Skills Required
- Excellent active listening skills
- Ability to put people at ease and give them a sense of safety
- Cultural competency
- Empathy & Compassion
- A desire to help your fellow human beings
- Attention to detail
- Being knowledgeable in your field
- Ability to quickly establish rapport
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Understanding the nature of human systems
- Depth of understanding about how to bring optimal results through strength-based approaches to client empowerment
- Consistent ability to plan
- Showing skill in recognizing what interventions best serve a client to reach their goals
- Strong ability to maintain personal boundaries
- Having process skills that allow one to explain processes to clients in an easy to understand manner.
- Being able to understand and follow complex procedures and rules that are common within Human Services organizations
Potential Careers
- Child Advocate
- Therapist
- Social Worker
- Case Manager
- Program Manager
Earning Average
$51,970
Entry-level Wage
$34,270
Training Programs
Crispus Attacks York
Customer Service Certification
York College of PA
Bachelor of Science in Human Services
HACC York Campus
Social Services (5060): Associates in Arts
York County Alliance for Learning (YCAL)
Cosmetology program with Adult & Continuing Learning Center at York County School of Technology (program intended to create opportunities for Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors to attend and explore a career path that may interest them); Human Services program with County of York (program intended to create opportunities for Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors to attend and explore a career path that may interest them); Psychology & Human Studies program with Penn State York (program intended to create opportunities for Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors to attend and explore a career path that may interest them)