Community Health Intern- Healthy Aging

BEST LIFE HARBOR; United States; Hybrid; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Free uniforms

Job summary

Best Life Harbor is offering a Community Health Intern position in partnership with American University. You will own one community health project from planning to final presentation, working with older adults, senior centers, and aging-services organizations across DC.

The internship provides hands-on needs assessment, health communication, and program planning experience, plus a portfolio-ready deliverable and a reference from the founder.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate or graduate student in public health, health promotion, or a related field.
• Strong communicator who is comfortable working with older adults.
• Organized, self-directed, and curious about health equity in DC.
• Interested in earning academic credit (preferred, not required).

Responsibilities

• Own one community health project from planning to final presentation.
• Collaborate with older adults, senior centers, and aging-services organizations.
• Produce a portfolio-ready deliverable and gain a reference from the founder.

Skills

Strong communicator

Organized

Self-directed

Health equity

Education

Public health, health promotion, or related field

Job description

Future Opening: Community Health Intern- Healthy Aging

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• Free uniforms

About us

Best Life Harbor (“Anchored in Care”) is a newly licensed DC Home Support Agency. We help older adults live safely, independently, and with connection in their own homes, through companion and CNA care. This internship is offered in partnership with American University’s Department of Health Studies.

The role

You’ll own one community health project from planning to final presentation, working directly with older adults, senior centers, and aging-services organizations across DC. You’ll choose one project with us at the start of the semester:

• Senior fall-prevention education: build and test home safety materials for older adults and families.
• Community health workshops: plan and co-lead workshops at DC senior centers and measure their impact.
• Ward-level senior resource map: map services for older adults across DC wards and identify gaps.
• Social isolation and connection: assess loneliness among older adults and design a simple connection intervention.

What you’ll gain

• Real ownership of a project with measurable outcomes
• Hands-on experience in needs assessment, health communication, and program planning
• Direct work with community partners across DC’s aging network
• A portfolio-ready deliverable and a reference from the founder

Who we’re looking for

• Undergraduate or graduate student in public health, health promotion, or a related field
• Strong communicator who is comfortable working with older adults
• Organized, self-directed, and curious about health equity in DC
• Interested in earning academic credit (preferred, not required)

Schedule

Up to 8 to 10 hours per week, flexible around your classes. Hybrid: community sites in DC plus remote work.

Pay

$18.50 per hour, or a project-based fee set by project scope.

Training

All interns complete an orientation, client privacy (HIPAA) training, and a site safety briefing before any community work.