Program offered is an Associate Degree.

An Associates Degree in Human Services prepares students for professional careers in areas including social service agencies, human resource departments and community organizations. The Human Services program at Iowa Central College prepare students by giving them knowledge and basic skills to work in the human services industry. Programs combine academic instruction in the foundations of human services, such as social work, counseling, and psychology, with the management skills of organizing, planning, leading, assessing, and evaluating. A study in Human Services prepares students for careers in management in this growing field, and is designed to be an applied degree that includes teaching students techniques and strategies of intervention and good management practices. Upon completion of studies, students should be prepared to make interventions at individual, group, family, organizational, and community levels, as well as the ability to use solid management practices in a variety of human services settings. Areas of specialization can address critical social challenges from a humanitarian perspective.

A Human services degree can help you earn more in the following careers:

• Adult Services
• Alcohol Counselor
• Caregiver
• Case Management
• Case Manager
• Case Worker
• Child Welfare
• Corrections Worker
• Crisis Intervention
• Elderly Services
• Family Support
• Gerontology Aide
• Half Way House
• Home Health Aide
• Human Service Assistants
• Human Service Worker
• Human Services
• Life Skills Instructor
• Parole Officer
• Physical Therapy Assistants
• Psychiatry Assistant
• Psychology Assistants
• Rehabilitative Assistants
• Residential Manager
• Social Services
• Therapeutic Assistant