Counseling, Social Work & Human Services
Learn About The Many Careers in Human Services
Human service providers work in organizations that serve people in need in a variety of capacities and locations including treatment facilities, schools, prisons, government agencies, health departments, and nonprofit organizations. Providers help people and address a multitude of community issues:
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Careers in Human Services
Learn more about specific careers in human services:
Career One Stop
ONET: Community & Social Service
ONET: Human Services
ONET: Psychiatrist
Academic & Career Pathways
Entry Level Training Certifications
The COCC Community Health Worker and Peer Support Specialist classes provide entry level training and certification to help students enter into the workforce. Students can complete courses before they are 18 years old (and apply for certification when they turn 18).
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Community Health Worker
COCC Community Health Worker Training (6 credits, 10 week class)
What you will learn:
- Effective patient education and group facilitation strategies
- Relationship building and strategies for supporting behavior change
- Community advocacy: community needs assessments & community organizing
- Case Management - assist patients with accessing community resources and navigating the health care system
- How to manage home visits
- Recovery, resilience, and wellness models
- Public health essential knowledge: social determinants of health, disease prevention, health across the lifespan, cultural competency, and trauma informed care
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Peer Support Specialist
COCC Peer Support Specialist Training (6 credits, 4 week class)
What You Will Learn:
- The recovery model process and stages of change
- Strategies for supporting peers with wellness, self-efficacy, resilience, self- mastery, empowerment, and recovery
- Peer support roles and how to work in a team setting with healthcare providers
- Culturally responsive care
- Peer advocacy strategies
- Motivational interviewing, coaching, group facilitation, conflict resolution, and effective communication strategies
- Facilitating linkages to community resources
- Professional and ethical responsibilities
- Crisis intervention and trauma-informed care