Human Services – Board Certified Practitioner
HS-BCP Examination (HS-BCPE)
The Human Services-Board Certified Practitioner (HS-BCP™) examination is administered as part of the credentialing process that independently verifies a candidate’s human services knowledge. It was created from the consensus of human services subject matter experts and normed on a population of professionals in the field. The exam covers the following competency areas:
- Interviewing and Interpersonal Skills
- Group Work
- Case Management
- Human Development
- Ethics in the Helping Professions
- Social and Cultural Issues
- Social Problems
- Assessment/Treatment Planning
- Intervention Models/Theories
- Human Behavior
- Social Welfare/Public Policy
Read the HS-BCP™ Exam Candidate Handbook to learn more about HS-BCP™ exam administration, applying and scheduling an exam, study tips and samples of questions featured on the HS-BCP™ certification exam.
After an application for the Human Services – Board Certified Practitioner (HS-BCP™) credential is submitted, individuals who meet all of the requirements including education and experience will be eligible to sit for the exam. Only upon passing the HS-BCP™ exam will a HS-BCP™ credential be provided. You may submit an application at any time. It will take approximately eight weeks from the date of receipt for the initial application review to be completed. Upon CCE’s approval of your application, exam registration materials will be forwarded to you, and you will be eligible to register for the HS-BCP™ exam. The exam is administered via computer-based testing (CBT) at more than 180 centers throughout the United States. Applicants will be allowed to test a maximum of three times, separated by a minimum three month waiting period in-between exams, during the three-year period that their HS-BCP™ application remains open with CCE.
The exam will represent human services information and the education that comes from experience in the field. Candidates are required to meet post-graduation experience requirements in order to be eligible to take the examination (see chart below), except for individuals who have graduated from a Council for Standards in Human Service (CSHSE) program. Degrees conferred from a CSHSE accredited degree program include the required pre-requisite experience and will not need to verify post graduate experience to sit for the exam.
Please review the prequalification in the table below for education and post graduation experience.
| Degree* | Post degree Experience Required** |
|---|---|
| Technical Certificate | 5 years, including a minimum of 7,500 hours |
| Associate | 3 years, including a minimum of 4,500 hours |
| Bachelor's | 2 years, including a minimum of 3,000 hours |
| Master's or Higher | 1 year, including a minimum of 1,500 hours |
* In order to qualify, a degree must have been earned at a regionally accredited college or university, or a state-approved community or junior college.
** Graduates of degree programs that were accredited by the Council for Standards in Human Service Education (CSHSE) at the time of graduation do not need to complete the Verification of Experience Form. To see a list of accredited and previously accredited CSHSE programs, go to www.cshse.org/accredited.html.
If you have any questions after reading the HS-BCP Application Packet and the HS-BCP Exam Candidate Handbook, please feel free to contact us at CCE@CCE-Global.org with the headline “HSBCP.”