Do you see young people, addicts and families struggling in your community and want to help? If you have a passion to serve others who are hurting, the human services program needs you!
Allan Hancock College’s human services program offers 15 degrees and certificates that give new students and seasoned professionals the hands-on skills they need to secure entry-level careers or advance in social services, mental health, addiction treatment, substance-use prevention, and related occupations. The program is taught by clinical psychologists, licensed social workers, marriage and family therapists, pharmacists, and other experts with deep knowledge and understanding of these fields.
Students gain expertise in areas such as personal and social problems, helping skills, human services, agencies and organizations that provide helping services, and standards of professional conduct. As part of their studies, students gain critical, real-world experience helping others during a one-semester, field internship with a local human service agency.
Graduates go on to careers in numerous settings, including drug and alcohol treatment and prevention centers, family services, parent education, youth shelters, community health care, juvenile corrections, and more.
This program will help you to:
- be prepared to perform basic counseling and case management
- develop your interpersonal skills
- create and maintain appropriate client documentation
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successfully pass a written examination leading to certification as an addiction Treatment Specialist through CAADE or the California Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (CAADAC).
The certificate program is accredited by the California Association of Alcohol and Drug Educators (CAADE)
To view the program requirements and suggested course sequences for the degrees and/or certificates available for this program, please visit the course catalog.
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Contact Information
Department Chair
Roger Hall
805-922-6966 ext. 3427
rhall@hancockcollege.edu
Department Administrative Assistant II
Rose Delgado 805-922-6966 ext. 3334
rose.delgado@hancockcollege.edu
Dean, Academic Affairs
Rick Rantz
805-922-6966 ext. 5203
rrantz@hancockcollege.edu
Location
Santa Maria CampusBldg. C, Rm. 28
805-922-6966 ext. 3732
