The human services certificate will help students learn the skills that pertain to helping people, such as conflict management, goal-setting, and active listening. Students will also learn how to help individuals and families cope effectively with stress.

This certificate is offered by BYU-Idaho, with support and resources from BYU-Pathway Worldwide.

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Essential Knowledge and Skills

Outcomes

Effectively communicate principles pertaining to helping individuals and families in distress.
Apply effective interpersonal skills pertaining to human service work.

Certificate of Human Services

Program Requirements

This certificate builds into the Applied Health or the Marriage & Family Studies degrees.

This is an advanced certificate. If you are pursuing an Applied Health degree, you must first complete Community Health Planning & Implementation and Community Health Methods & Evaluation. If you are pursuing a Marriage & Family Studies degree, you must first complete Advanced Marriage and Family Functioning.

Certificate

15 CREDITS

Associate

60 CREDITS

Bachelor's

120 CREDITS

Certificate of Human Services

Course Code

Course Name

# of Credits

FAML420

The Helping Relationship

FAML420 — 3 credits

The Helping Relationship

This skill based course prepares students to effectively use interpersonal communication skills associated with helping individuals and families in a variety of settings. Role playing will be one of the primary learning methods. These skills are especially valuable for students planning to enter a human service profession, counseling/therapy, or planning to pursue graduate studies.

FAML360

Family Stress and Coping

FAML360 — 3 credits

Family Stress and Coping

This course involves a study of families under stress, including the many external and internal influences that play a role in determining a family’s experience of stress. An ecological model will be used to understand potential risk factors that pose problems for families, along with protective factors that help families to be resilient. Focus will be maintained to learn ways to help families under stress.

FAML430

Family and Community Relationships

FAML430 — 3 credits

Family and Community Relationships

This course consists of ecological and gospel perspectives on providing family-focused prevention and intervention services and support to diverse families. Emphasis will be on communicating with families, empowering parents, developing family and professional partnerships, interagency collaboration, and accessing and linking families and community resources.

HS460

Drugs of Use and Abuse

HS460 — 3 credits

Drugs of Use and Abuse

This course is designed to give students the nature and effects of specific drugs from all major classes on human beings from the physiological, psychological, and sociological viewpoints.

SW463

Child Welfare Services

SW463 — 3 credits

Child Welfare Services

This course is planned and organized to acquaint students with the role of the generalist social work practitioner in the field of child welfare. An overview of public and private programs that provide services to children is provided. These services include counseling, adoptions, foster care, residential care, school-based services, home-based services, court services, and daycare services. Also addressed are social problems that impact children, particularly those who are disadvantaged because of disability, racism, sexism and poverty.

For questions about this program, contact BYU-Pathway Support

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Looking Ahead

Potential Employment

When seeking employment in the field of family studies and human services, these search terms may be helpful:

Human services assistant
Juvenile services
Childcare worker/teacher
Social and human service assistant
Psychiatric technician
Personal care aide
Case aide

Or, search for jobs requiring the skills obtained in this certificate, such as communication, problem solving, leadership, conflict resolution, or customer service.

Why choose this certificate?

The human services certificate emphasizes the development of employable skills, such as effective communication and other interpersonal skills related to helping those in need. These skills can help students obtain employment in a variety of work settings, such as human services and other positions that emphasize interpersonal communication (e.g., sales, customer service, etc.). The human services certificate will provide students with a deeper understanding of principles that are pivotal in helping individuals and families respond effectively to stress and hardship.

BYU-Pathway has found that certain combinations of certificates lead to better job opportunities. Most degrees have a recommended plan of certificates that will help students increase their income and improve their employment possibilities.