Summer Family Services Intern — Support & Coaching

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

Job summary

The Department of Social Services in Mobridge offers an Intern - Family Services Specialist position for the Summer session. You must be enrolled as a part-time or full-time student and may have completed at least one year of your program, with preference for juniors/seniors and SD residents.

You will transport families to visits, supervise visits and provide parental coaching, conduct home safety checks, obtain and organize case files, and support Family Services Specialists.

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

• transport families or customers to visits, appointments or meetings;
• supervise family visits and provide parental coaching on appropriate child interactions;
• conduct home safety checks with foster and kinship providers and clients;
• possible testimony at a court proceeding;
• provides support to Family Services Specialists;
• develop and maintain effective client relationships;
• shadow Family Services Specialists;
• obtain and maintain information resources for clients;
• organize, prepare and update case files and basic records;
• prepare other program documents and forms.

Education

Student status

Job description

The Department of Social Services in Mobridge offers an Intern - Family Services Specialist position for the Summer session. You must be enrolled as a part-time or full-time student and may have completed at least one year of your program, with preference for juniors/seniors and SD residents.

You will transport families to visits, supervise visits and provide parental coaching, conduct home safety checks, obtain and organize case files, and support Family Services Specialists.