Intern - Child Protection Services (Summer)

Sdsoybean; Aberdeen (SD); On-site; USD 28,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

Sdsoybean offers a Summer Internship in Child Protection Services in Aberdeen, SD. This internship runs May–August and pays $20.82 per hour as a starting wage, with opportunities to gain hands-on experience in child safety and family services.

Applicants must be enrolled as part-time or full-time students and have completed at least one year of their program by the internship start. Preference may be given to South Dakota residents and students from SD institutions.

Qualifications

• Applicant must be enrolled as a part-time/full-time student.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Assist Family Services Specialists with families whose children have been reported or identified as being unsafe.
• Coordinate and facilitate family team meetings; recruit and support foster and relative homes caring for maltreated children; match resource families for children unable to return to birth families.

Job description

Intern - Child Protection Services (Summer) - 37443

20.82 - 20.82 US per hour

Apply before January 27, 2027

Description

Session:Summer (May - August)
Position Title:Intern - Child Protection Services Intern
Hiring Manager: Jordyn Bohle
Agency:Department of Social Services / Child Protection Services
Location: Aberdeen, SD
Minimum Salary: $20.82

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.