Intern - Child Protection Services (Summer)

South Dakota AG; Watertown (SD); On-site; USD 24,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

The Department of Social Services in Watertown is seeking a Summer Intern for Child Protection Services. The intern will assist Family Services Specialists with cases involving unsafe child welfare situations and may participate in direct interventions and family team meetings to support foster care arrangements.

Applicants must be current part-time or full-time students (minimum 6 credits) and may have preference for juniors/seniors from South Dakota institutions.

Qualifications

• Applicant must be a current part-time or full-time student (minimum of 6 credit hours) in upcoming or immediately preceding semester.

Responsibilities

• Assist Family Services Specialists with families whose children have been reported or identified as unsafe.
• Provide direct interventions and coordinate family team meetings to support foster and relative homes.

Job description

Session: Summer (May - August)

Position Title: Intern - Child Protection Services (Summer)

Hiring Manager: Jenna Polchow

Agency: Department of Social Services

Location: Watertown

Minimum Salary: 20.84

• 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

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