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Career Area: Human Services
Technical Diploma
Program Number: 31-520-1
Offered Completely Online
Approximately 1 Year to Complete
This is based on full-time enrollment. Actual time to completion may vary based on the availability of courses a college offers and the number of credits the student takes in any given time period.
Credit Program
Most credit programs are eligible for financial aid, while most non-credit certificates provide valuable work-related skills on a short timeline. Check with the college offering the program to determine if it is eligible for financial aid.
Average Annual Tuition: $4386
This is based on one year of full-time enrollment for in-state students. WTCS tuition is set by the Wisconsin Technical College System Board in March for the following year. It does not include books, materials or program/college-related fees.
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Human Services Assistant Careers

Recent Wisconsin job postings for this degree:

Human Services Assistant
Human Service Professional

Average Median Wage

$39517

Human Services Assistant Programs

The Human Services Assistant Technical Diploma has been developed for individuals assisting and providing client services in a wide variety of fields such as psychology, rehabilitation or social work, including support families. This technical diploma provides learners with strong skills in interviewing, communicating, building rapport for trusting relationships and counseling techniques for professions where this is key. Graduates may assist clients in identifying and obtaining available benefits and social and community services. Graduates may also assist social workers with developing, organizing and conducting programs to prevent and resolve problems relevant to substance abuse, human relationships, rehabilitation or dependent care. As an Embedded Technical Diploma, this program ladders fully into the Human Services Associate Degree program.

Human Services Assistant Part of a Career Pathway Program Transfers Offered completely online Shared Program
Fox Valley Human Services Assistant at Fox Valley
Northcentral Human Services Assistant at Northcentral