Behavioral Health (Certificate of Acheivement)

This program will prepare students for entry-level para-professional jobs in human services by: 1) providing a historical context of the human servicesprofession; 2) building hard and soft skill sets to include: interpersonal relationships, cultural competency/humility, active listening, case management,group process, boundary setting, self care, empathy, compassion; and 3) introducing students to fieldwork experience in human services.

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This program will prepare students for entry-level para-professional jobs in human services by: 1) providing a historical context of the human services profession; 2) building hard and soft skill sets to include: interpersonal relationships, cultural competency/humility, active listening, case management, group process, boundary setting, self care, empathy, compassion; and 3) introducing students to fieldwork experience in human services.

This program will prepare students for entry-level para-professional jobs in human services by: 1) providing a historical context of the human services profession; 2) building hard and soft skill sets to include: interpersonal relationships, cultural competency/humility, active listening, case management, group process, boundary setting, self care, empathy, compassion; and 3) introducing students to fieldwork experience in human services.

Course	Title	Units	Year/Semester (Y1 or S1)
PSCN 5	Introduction to Social Work and Human Services	3	S1
PSCN 11 or 12 or 30	Interpersonal Relationships or Self-Esteem for Success or Life Transitions	2 or 2 or 3	S1
PSCN 4 or 13	Multiethnic/Cultural Communication or Multicultural Issues in Contemporary America	3 or 3	S1
PSCN 1 or 2	Introduction to Psychology-Counseling in a Multicultural Environment or Introduction to Case Management for Human Services	3 or 3	S2
Any course not already used above or PSCN 3, 10, 15, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 24, 26, 28 or ES 1 or PSY 1 or SOCI 1	Drugs, Recovery and Prevention in Modern Society or Career and Educational Planning or College Study Skills or University Transfer Planning or The College Experience or Strategies for College Success or College Success Series or Creating Success in College and Life, College Success and the Chicano Experience or Personal Growth or Orientation for International Students or Introduction to Ethnic Studies or General Psychology or  Principles of Sociology	1-3	S2
PSCN 85	Fieldwork: Social Work and Human Services	3	S2

This certificate of achievement is designed with the following goals and outcomes: 1) to provide short-term training and a certification for students seeking para-professional positions in human services occupations; and/or 2) to provide a foundation for contined professional development and career opportunites to earn an associate degree in Human Services (see attached), and/or 3) an educational pathway for university transfer in a similar field. In particular, the courses in this certificate provide the flexibility to align with Chabot College's AA-T in Social Work and Human Services (see attached), which will feed into similar majors at many California State University campuses, including (but not limited to) San Francisco State University BA in Social Work, CSU East Bay BA in Ethnic Studies, and six different majors at San Jose State University.

None. The East Bay programs listed on the LMI Report, while under the same TOP code, are largely different or no longer exist. For example, Contra Costa College has a Certificate of Acheivement in Dual Diagnosis Screening, Merritt College has a Certicate of Achievement in Substance Abuse. Los Positas College no longer has a Certificate of Acheivement under this TOP code in their College Catalog nor does Canada College appear to either. The closest similar program is located at Berkeley City College (Social Work and Human Services Paraprofessional, Certificate of Achievement), which is a 21.5 mile drive from Chabot College. With the exception of online courses, those Chabot College students who enroll in other community colleges typically venture no further than Ohlone College (Fremont), Laney College (Oakland), or our sister campus, Las Positas College (LIvermore).