Intern - Family Services Specialist (Spring)

State of South Dakota • Vermillion, SD

44d • $21

About The Position

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.

Requirements

• 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.
• Coursework in social work, psychology, sociology, child development, or a related field of study is preferred.
• The applicant must be willing to work as part of a team
• Have knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Have strong communication skills
• Must be willing to travel throughout the state with Division staff
• 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.
• Successful applicant(s) will be required to undergo a background investigation.
• An arrest/conviction record will not necessarily bar employment.

Nice To Haves

• preference may be given to applicants with a standing of junior/senior
• preference may be given to South Dakota residents
• preference may be given to students of South Dakota institutions

Responsibilities

• Assist Family Services Specialists with families whose children have been reported or identified as being unsafe
• Direct interventions with children and families through a wide range of services
• 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
• Matching of resource families for children unable to return to their birth families

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Industry: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees