Location:
Occasional travel to the office located at the Lansing Training Center and Cadillac Place, Detroit, MI. This position has the ability to work hybrid (remote/office).
Must be willing to intern 20-40 hours a week

Intern Responsibilities / Projects: 

-Research and gather information from policy to correspond with lesson plans.
-Collaborate with the Content Writer regarding the development of the Pre-Service Institute Child Welfare curriculum for new hires.
-Provide technology assistance to the training personnel.
-Collaborate with curriculum development team regarding child welfare competency-based assessment tools, evaluation assessments, etc.
-Collaborate with the training personnel to develop potential in-service trainings on various specialized child welfare topics.
-Collaborate with external training personnel regarding unique statewide training needs to be developed for compliance through training materials for specialized topics (i.e., Children Trauma, Child Safety).

Responsibilities:
- Assisting with Hybrid technology, class monitoring and participant attendance to ensure accuracy of training products.
-Conduct research and provide training analysis in order to enhance child welfare topics.
- Evaluate efficiency of Child welfare training products by assisting management through instructional evaluations. 
-Evaluate Child welfare training materials for efficiency.
-Participant in workgroups to determine best practice for child welfare training topics and/or deliver
At the time of internship, must be currently enrolled pursuing your Bachelors degree or higher in one of the below areas of study:
Social Work, Criminal Justice, Counseling, Child Development, Human Resources

Preferred Skills / Qualifications: 

• Must be actively enrolled in a college and university.

• Must have achieved at least junior status and meet the qualifications of the learning institution, and preferentially, are enrolled in a graduate program.

• The academic major must be consistent with the area of MDHHS- OWDT in which the student is seeking an internship (e.g., Counseling, Criminal Justice, Social Work, Human Resources)

• Must provide a copy of respective academic institution’s Internship Agreement outlining internship objectives and academic instructor’s name and telephone learning institution, and preferentially, are enrolled in a graduate program.

• Must have satisfactory criminal history and protective services background check.

• Must possess a valid & unrestricted driver’s license.

Required Skills:

• Must be actively enrolled in a college and university.

• Must have achieved at least junior status and meet the qualifications of the learning institution, and preferentially, are enrolled in a graduate program.

• Must provide a copy of respective academic institution’s Internship Agreement outlining internship objectives and academic instructor’s name and telephone number.

For questions regarding this internship, please contact Samantha Ruhl at RuhlS@michigan.gov.
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