Start Your Rewarding Career in Human Services
Are you passionate about helping others and making a difference in your community? Our human services program equips you with the skills and knowledge to provide crucial support to individuals and families facing challenges like poverty, mental health issues, addiction and life transitions.
This program is designed for both newcomers seeking to enter the human services field and professionals looking to advance their careers. We offer both degree and certificate options, allowing you to tailor your education to your specific goals.
- Graduates receive the Associate of Applied Science in Human Services.
- Provides a generalist approach, preparing you for a wide range of entry-level positions in the field of human services and social work.
- Focuses on core competencies like crisis intervention, case management, social advocacy and life skills training.
- Hands-on learning through practical experience and field placements ensures you graduate job-ready.
- These human services certificates are ideal for professionals seeking to specialize in their fields and enhance their skills.
- We offer certificates in case management, chemical dependency and a pre-social work bridge program.
- Gain in-demand expertise to advance your career in community mental health technology or social work.
Flexible course schedules are designed to accommodate your busy life whether you're coming to us directly out of high school, after working an unfulfilling career or as an adult coming to college for the first time. Our experienced faculty is passionate about human services and have real-world experience in the field.
We strive to create a supportive learning environment that fosters your growth and helps you reach your academic and professiona goals.
Our alumni are working in diverse human service professions, and often go on to earn their bachelor's and graduate degrees after starting their educations at Lakeland.
Lakeland's Holden University Center Partnership Programs with accredited institutions like Ursuline College and Youngstown State University to offer convenient on-campus programs.
Apply to Lakeland College today!
Contact our program director to learn more about our program and career opportunities in human services. Feel free to get in touch to talk with us to find out if a career in human services is right for you.
