The Community Engagement and Leadership Education (CELE) Center at the University of Washington, Seattle campus has 2 full-time (1700 hour) AmeriCorps positions available! These are great options to consider for recent grads looking to gain work experience, skills and to build a professional network!

• AmeriCorps K-12 Community-Engaged Learning Coordinator (full time)
• AmeriCorps Education Equity Coordinator (full time)

Application Deadline: 11:59 PM (Pacific) on Friday, June 30th, 2023.

Compensation: AmeriCorps provides a total living allowance of $25,000 for new members; $26,000 for returning members. AmeriCorps members are also eligible to receive an Education Award of $6,895 at the completion of 1,700 hours served. Education awards may be used to repay qualified student loans, as well.

Hours: 40 hours per week

Service term: September 1^st, 2023- July 15^th, 2024. 

• 1,700 hours across service term
• 10.5 months service term

 

Available Positions:

·         AmeriCorps K-12 Community-Engaged Learning Coordinator

CELE’s K-12 Tutor & Mentor program is seeking an AmeriCorps K-12 Community-Engagement Learning Coordinator for the 2023-2024 academic year. To learn more, check out the position description. To apply for this position, candidates must complete and submit this application as well as email their resume to CELE’s Program Manager of K-12 Community-Engaged Learning, Neda Ghaffarian, at: nghaff@uw.edu. In the email subject line candidates should put: “CELC Applicant” followed by their last name, first initial. Apply here!

 

·         Riverways AmeriCorps Education Equity Coordinator 

Riverways Educational Partnerships is looking for an AmeriCorps 1700-hr Education Equity Coordinator

for the 2023-2024 academic year. To learn more, please follow the application link and check out the position description.  Apply here!  All questions can be sent to Avelaka Macarro, amacarro@uw.edu

 About CELE

The Community Engagement and Leadership Education (CELE) Center at University of Washington, Seattle campus provides students with opportunities to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed to contribute to thriving communities; building authentic community and campus partnerships drive our work. The CELE Center programs are centered around the areas of community-engaged learning, democratic engagement, leadership education, preK-12 student success and place-based initiatives. CELE programs include: CELE Fellowships, Community-Engaged Courses, Dream Project, Husky Leadership Initiative, Internship GEN ST 350 Course, Jumpstart, Othello-UW Commons, Riverways Education Partnership, and Undergraduate Community Based Internships (UCBI).

Stay connected with CELE: Instagram | website:  cele.uw.edu

The Tutoring Program Coordinator(s) will collaborate with CELE staff to support the America Reads program through the CELE Center at UW.  Work-study eligible UW students can become paid year-long reading tutors in elementary and middle schools in Seattle. The Tutoring Program Coordinator(s) will have the opportunity to collaborate with CELE staff and students, the UW Work Study office, and Seattle Public Schools to expand the program. This position is supervised by the Program Manager of School Based Internships. We are hiring up to 2 coordinators for the 2023-2024 academic year.

VIEW FULL JOB DESCRIPTION HERE (UW NETID LOG IN REQUIRED – also attached)

Hours: 10-15 hrs/week, up to 19

Compensation: $21.00/hr

*This role is hourly federal work-study and is not eligible for a tuition waiver, as it is not classified under the ASE contract. In some cases, grad students are able to earn both work-study hourly pay and a salaried ASE role.

Dates of Service: September 27, 2023 – June 7, 2024 (opportunity to start earlier if you have a summer work-study award)

APPLICATION DEADLINE: JUNE 18, 2023

To apply, please submit the following:

• A current resume including the names and contact information for two references.
• A cover letter outlining why you are applying for this position and articulating your interests in supporting tutoring programs, promoting educational equity with underrepresented communities, and developing community-campus partnerships.

Please submit all materials via the online application form: https://airtable.com/shrfeAN76Tve53WHl

Harborview Abuse & Trauma Center (HATC) is looking to fill our Mobile Advocate-Social Worker position.  Wondering if you can help us spread the word.  Please see attached flyers for more information.

Mobile Advocate Social Worker: https://uwhires.admin.washington.edu/eng/candidates/default.cfm?szCategory=jobprofile&szOrderID=218791&szCandidateID=0&szSearchWords=&szReturnToSearch=1

Req #: 218791

 

Scholarship Advising: Graduate Student Intern Position Available

 

This Scholarship Advising Internship is an outstanding opportunity for a graduate student to learn more about scholarship advising within higher education. The intern will work with the Director and Assistant Director at UW Office of Merit Scholarships, Fellowships & Awards (OMSFA) and engage in the day-to-day processes of professional scholarship advising.

 

The intern will have the chance to learn how to support students through the intense process of applying for scholarships via advising and individual feedback, and by helping them build competitive scholarship applications. The intern will also learn how we collaborate across UW to identify and support potential student scholars, and how to intentionally diversify the applicant and nominee pools.

We are a small but engaged and fun team – join us to learn the ins and outs of scholarship advising! More details are attached to this email, but please note that the internship is available for Summer 2023 through Winter 2024 (exact dates can be flexible), and we anticipate the intern working 12-15 hours per week (compensation is $18.69 per hour).

How to Apply: Please submit the following via Handshake (Job # 7912136), by June 12, 2023 (priority application deadline, but position will be open until filled):

1. Curriculum vitae, including names, emails, and phone numbers for two professional references

2. Cover letter describing your interest in the position and any relevant experiences. Within that, please be sure to include a brief paragraph sharing your experience (which could be lived, professional or educational) collaborating with underrepresented students and/or communities.

If you don’t yet have access to Handshake, please also feel welcome to email application materials to scholarq@uw.edu.

We anticipate holding interviews: June 26-30, 2023 

The UW Office of Merit Scholarships, Fellowships & Awards (OMSFA) is housed within the Center for Experiential Learning & Diversity, a unit of Undergraduate Academic Affairs. OMSFA values an inclusive scholarship community fostered through information sharing, transparent processes, and diverse participation. We are committed to providing students, faculty and staff with the tools and resources needed to support individual students in crafting their strongest scholarship applications. We welcome and honor diverse experiences and perspectives, strive to create accessible and respectful application and selection processes, and are committed to promoting access and opportunity for all. This internship position has been made possible with support from the Campus Internship Development Fund.

The University of Washington is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. To request disability accommodation in the application process, contact the Disability Services Office at 206.543.6450 / 206.543.6452 (tty) or dso@u.washington.edu.

The Addiction Medicine Student Interest Group (AMSIG) is hosting a talk about the ethics of involuntary treatment.

Incoming, continuing, and graduating University of Washington Master of Social Work students are invited to attend a conversation with four amazing alumni from across specializations and professional interests. Please use this as an opportunity to learn more about what alumni have accomplished since they graduated and identify potential short- and long-term social work career pathways you might be interested in. There will be some pre-planned questions but feel free to bring your own too! See below for details and we hope to see you there.

Date: June 12, 2023

Time: 5:00 – 6:00 PM

Register Here and a meeting link will be sent along with a confirmation email.

Alumni Panelists

Marie Valenzuela, class of 1980

• Specialization: Community Organizational Service
• Current Role: Retired
• Social Work Interests: Grant writing and workforce development

Jill Hull Dziko, class of 1994

• Specialization: Administration
• Current Role: Private Practice and Executive Director
• Social Work Interests: Attachment, trauma, and adoption/foster care.

Ashley Ellerson, class of 2017

• Specialization: Mental Health
• Current Role: Clinic Manager
• Social Work Interests: Increasing access and quality care for behavioral health treatment, affordable housing, increased wages for folks working in community behavioral health especially.

Salomé Valencia-Bohné,  class of 2019

• Specialization: Health and Mental Health
• Current Role: Therapist
• Social Work Interests: Supporting BiPOC communities and doing macro work to support an equitable world.

We invite our BIPOC Community members to RSVP for our June 5^th Grad Celebration!  We would love to have folks RSVP by May 30^th so we can ensure catering counts are accurate.

We’ll be providing a light lunch but would love for staff/faculty to come with something sweet to contribute to this community event.  For those who are able, please bring a dessert/sweet ending to honor our grads – store bought treats are welcomed!

More about the group:

This affinity group holds space for folks who self-identify as BIPOC, including Black, Indigenous, People of Color, Brown, Asian & Pacific Islander, Mixed & Multiracial folks.  Our general goals/intentions for our space:

• Carve out space to center the BIPOC student experience
• Offer mutual support
• Build community and create space to connect around hobbies/interests
• Provide resources and self-development opportunities for members

We also encourage our BIPOC community members to join our email listserv to stay in touch!  We will be regrouping at least once over the summer to plan for next year – RSVP if you are interested in joining these community efforts!