Intern - Child Protection Services (Summer)

About the role

Intern - Child Protection Services (Summer) with the Department of Social Services in Watertown. Hiring Manager: Jenna Polchow. The internship runs Summer (May – August). Minimum salary: $20.84 per hour.

Responsibilities

• 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

Qualifications

• Applicant must be enrolled as a part‑time or full‑time student at a college, university, or technical institute at the time of application
• By the start of the internship, the student should have completed one year (nine months) of their chosen program
• Applicant must be a current part‑time or full‑time student (minimum of 6 credit hours) in the upcoming semester or the immediately preceding semester
• All students are encouraged to apply; preference may be given to applicants with junior/senior standing, South Dakota residents, and students of South Dakota institutions