Sample Occupations

Social Service

• AIDS/HIV Educator
• Child Life Specialist
• Counselor
• Counselor & Social Worker
• Elementary School Social Worker
• Funeral Director
• Geneticist and Genetics Counselor
• Genetics Counseling
• Geriatrics Careers (pdf)
• Gerontologist
• Group Home Worker
• Health Psychologist
• Jobs in Charitable Nonprofits (pdf)
• Nursing Home Administrator
• Occupational Therapy
• Occupational Therapist
• Psychiatric Aide
• Psychologist
• Rehabilitation & School Counselor (1998)
• Sex Therapist
• Social & Human Service Assistant
• Social Worker
• Social Worker: Health Care

Crimnology & Law Enforcement

• Army Intelligence Officer
• Careers in Security
• Correctional Officer
• Crime & Intelligence Analyst (1998)
• Fire Fighting Occupations
• Firefighters (1998)
• Fish/Game Warden
• Forensic Psychologist
• Forensic Psychology
• Forensic Scientist
• Investigator/Private Detective
• Judge, Magistrate, Adjudicator
• Law Enforcement
• Lawyer
• Legal Investigator
• Mediator/Arbitrator
• Naval Intelligence Officer
• Paralegal
• Park Ranger Security
• Parole Agent & Probation Officer (1998)
• Police & Detectives
• Probation Officer & Correctional Treatment Specialist
• Probation Officer & Correctional Treatment Specialist (pdf)
• Security Consultant
• Security Guard & Gaming Surveillance Officer

Examples of Employers

• Abuse Center
• Adoption Center
• Americorps
• Big Brother/Big Sister Agencies
• Career/Employment Agency
• Center for Children’s Service
• Center for Developmentally Disabled
• Center for the Developmentally Disabled
• Children’s Home
• Children’s Hospital
• Community Mental Health Center
• Corporation Child Care Center
• Crisis Line
• Department of Occupational Rehabilitation
• Dept of Child & Family Services (DCFS)
• Family Services Agency
• Group Home
• Head Start Program
• Homeless Shelter
• Hospital
• Illinois Department of Healthcare & Family Services
• Inpatient Psychiatric Unit
• Learning Center
• Nursing Homes
• Peace Corps
• Primary/Secondary School
• Senior Center
• Sheriff's Departments
• Teen/Youth Center
• United Way Agency
• Women's Center
• YMCA & YWCA
• Youth Service Agency

Criminology

• Bureau of Alcohol. Tobacco & Firearms
• Central Intelligence Agency
• Drug Enforcement Administration
• Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Federal Bureau of Prisons
• Immigration & Naturalization Services
• Internal Revenue Service
• Social Security Administration
• U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services
• U.S. Department of Justice
• United States Attorney Offices
• United States Marshals Service

Occupational & Professional Information

• American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy
• American Counseling Association
• American Psychological Association
• Child Development Institute
• Council for Exceptional Children
• Department of Health & Human Services
• Gerontological Society of America
• Ill. Dept of Financial & Professional Regulation
• National Association for the Education of Young Children
• National Association of Social Workers
• National Head Start Association
• Youth Services International

NIU Links

• College of Health & Human Sciences - School of Family, Consumer & Nutrition Sciences