Job titles vary according to the employment setting and kinds of clients being served.
Examples include social service technician, case management aide, social assistant, resident counselor, alcoholism or drug abuse counselor, mental health technician, child abuse worker, community outreach worker and gerontology aide. The associate's degree is the beginning, with many certificate and associate's degree programs in human services or mental health offered by community colleges. Additional formal education is almost always required for career advancement. What children learn and experience during their early years can shape their views of themselves and the world and affect later success of failure in school work or their personal lives. Kindergarten and elementary teachers introduce children to numbers, language, science and social studies.