Human Services
Preparing individuals for employment in careers that relate to families and human needs such as counseling and mental health services, family and community services, personal care and consumer services.
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In each pathway, you’ll find roles with similar goals, outcomes, or required skills.
Consumer Services (2)
Credit Counselors
Advise and educate individuals or organizations on acquiring and managing debt. May provide guidance in determining the best type of loan and explain loan requirements or restrictions. May help develop debt management plans or student financial aid packages. May advise on credit issues, or provide budget, mortgage, bankruptcy, or student financial aid counseling.
Debt Advisory Consultants
Provide clients with consulting services surrounding debt management advice and solutions. Help clients to achieve their best capital performance and meet their strategic corporate objectives. May provide advice on capital management planning, funding options, acquisition funding and strategy, credit rating evaluation and advisory, and benchmarking.
Counseling & Mental Health Services (13)
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Applied Cognition Specialists
Design, execute, and publish study results to help understand how humans interact with intelligent systems. Apply relevant base knowledge in cognitive psychology, visual perception, computer science or engineering, or uncertainty quantification and communication.
Clinical Psychologists
Diagnose or evaluate mental and emotional disorders of individuals through observation, interview, and psychological tests, and formulate and administer programs of treatment.
Counseling Psychologists
Assess and evaluate individuals' problems through the use of case history, interview, and observation and provide individual or group counseling services to assist individuals in achieving more effective personal, social, educational, and vocational development and adjustment.
Early Childhood Development & Services (2)
Childcare Workers
Attend to children at schools, businesses, private households, and childcare institutions. Perform a variety of tasks, such as dressing, feeding, bathing, and overseeing play.
Nannies
Care for children in private households and provide support and expertise to parents in satisfying children's physical, emotional, intellectual, and social needs. Duties may include meal planning and preparation, laundry and clothing care, organization of play activities and outings, discipline, intellectual stimulation, language activities, and transportation.
Family & Community Services (16)
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Child, Family, and School Social Workers
Provide social services and assistance to improve the social and psychological functioning of children and their families and to maximize the family well-being and the academic functioning of children. May assist parents, arrange adoptions, and find foster homes for abandoned or abused children. In schools, they address such problems as teenage pregnancy, misbehavior, and truancy. May also advise teachers.
Clergy
Conduct religious worship and perform other spiritual functions associated with beliefs and practices of religious faith or denomination. Provide spiritual and moral guidance and assistance to members.
Community Health Workers
Promote health within a community by assisting individuals to adopt healthy behaviors. Serve as an advocate for the health needs of individuals by assisting community residents in effectively communicating with healthcare providers or social service agencies. Act as liaison or advocate and implement programs that promote, maintain, and improve individual and overall community health. May deliver health-related preventive services such as blood pressure, glaucoma, and hearing screenings. May collect data to help identify community health needs.
Personal Care Services (17)
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Barbers
Provide barbering services, such as cutting, trimming, shampooing, and styling hair; trimming beards; or giving shaves.
Embalmers
Prepare bodies for interment in conformity with legal requirements.
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors
Instruct or coach groups or individuals in exercise activities for the primary purpose of personal fitness. Demonstrate techniques and form, observe participants, and explain to them corrective measures necessary to improve their skills. Develop and implement individualized approaches to exercise.
Quick facts:
Social service jobs are in different sectors
Government, nonprofits, and faith-based organizations employ more than 4 million workers in social assistance jobs.
Strong need for workers
Inner-city and rural communities have a significant need for workers but are often underserved by social services.
Beauty services are expanding
Over 1 million people work in beauty services, including salons, barber shops, nail studios, and spas. Jobs are growing much faster than average.
Wage growth opportunitiess
Although entry-level social services jobs often have low wages, experienced workers earn wages that are higher than the national average.
