Careers in Community and Social Service

Health Education Specialists

Community and Social Service

Provide and manage health education programs that help individuals, families, and their communities maximize and maintain healthy lifestyles. Use data to identify community needs prior to planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating programs designed to encourage healthy lifestyles, policies, and environments. May link health systems, health providers, insurers, and patients to address individual and population health needs. May serve as resource to assist individuals, other health professionals, or the community, and may administer fiscal resources for health education programs.

Requires a Bachelor's Degree or above

Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists

Community and Social Service

Provide social services to assist in rehabilitation of law offenders in custody or on probation or parole. Make recommendations for actions involving formulation of rehabilitation plan and treatment of offender, including conditional release and education and employment stipulations.

Requires a Bachelor's Degree or above

Social and Human Service Assistants

Community and Social Service

Assist other social and human service providers in providing client services in a wide variety of fields, such as psychology, rehabilitation, or social work, including support for families. May assist clients in identifying and obtaining available benefits and social and community services. May assist social workers with developing, organizing, and conducting programs to prevent and resolve problems relevant to substance abuse, human relationships, rehabilitation, or dependent care.

Requires a Bachelor's Degree or above

Community Health Workers

Community and Social Service

Promote health within a community by assisting individuals to adopt healthy behaviors. Serve as an advocate for the health needs of individuals by assisting community residents in effectively communicating with healthcare providers or social service agencies. Act as liaison or advocate and implement programs that promote, maintain, and improve individual and overall community health. May deliver health-related preventive services such as blood pressure, glaucoma, and hearing screenings. May collect data to help identify community health needs.

Requires a Bachelor's Degree or above

Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other

Community and Social Service

All community and social service specialists not listed separately.

No requirement is specified

Clergy

Community and Social Service

Conduct religious worship and perform other spiritual functions associated with beliefs and practices of religious faith or denomination. Provide spiritual and moral guidance and assistance to members.

Requires a Master's Degree or above

Directors, Religious Activities and Education

Community and Social Service

Coordinate or design programs and conduct outreach to promote the religious education or activities of a denominational group. May provide counseling, guidance, and leadership relative to marital, health, financial, and religious problems.

Requires a Bachelor's Degree or above

Religious Workers, All Other

Community and Social Service

All religious workers not listed separately.

No requirement is specified