Student Intern

Prevention Links Inc • Union City, NJ

7d • Onsite

About The Position

Prevention Links is seeking motivated students for a community-based academic internship at the Palisades Family Success Center (PFSC) in Hudson County, New Jersey. The internship provides hands-on, supervised experience in family support, community outreach, resource navigation, prevention programming, public health education, and community engagement. Interns support the center’s daily operations while working with families, children, caregivers, community partners, volunteers, and staff.

Through structured assignments and supervised field experience, interns may observe, support, and participate in family programs, outreach and networking activities, program planning, data collection, community needs assessments, and program evaluation. Interns may propose programs responding to identified community needs, develop a proposal and budget, and assist with implementing or co-leading an approved project. Assignments are tailored to the student’s academic discipline, educational level, internship requirements, skills, and learning objectives.

The internship is intended to connect classroom learning with community-based practice and help students develop professional skills relevant to social services, public health, human services, education, community development, nonprofit management, and related fields. Assignments are completed under PFSC staff supervision and according to organizational policies, confidentiality requirements, professional boundaries, and the intern’s authorized responsibilities. The structure depends on academic requirements, learning objectives, availability, placement duration, and PFSC operational needs.

Requirements

• Must be a student completing an academic internship or experiential learning placement.
• Assignments must align with the student’s academic discipline, educational level, internship requirements, skills, and learning objectives.
• Complete PFSC orientation and review applicable policies and procedures.
• Follow Prevention Links and PFSC policies and procedures, maintain confidentiality, and comply with documentation and information-handling requirements.
• Demonstrate professional conduct and respect the dignity and diversity of families served.
• Complete assigned activities only within the intern’s authorized responsibilities and under designated PFSC staff supervision.
• Complete required assignments and documentation for PFSC and the student’s academic institution.

Responsibilities

• Support PFSC’s daily operations and welcome families, visitors, and community members.
• Assist with family intake, registration, and documentation under staff supervision.
• Learn PFSC programs, services, resources, policies, procedures, and referral processes.
• Help maintain center supplies, resource areas, and a welcoming environment.
• Provide general program and administrative support as assigned.
• Assist with preparation, implementation, and follow-up for programs, workshops, and community events.
• Support at least one ongoing PFSC program regularly and contribute ideas for new initiatives.
• Develop a program proposal addressing an identified community need and prepare a detailed proposed budget for an approved project.
• Create bilingual promotional materials when appropriate to the project and the intern’s language proficiency.
• Assist with implementing or co-leading an approved program under staff supervision.
• Collect participant feedback and assist with program evaluation and outcome assessment.
• Help prepare and distribute flyers and other promotional materials.
• Participate in community outreach, networking, and partnership activities throughout Hudson County.
• Support awareness of PFSC programs, services, and resources, and help identify resources and opportunities for families and caregivers.
• Help maintain the PFSC Resource Center, organize information about community services, and support resource navigation and information dissemination.
• Assist with public health education and prevention activities as appropriate to the student’s academic discipline.
• Protect confidential family and participant information and maintain professional boundaries.
• Participate in approved community needs assessment activities, including information gathering, resource mapping, and review of participant feedback.
• Develop and complete an independent project related to the student’s academic discipline and internship learning objectives; Public Health and related-field students will complete an Independent Community Needs Project.
• Collect and organize data and evaluate program outcomes under staff supervision.
• Present project findings, recommendations, and learning outcomes at the conclusion of the internship.
• Maintain a daily task journal and complete documentation required by PFSC and the student’s academic institution.
• Participate in regular supervision and use feedback for professional development.
• Complete a final internship project, presentation, or written summary documenting accomplishments, learning outcomes, and recommendations.
• Demonstrate reliability, teamwork, cultural responsiveness, professionalism, and respect for diverse families and communities.
• Perform other duties as assigned based on program schedules, community events, family needs, academic requirements, and operational priorities.

What This Job Offers

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