In it you will acquire skills and experience to work with both individuals and groups. You will find this program valuable if you want to plan and work with community services programs, provide individual and group counseling services, develop human relations skills to work with individuals from diversified backgrounds or if you are just interested in courses for transfer to another institution.
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The jobs cover a wide range of services working in government agencies or private firms that require personal and human relations skills. Some examples are:
          Family Support Worker               Alcohol Counselor                     Youth Worker 
          Drug Abuse Counselor                Residential Counselor                Mental Heath Aide
          Case Worker                             Rehabilitation Case Worker         Child Abuse Worker
          Social Work Assistant               Crisis Intervention 
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Do you enjoy working with people? The primary purpose of the human services worker is to assist individuals and communities to function as effectively as possible.
Do you want to help people? A strong desire to help others is an important consideration for a job as a human services worker. Individuals who show patience, understanding, and caring in their dealings with others are highly valued by employers. Other important traits include good communication skills, a strong sense of responsibility, and the ability to manage time effectively.
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The Business Office can provide information concerning course costs and other student fees.
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1. Obtain an application by calling (302) 857-1020. Complete and return to Terry Campus with a $10
    application fee. Insert hyperlink to application
2. Take the College Placement Test (CPT) scheduled by the Admissions Office
3. Request that high school and/or college transcripts be sent to the Registrars Office
4. Meet with Delaware Tech counselors to discuss CPT results
5. Meet with an advisor to plan your schedule
6. Apply and register early for the best selection of classes
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Please call Kim Bates at 857-1781 or e-mail her at kbates@dtcc.edu.
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We have articulation agreements with the University of Delaware, Wilmington College, Delaware State University and Salisbury University. Counselors and technology advisors have a transfer matrix outlining specific course by course equivalencies. The transfer matrix is also available online. If you are planning to transfer to another college out of state, the decision rests with the receiving institution. But, we are a fully accredited institution so courses transfer as those from other colleges would.
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That depends on whether you are striving for a diploma or an associates; and how many courses you take each semester. See the curriculum check off sheets available on this website.
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Students who need financial assistance are strongly encouraged to contact the Financial Aid Office on their home campus
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Students will have preparations that help them to understand human development, group dynamics, organizational structure how to communities are organized, how national policy is set, and how social systems interact in producing human problems
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Graduates will have understanding of the major models of causation that are concerned with both the promotion of healthy functioning and treatment-rehabilitation.
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Workers will be able to conduct a competent problem analysis and to select those strategies, services or interventions that are appropriate to helping clients attain a desired outcome. Interventions may include assistance, referral, advocacy, or direct counseling.
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Workers in the field will be able to design a plan of action for an identified problem and implement the plan in a systematic way. This requires an understanding of problem analysis, decision-analysis, and design of work plans. This generic skill can be used with all social systems and adapted for use with clients or organizations. Skill in evaluating the interventions is essential.
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This requires awareness on one’s own value orientation, an understanding of organizational values as expressed in the mandate or goal statement of the organization, human service ethics and an appreciation of the client’s values, life style and goals
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If you answered yes to this question as well as the five above, then Human Services may be for you.
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