Intern - Child Protection Services (Spring)

State of South Dakota; Brookings (SD); On-site; USD 23,332 - 33,231; Part time

Job summary

State of South Dakota in Brookings is offering an Intern - Child Protection Services internship. The role supports Family Services Specialists in cases of child safety including assessments, interventions, and coordinating with foster or relative placements.

The internship requires current enrollment as a part-time or full-time student for the upcoming semester, with preference for juniors/seniors and South Dakota residents. Minimum salary is $20.53 hourly; telephone inquiries to 605.773.3148.

Qualifications

• Must be enrolled as a part-time or full-time student for the upcoming or immediately preceding semester.
• By start of internship, student should have completed one year (nine months) of their program.

Responsibilities

• Assist Family Services Specialists with cases involving child safety.
• Participate in direct interventions, assessments, and family coordination.
• Support foster and relative placements, and recruitment of resource families.

Job description

Session: Spring (January - May)

Position Title: Intern - Child Protection Services Intern

Hiring Manager: Christine Krogman

Agency: Department of Social Services / Child Protection Services

Location: Brookings

Minimum Salary: $20.53 hourly

• APPLICANT MUST BE A CURRENT PART-TIME OR FULL-TIME STUDENT (MINIMUM OF 6 CREDIT HOURS) IN UPCOMING SEMESTER OR IN THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING SEMESTER.

Position Description

This position’s primary purpose is to assist Family Services Specialists with families whose children have been reported or identified as being unsafe and who may be placed out of their parent’s home. These duties may include direct interventions with children and families through a wide range of services. Responsibilities may include receiving reports from the community regarding allegations of child maltreatment, assessments with families regarding allegations of child maltreatment, interventions with families to address change needed to secure child safety in their homes, coordinating and facilitating family team meetings recruitment and support of foster and relative homes caring for maltreated children, and the matching of resource families for children unable to return to their birth families

Qualifications

Applicant must be enrolled as a part-time/full-time student at a college, university, or technical institute at the time they apply. By the start of the internship, the student should have completed one year (nine months) of their chosen program.

All students are encouraged to apply, but preference may be given to applicants with a standing of junior/senior, South Dakota residents, and students of South Dakota institutions.

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