Community & Social/Human Services

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

Earning Average

$44,100

Entry-level Wage

$27,870

Percentage of jobs in the local economy

4.00%

Training Programs

Crispus Attacks York

Customer Service Certification

York College of PA

Bachelor of Science in Human Services

HACC York Campus: Gerontology (0231)

Diploma, Gerontology (3300): Certificate, Gerontology (3476): Associate in Applied Science (AAS), Human Services (5556): Associate in Applied Science (AAS)

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)