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Career Cluster
Human Services
- Do you enjoy helping other people?
- Are you compassionate?
- Do you like to help people feel better and look better?
- Would you enjoy teaching people how to improve their lives?
- Do you believe it is important for consumers to be protected?
- Do you enjoy shopping and organizing parties?
- Do you like working with children and families?
If you answered yes to some of the above questions, you might enjoy a career in the human services career cluster. You might succeed in one of these careers:
- massage therapist
- cosmetologist
- family counselor
- clinical psychologist
- consumer advocate
- credit counselor
- licensed clinical social worker
- volunteer coordinator
- preschool teacher
- child development specialist
Cluster Definition
Jobs in the human services career cluster involve tending to families and to human needs.
Career Pathways in Human Services
A career pathway is an area of concentration within a career cluster. Each pathway contains a group of careers requiring similar academic and technical skills as well as similar industry certifications or postsecondary education. The human services career cluster has five pathways:
Consumer Services
These services assist the buying public by ensuring that they receive fair treatment in the marketplace. Jobs include:
- product safety tester
- consumer outreach coordinator
- consumer advocate
- consumer fraud investigator
- consumer advisor
- consumer credit counselor
Counseling and Mental Health Services
The goal of workers in this pathway is to help people with personal, emotional, family, career, or mental health issues and decisions. Jobs include:
- career counselor
- substance abuse counselor
- school social worker
- mental health aide
- sociologist
- licensed clinical social worker
- family counselor
Early Childhood Development and Services
This pathway involves caring for the psychological, physical, and intellectual growth of children. Jobs include:
- child development specialist
- child care worker
- parent/guardian educator
- nanny
- day care center director
- preschool teacher
Family and Community Services
Workers in this pathway provide a variety of services that help strengthen family and community life. Jobs include:
- social worker
- adult day care worker
- community service worker
- food pantry organizer
- emergency and relief worker
- religious counselor
- volunteer coordinator
Personal Care Services
Workers in this pathway help people feel and look better, and offer services that make people's lives more convenient. Funeral services also fall within this pathway. Occupations include:
- personal trainer
- stylist
- massage therapist
- makeup artist
- image consultant
- cosmetologist
- funeral director
- esthetician
