Job Description
Now Offering: MSW Internship (Unpaid)
Job Type: Internship
Pay: Unpaid
Alternative Consulting Enterprises, LLC, an affiliate of Apis Services Inc., now offering a MSW Internship (Unpaid).
Internship Overview: This internship is reserved for graduate students enrolled in a Masters of Social Work program. Interns will shadow caseworkers, assist with follow-up tasks and responsibilities, observe case staffing, and engage in supervised client interactions. Additionally they will observe while caseworkers perform the following: assess the functioning of clients in the context of their chosen environments; identify strengths and needs; develop case plans; determine their capacity to make life choice decisions; coordinate the delivery of services from community agencies; document cases; prepare reports, and more.
EXAMPLE OF DUTIES/ESSENTIAL REQUIRED TASKS:
General Duties:
Children, Youth, and Family Services Interns:
- Assists with home visits, court, and family meetings.
- Supervise family time.
- Complete and document contacts with parents, collaterals, and other professionals.
- Attend and engage in team meetings, consultations, and group supervision.
- Review various files for information, paperwork, and reports relevant to casework.
- Transport youth and parents to appointments.
- Complete child abuse or neglect assessments
- Provide community resources to families
Aging and Adult Services Interns:
- Assess allegations including safety and risks of referral cases, completing intake and assessment, and conducting interviews with collaterals and victims.
- Assess strengths and needs of at-risk adults to include physical status, environment, finances, medical, and mental cognition.
- Design case plans to address and facilitate support network involvement, available resources, and coordinate client services and referrals.
- Participate in new referral staffing.
- Perform research to obtain additional information from other agencies and individuals as needed.
- Provide crisis intervention and case management as needed to assist clients in decision making and problem resolution; acts as an advocate for clients.
- Coordinate client services and safety with other County departments and collateral professionals and agencies (i.e. law enforcement, medical and mental health personnel, and legal professionals).
- Collaborate with other Caseworkers.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Must be in good standing with Accredited University enrolled in Masters in Social Work program (MSW)
- Must have completed graduate coursework in school social work
- Must be at least 21 years of age.
- Must possess a driver's license and safe driving record.
- Physical exam that includes TB and drug testing.
- Criminal clearances (State Police, FBI and State Child Abuse Clearances)
- Satisfactory completion of background screening and applicable pre-employment checks, including but not limited to employment and/or personal reference and driving records.
- Ability to work with computers and the necessary software typically used by the department.
- Work is generally between scheduled Monday and through Friday with some evening, weekend and holiday hours as required.
Who We Are: The Children's Home of Reading Youth & Family Services (CHOR YFS) an affiliate of Apis Services Inc., is expanding its programs to offer treatment-oriented care rather than custodial care. Today our programs allow us to meet the critical behavioral and mental health needs of over 650 children and families every year! Visit BuildingKidsLives.org to learn more about our programs and who we serve.
Who is Apis Services Inc: Apis Services, Inc. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Inperium, Inc.) provides a progressive platform for delivering Shared Services to Inperium and its Constellation of affiliate companies. Allowing these entities to advance their mission and vision. By exploring geographical program expansion and focusing on quality outcome measures to create cost savings that result in reinvestment into the organizations stakeholders through capacity creation and employee compensation betterments.
Apis Services, Inc and affiliate's provides equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment in compliance with all federal and all applicable state and local laws and regulations, including nondiscrimination in hiring and employment. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy/childbirth, veteran status or any other basis protected by law. This policy of non-discrimination and equal employment opportunities extends to every phase and aspect of hiring and employment. Alternative Consulting Enterprises, LLC
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