Department of Social and Health Services invites you to apply to the DSHS Summer Internship 2019!
Our Internship Program is designed to attract students from a wide variety of educational institutions and socio economic backgrounds. The internships will afford you the opportunity to explore state government human service related careers while still in school, create contacts with state employees, and complete a meaningful project. We are confident that the experience gleaned from your internship will meet or exceed you towards your career goals.
Prior internships have included placements with exposure to social work in the Center for Forensic Services at psychiatric hospitals; survey research at Community Service Offices; development of programs for persons with developmental disabilities, service for our aging population, and policy development work for the department. Some interns used their DSHS experiences to select or change their majors and some have used the experience to formulate totally new career paths, including law!
Eligibility:
This opportunity is available to qualified applicants currently enrolled at an accredited postsecondary college, university, or specialized technical or trade school. This recruitment will be used to establish a pool of Intern candidates who will be considered for the DSHS Summer Program that will run June 3, 2019 thru August 16, 2019 or June 17, 2019 thru August 31, 2019.
Stipend: DSHS will provide a stipend of up $2000.00 month
Duties: Project will include some of the following elements
Assist in administrative, planning, systems, fiscal, social service or management-oriented projects in a State agency. Positions allocated to this series are designed to provide experience in some aspect of service or business in human and social services. Incumbents will receive training in departmental procedures and will be assigned productive tasks and assignments in a specific professional area.
Two start and completion dates for the Summer Internship program (subject to change):
How to Apply:
Interested and qualified applicants should attach the following in careers.wa.gov application posting: