Child & Family Services Internship

Job Summary

The primary responsibility of a Child & Family Services Intern is to include shadowing, assisting, and working with the team in the direct service area.

Qualifications

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
  • Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Criminal background checks as required by licensing, agency, or other governmental and accreditation requirements
  • Volunteer or work experience in the field is a plus
• Completion of agency requirements as for employees
  • Computer literate – Word, Excel, and able to work with databases
• Education, Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
  • College courses in the area of concentration social work, counseling, psychology or education
• Valid Michigan Driver’s License, appropriate insurance and use of own vehicle.

Working Conditions

• Non-Traditional work hours in the office.
• Working with consumers with a variety of behaviors, including aggression.
• May include working in other environments outside the office, such as in-home or school settings.

Physical Requirements

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to, stand, sit, communicate verbally and in writing, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone keyboard.
• Close vision requirements due to computer work.
• Regular, predictable attendance is required.
• The employee has the potential to encounter unpredictable and aggressive consumers.