Intern - Child Protection Services (Summer)

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

Job summary

Sdsoybean invites applications for an Intern - Child Protection Services (Summer) position in Huron, South Dakota. This summer internship is full-time, 40 hours weekly, with a pay rate of 20.82 USD per hour.

Responsibilities include assisting Family Services Specialists with cases involving child safety and coordinating support for foster and relative homes. Applicants must be enrolled as a student (part-time or full-time) by the start of the internship, preferably juniors/seniors or SD

Qualifications

• Applicant must be enrolled as a part-time/full-time student at a college, university, or technical institute at the time they apply.

Responsibilities

• Assist Family Services Specialists with families whose children have been reported or identified as unsafe.
• Coordinate and facilitate family team meetings and recruit/support foster and relative homes.

Education

Enrollment as student (part-time/full-time)

Job description

Intern - Child Protection Services (Summer) - 37442

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

20.82 - 20.82 US per hour

Posted 20 days ago | Apply before January 27, 2027

Description

Session: Summer (May - August)
Position Title:Intern - Child Protection Services (Summer)
Hiring Manager:Cashayne Bogh
Agency:Department of Social Services
Location: Huron
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.

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.