Intern - Child Protection Services (Spring)

Sdsoybean; Brookings (SD); On-site; USD 24,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

The Department of Social Services / Child Protection Services in Brookings, SD, is offering a Spring internship for an Intern - Child Protection Services Intern. The role supports child safety by assisting families, conducting assessments, and coordinating services in a range of protective activities.

Applicants must be enrolled as a student (part-time or full-time) and should have completed at least one year of their program by internship start; preference may be given to juniors/seniors and

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.

Responsibilities

• Assist Family Services Specialists with families whose children have been reported or identified as unsafe.
• Engage in direct interventions, assessments, and coordination of family team meetings.
• Support foster and relative homes and matching of resource families for maltreated children.

Education

Enrolled student (college/university/technical institute)

Job description

Intern - Child Protection Services (Spring) - 36763

Brookings, SD | Social Services | Full-Time 40 Hours Weekly

20.82 - 20.82 US per hour

Posted 2 months ago | Apply before September 25, 2026

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: $20.82 hourly

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.