Department of Human and Community Development, UCD
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SAMPLE CAREER OPTIONS
(educational strengths, training experience and skill level requirements will vary)
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Adoption agency administrators
Elder day care, rehabilitation, and nursing home managers
Foster care administrators and managers
Human resource specialists in personnel, training/labor relations
Human services employment interviewers
Marketing, advertising and public relations managers
Public health service administrators
Recreation administrators and park managers
Senior citizen administrators, managers and activity directors
State Department of Education administrators
State Department of Health and Human Services specialists
Child care
Child Development Center directors and teachers
Child Life specialists (hospitals)
Community child care coordinators
Foster child care workers
Nursery school teachers
Preschool teachers
Communications
Public relations specialists
Radio and television announcers and newscasters
Recreation instructors and parks program managers
Youth services coordinators
Counseling and social work
Career exploration and development counselors
Employment counselors
Community mediation counselors
Community resources counselors
Drug and alcohol prevention education counselors
Marriage, family and child counselors
Mental health counselors
Psychologists
Rehabilitation counselors
Social workers
Administrators (principals, vice principals, superintendents)
Adult education administrators and teachers
Bilingual education teachers
College and university faculty
Elementary school teachersPreschool teachers
Public health educators
Resource teachers
School counselors
School psychologists
Secondary school teachers
Special education teachers
Teen parent teachers
Health assessment
Dietitians
Nutritionists
Treatment Midwifery
Occupational therapists
Pharmacists
Physical therapists
Physician assistants
Recreation therapists
Registered nurses
Respiratory therapists
Speech-language pathologists and audiologists
Health diagnosing
Chiropractors
Practitioners
Dentists
Medical doctors
Obstetricians
Optometrists
Pediatricians
Podiatrists
Law
Court appointed special advocates for elders and children (administrators, managers, counselors)
Elder law - lawyerElder and disabled person's law counseling
Family law - lawyer
Health, Insurance, Counseling and Advocacy program
Protective services
Child protective services
Correction officers
Firefighting occupations
Juvenile and probation officers
Police, detectives and special agents
Public policy
Child advocacy group lobbyists
Child welfare administration workers
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