To be effective care providers, today鈥檚 helping professionals need more than technical skills.聽They must also be attuned to clients鈥� concerns and values and grasp the complexities of modern care bureaucracies.聽And they must know which types of jobs聽are best suited to their interests and how to manage the multiple pressures put on them as care providers.聽In short, helping professionals need to understand the human dimensions of care.聽
Purpose
The certificate in Care, Health, and Resilience prepares undergraduates for working in the helping professions: nursing, medicine, counseling, teaching, community services, ministry, emergency management and related fields.聽It emphasizes the practices and knowledge expected of paid care providers, ranging from the ability to nurture clients鈥� physical, emotional and social well being to helping people thrive despite life-altering circumstances.聽It also addresses the experiences and challenges of professional caregivers.聽 And it advances one of the campus鈥檚 three strategic imperatives, which is to 鈥淧ositively Impact Humanity.鈥�