Human Services Intern

CLASSIFICATION:                       Practicum Student/Intern/Volunteer

POSITION TITLE:                        Human Services Intern

PROGRAM NAME/                      HOAP / HOST / Hotline

LOCATION:                                  694 Church St NE / 1143 Liberty St. NE / 1233 Edgewater St. NW

EMPLOYMENT STATUS:            Student/Volunteer

SUPERVISOR:                             HOAP Program Manager / HOST Program Manager / Hotline Program Manager

FUNCTION: Work as an active member receiving instruction in the field integrating your academic and practical experience while following practicum objectives under the direct supervision of agency personnel. Each practicum placement will reflect your interests, ability and educational goals.

SUPERVISORY DUTIES:  None

GENERAL DUTIES:

1.  Consistently performs specific assigned daily and general duties; meets deadlines.
2. Regularly attends and participates in assigned meetings.
3. Meets established attendance criteria and starts work promptly.
4. Knows and consistently implements the organization's mission and all approved policies, protocols and procedures.
5. Regularly supports compliance and accreditation efforts as assigned including, but not limited to OSHA, HRSA, FTCA, Joint Commission, HIPAA and the CCO’s.
6. Respects and acknowledges the organizations commitment to cultural diversity, which is expressed through behavior, language and actions.
7. Consistently demonstrates good use of time and resources.
8. Consistently interacts with clients and staff in a manner that reflects favorably on the organization and promotes teamwork.
9. Keeps all Expirable documents up to date with Human Resources as applicable (i.e. Driver's license, auto insurance, CPR card, Food Handler card, immunizations, personnel update, annual safety quiz, other annual trainings as assigned, and other items as they are identified).
10. Supports efforts to create a health system that recognizes the complex interaction of mind and body through the integration of behavioral health principles into the everyday practices of healthcare delivery and health promotion.
11. Supports efforts to improve the culture of patient/client/employee safety as an essential component of preventing or reducing errors and improving overall health care quality.

SPECIFIC DUTIES:

1. Develop learning objectives with the assistance of your agency supervisor and college staff.
2. Each practicum placement will reflect your interests, ability and educational goals.
3. Develop an awareness of the philosophy, activities, and practices of the agency.
4. Develop a capacity to work with agency staff in establishing and maintaining your place in the agency.
5. Develop and practice the skills necessary to work with clients served by the agency.
6. Develop, practice, and evaluate the values, attitudes, and skills that you possess and/or acquire as a human service worker.
7. Follow program outcomes. Students completing the AAS degrees will:
   • Describe the nature of human systems: individual, group, organization, community, and society, and their major interactions, 
   • Describe the conditions that promote or limit optimal functioning and classes of deviations from desired functioning in the major human systems, 
   • Identify and select interventions that promote growth and goal attainment, 
   • Plan, implement, and evaluate interventions, 
   • Select interventions that are congruent with the values of oneself, clients, the employing organization, and the human services profession,
   • Use process skills to plan and implement services.

QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Be an active student in a Social Services program with approved site approval and affiliation agreement/contract.

PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES AND REQUIREMENTS OF POSITION:

1. Light work, exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.
2. The physical activity of this position may include sitting, stooping, and kneeling, crouching, reaching, standing, walking, picking, pinching, typing, and lifting.
3. The worker is subject to inside environmental conditions.

HAZARDS OF POSITION:

1. The worker is exposed to infectious diseases.
2. The worker is exposed to unpredictable behavior.
3. TB testing - high risk
4. Hepatitis B testing - high risk