Intern - Child Protection Services (Summer)

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

Job summary

State of South Dakota's Department of Social Services invites applicants for the Summer Intern - Child Protection Services Intern in Brookings, SD. The role supports Family Services Specialists in safeguarding children and coordinating services for at-risk families.

Ideal candidates are enrolled students (part-time or full-time) with at least one year of study completed, ready to contribute through a variety of protective services tasks during May–August.

Qualifications

• Applicant must be enrolled as a part-time or 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 are unsafe or may be placed out of their parent’s home.
• Engage in direct interventions, receive reports, conduct assessments, coordinate family meetings, and support foster/relative homes.

Education

Student enrolled in college/university/technical institute

Job description

Session: Summer (May - August)

Position Title: Intern - Child Protection Services Intern

Hiring Manager: Christin Krogman

Agency: Department of Social Services / Child Protection Services

Location: Brookings, 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"