Intern - Child Protection Services (Summer)

About the Role

This position’s primary purpose is to assist Family Services Specialists with families whose children have been reported or identified as being unsafe and who may be placed out of their parent’s home. These duties may include direct interventions with children and families through a wide range of services.

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

• Must be enrolled as a part-time/full-time student (minimum of 6 credit hours) at a college, university, or technical institute at the time they apply
• By the start of the internship, should have completed one year (nine months) of their chosen program
• Coursework in social work, psychology, sociology, child development, or a related field of study is preferred
• Must be willing to work as part of a team
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Strong communication skills
• Must be willing to travel throughout the state with Division staff
• Preference may be given to applicants with a standing of junior/senior, South Dakota residents, and students of South Dakota institutions
• Successful applicant(s) will be required to undergo a background investigation. An arrest/conviction record will not necessarily bar employment

Pay & Schedule

• Minimum Salary: $20.53
• Normal work schedule is Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., but there may be times when additional hours are necessary