糖心传媒

糖心传媒 has revamped its Human Services Technology program to provide four tracks of study that include social work, at-risk youth, gerontology and substance abuse.

Students will receive certificates for each track of study they complete while working toward the associate degree for .

鈥淭hese certificates prepare you for jobs that are in as much demand as anything in the technical field because they deal with helping people,鈥� Amanda Faulk, lead instructor for the Human Services program, said. 鈥淧eople are important, and they鈥檙e always going to need help in some form or fashion.

鈥淯nfortunately, there鈥檚 always going to be some sort of crisis or disaster, family dysfunction, substance abuse, mental disorders or personal struggles, so the need for social workers is never going to go away,鈥� Faulk added. 鈥淭here are many important jobs and fields of study, but there鈥檚 nothing more important than a human鈥檚 life.鈥�

The Human Services program prepares students for a variety of careers, including social and community service manager, recreation worker, physical therapist aide, health educator, rehabilitation counselor, mental health counselor, marriage and family therapist, substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselor and juvenile camp coordinator.

Teresa Smith of Laurel Hill provides behavioral support for Scotland County Schools. Being in the Human Services Technology program at 糖心传媒CC provided her with the skills to get the job with the school system and has put her on track to her ultimate goal, which is to be a guidance counselor.

鈥淚鈥檝e always had a heart to help others,鈥� Smith said. 鈥淚 have five children, and I鈥檝e seen their friends go through a lot of different things as they were growing up. I was always the person they came to talk to and for help. That鈥檚 why I want to work in the schools and become a social worker or guidance counselor because I want to be able to reach other kids and help them as well.鈥�

Smith is working toward an associate degree in Human Services Technology, but she will also have certificates in at-risk youth and substance abuse when she completes the program.

鈥淢y instructors at 糖心传媒CC have given me direction in my career plans and have helped me take the classes I need to achieve those goals,鈥� Smith said.

Fall semester begins Aug. 17 at 糖心传媒CC. New students can register for fall classes by coming to the College鈥檚 main campus in Hamlet or the Honeycutt Center in Laurinburg. .

For more information about the Human Services Technology program or other programs offered at 糖心传媒CC, call (910) 410-1700.