Sylvania Area Family Services have unpaid internship positions for students in the following degree programs during the academic year. We are looking for students in the following programs: Human Development and Family Studies, Education, Criminal Justice, Nursing, Art, Sport Mgmt., Accounting, Social Work, Communication: PR & Marketing, Event Planning, and Business (Supply Chain Mgmt.). Yet we are open to all career fields.
The students will report to the Executive Director for training, and weekly programming schedules. The intern positions will include working on facilitating four (4) development components for program development in areas that promote Sylvania Area Family Services. The include: PR and marketing, health and wellness, youth and family, household budgeting, and community gardening. This will be incorporated with the interaction that takes place in our weekly food distribution, family and youth classes and in broadening awareness on how we serve. Interaction with our families is crucial in helping build trust, self-esteem, empowerment and social interaction. We also need to improve our friend-raising to help develop our philanthropic efforts as a non-profit.
**We also offer short term Service Learning Course projects from all majors. These opportunities will be coordinated with the Executive Director each semester. The service hours will be arranged with the Executive Director. The roles and responsibilities will fall under more administrative needs and social services, rather than youth services.
**Our Summer Internship is a 20-hour a week internship with a 20-hour a week part-time position that pays $10.00 an hour for 12 weeks. The position begins May 29, 2018 through August 15, 2018 working as a child-care staff member for the Summer Enrichment Camp Program.
Each intern will be required to have a FBI/BCI background check and complete First Aid & CPR/AED training, child abuse, and communicable disease certifications.
Duties include but are not limited to the following:
- Under the supervision of the Family Youth Educator; you will coordinate and facilitate daily program activities.
- Under the supervision of the Family Youth Educator, engage with school-age kids grades 1st-6th during daily projects, and field trips.
- Under the supervision of the Family Youth Educator, take daily attendance, checking youth in and out of program.
- Under the supervision of the lead teacher, assist with planning and implementing educational, recreational, social, and cultural programs for youth throughout the 10-week summer enrichment camp for the summer position.
- Assist with Back to School Supply Back Pack and Family BBQ Program
- Set up supplies for each day at camp and serve breakfast and lunch
Internships for Criminal Justice students will work with our Youth Diversion Program, which sit in on intake appointments with our Coordinator, help with setting up guest speakers on topics of risky behavior and engage in one-on-one conversations with the students in the program to help establish positive outcomes in decision-making, self-esteem, anger management, and goal-setting. The intern will also help maintain student’s files and completion of program.
Internships for Communication: PR/Marketing will work closely with Executive Director to keep current the donor management software with emails of donors. This software will also allow for email blasts, mailings, giving campaigns, fundraising, and event notifications. The position will also keep websites up today with current content, and routine maintenance. The intern will also work on writing content for all social media accounts and regularly may be asked to post. The intern will work to help build a broader audience. This role will also work at keeping press releases up to day and building the media contacts current for radio, TV, and print.
The intern will also learn how to maintain the marketing budget for fundraisers as well as for the agency.
All interns will provide the Executive Director with the parameters of their internship provided to them by their advisor or school. Each intern will be go through an orientation and given our policy and procedures for review and signing to work with Sylvania Area Family Services.
Each intern will be required to have a FBI/BCI background check, paid for by SAFS. All interns who drive over 200 miles a week, will qualify for a gas card at the end of the semester and able to received food from our pantry each week.
Sylvania Area Family Services, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Sylvania Area Family Services, Inc. complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
Sylvania Area Family Services, Inc. expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Sylvania Area Family Services’ employees to perform their duties may result in discipline up to an including discharge.