HUS101

Introduction to Human Services

Introduces the field of human services through topics such as career options, social policy development, societal changes, and the social welfare system. Includes the nature of the helping process and beginning skill development. [Note: The New York State Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services has reviewed this course and finds that it is consistent with established standards for the CASAC-T credential.]

Course Learning Outcomes:

1. Discuss career levels within the human services field, applying specific criteria (educational status, career title, job roles, training, experience required, etc.) for each level.
2. Describe the historical underpinnings that led to the emergence and development of the human services field.
3. Differentiate theories and apply models related to human service systems and treatment modalities.
4. Identify and describe a variety of current social issues with regard to their impact on human service delivery systems.
5. Explain how diversity (culture, religion, generation, sex gender matrix, socioeconomic status, etc.) affects client and worker outcomes.
6. Describe a variety of current concepts in human services (barriers to care, self-evaluation, societal shifts, ripple effect, multi-causality, prevention- crisis, etc.)
7. Explain the stages of social policy development (social value, social problem, social planning, social policy and social program).
8. Discuss basic principles of helping (confidentiality, ethics, subjectivity versus objectivity, climate of trust, self-care, self-determination, etc.).
9. Describe a variety of basic helping skills (paraphrasing, reflecting, summarizing, pregnant pause, etc.).
10. Explain how research- based evidence impacts human service

Effective Term: Fall 2020

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