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Sep 07, 2024
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2023-2024 WWCC College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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HSS 103 - Applied Skills for Human Services Credits: 5 LEC hours per week: 5 Students will learn the specific skills and competencies required in human service professions and how to apply those skills in a variety of settings such as correctional facilities, group homes, crisis intervention, and rehabilitation centers. Focus is on clinical mental health counseling, community support, rehabilitation services, chemical dependency recovery, and motivational and evidence-based strategies for treatment and support. A range of assessment tools, methods of evaluation, and case plans will also be examined. Course Outcomes:
- Identify the specific job duties, skills, and competencies required in human services organizations and professions in the public and private sector.
- Demonstrate the clinical skills, knowledge base, and personal characteristics required for working in the human services profession.
- Demonstrate the ability to select appropriate strategies, services, and interventions, and assist in the evaluation of outcomes in a variety of settings.
Course Topics:
- Assessing client factors: domestic violence; substance abuse; mental health issues; trauma; co-occurring disorders; developmental disabilities; and family dynamics
- Barriers to client self-sufficiency
- Establishing rapport with clients and key elements of an interview
- Contemporary evidence-based helping strategies and methods
- Working effectively with challenging clients
- Addressing crises
- Collaboration and working effectively with agencies to access community resources
- Case management
- Behavior modification, treatment care plans, forms of therapy, advocacy, and community integration
- Current best practices
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