Human Services
Program Overview
The Human Services Programs provide the knowledge and skills necessary for entry level employment positions in the social service, mental health, addiction treatment, substance use prevention, and related fields, as well as opportunities for upgrading the skills and knowledge of individuals already employed in these fields. Program graduates work in a number of varied settings including drug and alcohol treatment and prevention, family services, parent education, social service eligibility workers, youth shelters, community health care, juvenile corrections, and case management services, to name a few. The human services field is rated among the top twenty growing job opportunities both in California and in the nation.
The course of study for the degrees and certificates offered by the Human Services programs includes a broad range of specialized vocationally-oriented, university-transferrable academic courses. The curriculum provides academic knowledge about personal and social problems, helping skills, human service careers, agencies and organizations that provide helping services, and standards of professional conduct. In addition, students apply the knowledge they acquire in the classroom in real-life helping situations and settings during their one-semester field internships in human service agencies (120-250 hours).
Our instructors are experienced professionals in the fields of human services, mental health, and addiction treatment and prevention, such as clinical psychologists, license clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, pharmacists, and others. Students are expected to grow both personally and professionally as a result of their classroom experiences. Allan Hancock College offers a wide variety of student support services including placement testing and advisement, financial aid, personal and academic counseling, peer tutoring, career planning, and job placement.
Allan Hancock College offers a wide variety of student support services including placement testing and advisement, learning assistance, financial aid, personal and academic counseling, peer tutoring, career planning, and job placement.
Gainful Employment Information
Location
Applied Social Sciences Department, Building H
Patti Bonner, Department secretary
Phone: 805. 922.6966 ext. 3401
pbonner@hancockcollege.edu
Hours
Fall/Spring:
Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Summer: closed
SPOTLIGHT
Evelyn Avalos
Nursing Student
"I chose to come to Allan Hancock College because I've heard so many great things about the nursing program here. We have a really high pass rate for the state boards compared to other schools. The instructors are extremely supportive here and want us to succeed; they go out of the way to see how students learn and cater to that even outside the classroom environment."
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