Juvenile Justice NC S.A.F.E. Intern (Summer 2026)

State of North Carolina • Rose Hill, NC

9d • $18 • Hybrid

About The Position

Are you a college student or recent college graduate interested in human services internship? If so, continue reading because this internship could be the perfect fit for you. The North Carolina Department of Public Safety (DPS) has a human services internship project available with NC S.A.F.E in the Division of Juvenile Justice for the Summer of 2026. NC S.A.F.E. stands for Secure All Firearms Effectively, a statewide public awareness initiative launched in 2023 by the North Carolina Department of Public Safety. It promotes responsible gun ownership by providing resources, education, and free gun locks to prevent accidental shootings, suicides, and gun thefts, especially involving children.

Requirements

• Must be currently enrolled in college or a recent college graduate.
• NOTE: "Recent" graduates are those who have graduated within the last 6 months.
• Must be pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree (or a recent graduate) in Social Work, Sociology, Criminal Justice, Criminology, Psychology, Public Policy or related Human Services field.
• A college transcript is required to determine eligibility. Please attach your unofficial college transcript(s).
• The transcript must include your name, courses/major, and the name of the college/university.
• Interns must submit to a background check and fingerprinting or consent to agency onboarding requirements.

Nice To Haves

• The NC S.A.F.E. intern should possess the ability to facilitate multiple aspects of project management for developing an adult learning course and possess an interest in reducing firearm related deaths and injury.

Responsibilities

• Identifying clubs in high schools across the state that perform volunteer work, establish relationships, perform outreach to secure volunteers, brief interested parties on the campaign message and available resources.
• Traveling to events to coordinate campaign resources at the event and deliver the NC S.A.F.E. message.
• Attending meetings and contributing to the planning process for future initiatives within the campaign, while learning marketing approaches, viewing analytics, and responding to any course correction offered through feedback received from the public and other state agencies.
• Establishing a high school program/club contact in each NC county to facilitate volunteers to staff NC S.A.F.E. tables.
• Staffing NC S.A.F.E. information tables at 15-30 events, including distributing gun locks and informational materials to gun owners concerning safe storage.
• Learning marketing components in delivering a public health campaign statewide through participation in meetings, planning, and content delivery across multiple platforms.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed