a variety of audiences, including clients, other professionals, and external monitoring agencies.
