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Investigate the field of Human Services
 Get the facts about education requirements, average earnings
(national, statewide, and regional), job requirements, and employment
projections for each of the occupations below.
Child
Care Workers
Marriage
and Family Therapists
Probation
Officers and Corrections Treatment Specialists
Clinical
Psychologists
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| Early Childhood Development and Services |
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These are kid-oriented jobs, including large organizations
or single child-care situations.
The things you could do:
- Provide child care in your home.
- Work as a nanny, where you might live with another family.
- Teach preschool.
- Work at a child care center.
| Counseling and Mental Health Services |
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These are the people that help others work through issues,
solve problems, and reach goals.
The things you could do:
- Help students choose a career path!
- Help parents deal with issues raising their children.
- Counsel patients who have just learned that they have an illness, like
AIDS.
- Counsel people with drug or alcohol problems.
| Family and Community Services |
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These are service-oriented jobs, mostly provided to
adults and to the community at large.
The things you could do:
- Plan activities at an adult day care center.
- Recruit volunteers for a charity organization.
- Work for the Red Cross and help people in times of emergency or disaster.
- Administrate state and federal aid programs as a Social Services worker.
| Personal Care Services |
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These jobs include services performed directly “to”
people, such as haircuts and manicures.
The things you could do:
- Be a hair stylist.
- Provide massages.
- Be a funeral director.
- Be a personal trainer and help people stay in shape.
These are counselor-type jobs for people who are making
a purchase.
The things you could do:
- Provide assistance as a customer service represetative.
- Help people decide how to invest their money as a financial advisor.
- Research issues and problems that consumers have with the things that
they purchase.
- Help people get out of debt as a consumer credit counselor.
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