Social Work Intern - Data and Quality Improvement- Unpaid

WAYNE-METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY • Detroit, MI

14d • Onsite

About The Position

Wayne Metropolitan Community Action Agency (Wayne Metro) is seeking a Social Work Intern to provide a generalist social work overview with a focus on nonprofit work. This internship offers the opportunity to work closely with the Out Wayne CoC Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) team and Supportive Housing & Homeless Services (SHHS) program staff to support quality, accurate, and timely client data. The agency's mission is to empower people and communities to be strong, healthy, and thriving by eliminating poverty. Wayne Metro serves low to moderate-income families with over 70 programs including educational, housing, and emergency services.

Requirements

• Actively obtaining a Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Social Work.
• Pass Criminal Background check & Drug Screening.
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in written form.
• Above average attention to detail.
• Good interpersonal and professional skills including but not limited to professional appearance, tact, punctuality, and dependability.
• Perform work in a manner that upholds Wayne Metro policies, procedures, and mission.

Nice To Haves

• Passionate about local community work and advocacy efforts.
• Ability to develop and maintain effective processes by employing critical thinking to relate tasks as a way to maximize efficiency through to completion.
• Possess proficiency in Google Sheets, Excel, and basic data analytics.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) team with running data quality reports to support quarterly data clean ups.
• Provide support to programs in the implementation of their Data Maintenance Plans.
• Identify HMIS data training needs.
• Support the HMIS team in conducting auditing and monitoring program compliance.
• Develop workflows and reference guides.
• Assist with onboarding of new HMIS End Users.
• Assist with special projects related to HMIS data clean up.
• Other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: Associate degree