Intern - Child Protection Services (Summer)

State of South Dakota; Aberdeen (SD); On-site; USD 24,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

State of South Dakota’s Department of Social Services seeks a Summer Intern in Aberdeen, SD for Child Protection Services. You will assist Family Services Specialists with at-risk families, handling reports, assessments, and coordinating family team meetings, foster care recruitment, and matching resource families.

Applicants must be enrolled as a part-time or full-time student for the upcoming or immediately preceding semester, with preference to SD residents and students of SD institutions.

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.

Responsibilities

• Assist Family Services Specialists with families whose children are unsafe and may be placed out of home.
• Receive community reports regarding alleged child maltreatment and perform assessments.
• Coordinate and facilitate family team meetings; recruit and support foster and relative homes; match resource families.

Education

Student enrollment in college/university/technical institute

Job 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

• 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.

• Positions can be filled prior to the closing date.*South Dakota Bureau of Human Resources and Administration

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"An Equal Opportunity Employer"