Advanced Cooperative Work Internship

Course Number:

HS 258

Course Credits:

5.00

Course Description:

Supervised experience in human services agencies. Students work a minimum of 250 hours in an agency, with or without remuneration. One credit may be earned for each fifty hours of documented agency or program experience. Includes organizational leadership, work ethics, and employer-employee relationships. Students meet during the quarter with the assigned College supervisor and agency advisor to discuss skill development and process field experiences. Emphasis is placed on achieving human services skills and integrating professional ethics and conduct into performance as a learner and appropriate to the internship site. Variable hours. Vocational program course. May be used as a general elective in the AA degree.

Course Prerequisites:

Prerequisite: Completion of HS 158 with a grade of "C+" or better and instructor permission.

Course Outcomes:

To gain on-the-job, supervised work experience with public human service agencies (Competency in Disciplinary Learning, Critical Thinking, Social and Personal Responsibility).
To provide an understanding of the occupational environments of potential employers and clients (Competency in disciplinary Learning Critical Thinking, Social and Personal Responsibility).
To match career aspirations and interests with capabilities and job satisfaction (Critical Thinking, Social and Personal Responsibility).
To acquire specific technical knowledge, priorities, experience and career classification, not always offered in more general classroom instruction (Competency in Disciplinary Learning, Literacy and Using Resources, Critical Thinking, Social and Personal Responsibility).
To put into practice, under supervision, skills and knowledge from Human Services courses, such as interviewing, ethical decision making, active listening, case management, etc.. (Competency in Disciplinary Learning, Literacy and Using Resources, Critical Thinking, Social and Personal Responsibility).