Careers
Helping the lives of youth and children… it’s what we do.
Vision. Determination. Commitment to bettering the world for youth and families. These are the qualities we expect of our program graduates.
The demand for qualified, competent professionals to teach, administer, and create educational programs and support systems for children, youth, and families is on the rise. Learn how a degree or certificate in Youth, Family, and Community Sciences prepares you for a purposeful and meaningful career.
Typical Employers
Graduates usually find employment with nonprofits or community development organizations that offer services to children, youth, and families.
Typical employers include:
- Nonprofit organizations
- Community service organizations
- Hospital, eldercare, or recreational programs
- Life coaching practices
Many of our graduates are entrepreneurial. They start and run nonprofits or open their own practice.
Family and Community Services Agencies
Graduates interested in youth, families, and communities often find jobs with family and community services agencies and perform the following services:
- Inform and coach families on how to enhance their quality of life through better building positive relationships
- Assist community leaders in developing programs that promote healthy families
- Advise members of youth groups on social skills or youth engagement
- Administer childcare or eldercare services
- Train community members on topics of youth and family sciences
Opportunities in Human Development and Family Science
Career opportunities involve managing or providing service to children, youth and families in areas such as:
- Parent education
- Family life coaching
- Family life education
- Youth development
- Childcare (infant, toddler, and school age)
- Hospital programs
- Recreation programs
- Community development
- Cooperative extension education
- Eldercare
- Family or youth case management
- Relationship education
- Programs for healthy aging
- Support service to children and families
- Child and family advocate programs
- Early child development interventions
- Human development consulting
- Retirement communities
- Research analysis
- Policy analysis
- Systems analysis
- Casework for mental health or youth services
Job Titles
Upon graduation, our alumni typically pursue the careers listed below.
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- Enrollment / Admission Counselor
- Enrollment Specialist
- Recreation / Activities Worker
- Social / Human Service Assistant
- Social / Human Services Manager
- Youth Counselor / Worker
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