Summer Intern: Protecting Children & Supporting Families

State of South Dakota; Aberdeen (SD); In loco; USD 24.000 - 34.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

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.

Competenze

• 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.

Mansioni

• 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.

Formazione

Student enrollment in college/university/technical institute

Descrizione del lavoro

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.