Back to Home Need Help? Click the Ask a librarian link on the Online Library home page!
|
These guides are here to help students and faculty. Information includes:
|
Websites in this guide have been vetted by librarians and faculty. Human Service Assistant Tools & Resources
Statistics
- American Fact Finder
National Source for population, housing, economic, and geographic information, managed by the U.S. Census Bureau.
- FedStats
Statistics from a variety of federal agencies. Can limit by agencies, subjects, or location.
- Statistics - Child Welfare Information Gateway
Find reports, databases, and other sources of statistics and demographic data on children and families in the United States, child abuse and neglect, child welfare services, children and youth in foster care, and domestic and international adoption.
- National Center for Health Statistics
Information, statistics, and reports from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
Evidence Based Resources
- NREPP: SAMHSA's National Registry of Evidence-based Programs & Practices
(NREPP) is a searchable online database of mental health and substance abuse interventions. All interventions in the registry have met NREPP’s minimum requirements for review and have been independently assessed.
- Evidence-Based Practices-SAMHSA
The Evidence-Based Practices (EBP) Web Guide features research findings and details about EBPs used to prevent and treat mental and substance use disorders.
- Evidence-Based Behavioral Practice
"The EBBP.org project creates training resources to help bridge the gap between behavioral health research and practice."
- EPC Evidence-Based Reports-AHRQ
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Scroll down and see the links for "Mental Health Conditions and Substance Abuse," "Older Adults," and "Violence, Trauma."
- Evidence-Based Programs - Center for Healthy Aging - NCOA
See the "Models Program" section.
- National Guideline Clearinghouse
NGC is a public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. It is an initiative of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Alzheimer's Association
- American Mental Health Counselors Association
- American Public Human Services Association
- Association of MultiEthnic Americans
- Association of Social Work Boards
- Connect2Help
- Council for Exceptional Children
- Council for Standards in Human Service Education
- Gerontological Society of America (GSA)
- International Federation of Social Workers
- National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
- National Coalition for the Homeless
- National Organization for Human Services
- ACT Raising Safe Kids Program: Building Safe & Strong Families
- Administration for Children and Families
- Center for Native American Youth
- Centre for Educational Research and Innovation
- Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act as Amended 2010
- Child Care and Early Education Research Connections Home Page
- Child Labour - International Labour Organization
- Child Trends
- Child Welfare Information Gateway
- UNICEF (United Nations)
- Zero to Three
Professional Organizations
Selected Standards / Licensure
Social Work / Case Management Websites
Specialized
- Career One Stop
- Occupation Profile for Social and Human Service Assistants
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Government Jobs - Health Services Assistant
Image Properties: Copyright: North Island College
General
***Some of the best job sites are traditional job boards, like Monster and CareerBuilder. Others, like Indeed.com, allow you to search many job boards, company career pages, associations, and other sites that list jobs.
All of them are worth incorporating into your job search, because not all employers list on every site, even though it may sometimes seem that way.
Careerbuilder.com
CareerBuilder is among the top job sites with thousands of job postings and resumes. The site has partnered with many newspapers to provide local as well as national job listings. CareerBuilder also powers the career sites for more than 10,000 Web sites, including 140 newspapers and leading portals such as MSN and AOL. More »
Coolworks.com.
If you're interested in a seasonal job, start your search with CoolWorks. CoolWorks lists thousands of summer and seasonal jobs. There's a free weekly email newsletter and the opportunity to sign-up for a free email account to use for your job search. More »
Indeed.com.
Indeed includes millions of job listings from thousands of web sites, including company career pages, job boards, newspaper classifieds, associations, and blogs. Any job search can be saved as an email alert, so new jobs are delivered daily. Job seekers may also search job trends and salaries, read and participate in discussion forums, research companies and even find people working for companies of interest through their online social networks. More »
LinkedIn is the top career networking site and an excellent way to connect with people who can help with your job search and/or who work at a company you're interested in. In addition, LinkedIn has a Jobs section where you can search for positions by keyword and location, or use the Advanced Search option to search for listings by even more specific criteria. More »
LinkUp
LinkUp is a job search engine that uncovers unadvertised jobs listed on company web sites. LinkUp monitors thousands of small, mid-sized, and large company career sections in order to connect applicants with unadvertised jobs by listing the jobs on company web sites. More »
Monster.com
From a numbers perspective, Monster continues to be the top job board site. Positions range from hourly local jobs to professional positions in just about every career field. More »
SimplyHired.com.
SimplyHired searches thousands of job boards, classifieds, and company sites. Advanced search options include type of job, type of company, keyword, location, and the date the job was posted. More »
US.jobs
US.jobs lists thousands of jobs directly from company websites and from state job banks. The site is the non profit National Labor Exchange provided by DirectEmployers and The National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA). More »
USAJobs.gov
USAJobs (USAJobs.gov) is the Federal Government's official source for Federal government job listings, job application, and employment information.
Legal Websites
- American Law Sources Online (ALSO)
- CourtListener
- Findlaw
- Free Legal Research Sites
- Govengine.com
- Justia.com
- Law Library of Congress
- Law.com
- Legal Information Institute (LII): Cornell Law School
- Nolo
- Public Library of Law
- Rominger Legal
- Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
- Social Security Online
- THOMAS