Join Jumpstart and teach low income preschoolers this summer! Provide language, literacy, and social-emotional programming for preschool children from under-resourced communities in the Seattle area. Help us as we strive to promote quality early learning for all children.

Be A Jumpstart Summer Intern!

• Help Prepare our youngest learners for lifelong success!
• Work with preschool children on language, literacy, and social-emotional skills
• Earn a $540 bi-weekly stipend
• Receive professional training in early education
• Serve 30 hours per week for 11 weeks with a team of your peers
• Receive a Segal AmeriCorps Education Award, $1221 following your service
• Join a diverse service network, including over 36,000 alumni

Apply here!

For more information, come to an information session:

Date/Time	Location
Thursday, May 4th 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm	MGH 136
Tuesday, May 9th  3:00 pm – 4:00pm	MGH 173R
Wednesday, May 10th 2:30 – 3:30	MGH 173R

Check out this informational video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxQy32Msmz0#action=share

If you have any further questions please contact Meghan Robinson at meghanr7@uw.edu or Sala Sataraka at salas@uw.edu.

Thank you!

We would love to see robust participation in the Spring Celebration from the School of Social Work!  Both graduate and undergraduate students are invited to apply. Applications are due Monday, April 24^th at 11:59 pm and don’t take long to complete! Working with an individual student or group of students who embody the spirit of leadership and service? Encourage them to apply!

Details below! Questions? Email sprcele@uw.edu .

University of Washington students serve and lead, in on-and off-campus communities, to expand their boundaries, to learn from others, and to make a tangible difference in the world. We invite ALL UW students, undergraduate and graduate and from all three campuses, to share how they have worked together to transform their campus and communities, to develop compassionate leadership skills, and to learn from each other.

Students can apply to showcase the ways they are involved in service and leadership in the annual Spring Celebration Gallery of Student Projects which will be held on Wednesday, May 24th, from 2:00-6:30 p.m. in the Husky Union Building (HUB). As part of the Gallery, students present their engagement through a poster display and discuss their service and leadership experiences with other students, faculty, community partners, civic and University leaders. Please note that students are encouraged to attend the entire event, but the time commitment for gallery participants will be approximately one hour and 15 minutes.
Participation in the Spring Celebration of Service and Leadership enables you to:

– Connect with other students doing interesting and meaningful work on campus and in the community

– Share your valuable service and leadership work with a diverse audience

– Hear feedback regarding your project and presentation

– Build your presentation skills and experience

– Expand your resume to include a new public presentation experience!

Tara Ghassemikia, Spring Celebration 2015 participant, shared that she learned how other students were creating impact in their communities and found it to be “humbling and inspiring to present alongside them….This event gave me the opportunity to create and tell my story, and also receive valuable feedback about my project from my friends and strangers alike.”

Applications will be reviewed as they are received and projects are accepted on a space available basis.  All applications to participate are due by April 24^th, 2017.

Apply online here!

Questions? Contact the Spring Celebration of Service and Leadership Gallery Committee at sprcele@uw.edu.

VOLUNTEER IN PERU THIS SUMMER 2017!

IChange Peru is looking for volunteers interested in Pre-Health, Public Health, Social Work, Education, Spanish and more!Impact the under served communities of Peru.  Learn about the culture and gain hands-on experience. Explore one of the world’s most diverse countries and it’s spectacular beauty.

Application Deadline EXTENDED: April 28, 2017

http://ichangeperu.org/apply/

For more information:

Alejandra Ruiz

Project Director

 

P: 602-476-4291

E:  aruiz@ichangeperu.org

E: info@ichangeperu.org

W: www.ichangeperu.org

The Economic Opportunity Institute, a progressive public policy center based in Seattle, is currently accepting applications for both a full-time Communications Manager/Director as well as paid summer internships.

Both job announcements can be found here: http://www.eoionline.org/about/jobs-and-internships/

Let us go to Palestine

Join us for:
International Exchange Project in Palestine

Theme: Voluntary work at the University and Social and Cultural interaction.
Open to: Everyone interested all over the world.
Costs: $450 including Food, Accommodation, Transportation and Health Insurance.
Venue: An-Najah National University – Nablus – Palestine.
Age: No age restrictions

Description
Want to improve your awareness of Palestine Question and engage academically, culturally and socially with Palestinian daily life? Then apply for this amazing work camp and spend unforgettable two weeks in one of the most holy lands in the world.

The two weeks long cultural and education will shed light on the Palestinian experience. An-Najah National University in Nablus-Palestine invites people from across the world to explore this opportunity. This year we will offer the opportunity for international volunteers to attend carefully selected lectures by remarkable educators about different fields and issues, in addition to working with Palestinian university students and peers in different fields of professionally-needed skills.

Through international voluntary work and skill sharing, it is possible to help empower young Palestinians to create a better reality for themselves. We try to provide as many positive options as we can in a difficult situation, recognizing that many international volunteers have quite high qualifications and skills to share with our local students, as well as, a willingness to provide assistance to our students who will attend the training workshops offered by the international volunteers, the workshops are varying, such as Public Speaking, English Conversation, Debating Skills, Communication Skills, Capacity/ Competency Building/ Communication Skills, ETC. Classes will take place from Sunday to Thursday from 14:00 – 18:00.  NOTE from Lin: there doesn’t seem to be any academic credit attached to this experience, so couldn’t use for electives.  Would be used only for personal enrichment.

How to apply?
If you are interested in joining our international summer work camp; do not hesitate to apply for one of these three work camps:

First suggested exchange: ” Change Created by Youth for Youth ” : 02^nd – 15^th July 2017
Second suggested exchange: ” Cultural Awareness in Youth Exchange ” : 01^st – 14^th August 2017
Third suggested exchange: ” Knowledge Saves Lives ” : 10^th – 24^th September 2017

Hello Huskies!

2017 Seattle Campus Spring Career Fair

Thursday, April 20^th, 2017

3-7pm, HUB Ballrooms

Full-time, part-time, and internship opportunities are available

Students from all 3 campuses are welcome to attend

WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND:

• Your potential employers want to meet you IN PERSON. This is a fabulous opportunity for you to make a great impression with the recruiters as many of the attending employers conduct follow-up interviews after the fair and/or participate in the On-Campus Interviews at the Career & Internship Center.
• Recruiters hire students who attend fairs. The majority of the employers who attend our career fairs and complete our surveys indicate that they’ve extended offers to candidates they met at the fair.
• Employers aren’t just looking for programmers and accountants. Many employers who attended last year’s Spring Career Fair were open to ALL MAJORS! DO use The Fairs App to find out what majors and positions attending employers are looking to recruit for at this fair.

ATTENDING EMPLOYERS:

• Use The Fairs App to access information about the Spring Career Fair (attending employers, positions, position types, majors, and class levels employers are looking to recruit at the fair). The Fairs App is available to download to your iphone/ipad from the Apple App Store or from Google Play Store for Android phones. You can also open it with your web browser.

 

 

ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO STAND OUT AT THE FAIR IS TO COME PREPARED– check out our great tips on how to prepare by clicking here! 

 

 

INTERESTED IN JOINING THE SPRING CAREER FAIR VOLUNTEER TEAM?

• The Spring Career Fair is one of the best ways to network with employers. We will have over 140 employers on campus attending this event. If you choose to volunteer at the fair, you’ll have unparalleled access with employers in attendance- and they’re all hiring!
• We have shifts available from 9am-8pm, with a minimum time commitment of 2 hours.
• If you need to fulfill volunteer hour requirements, look no further! Complete your hours with flexible shifts at this high-energy event.
• Interested in Event Planning? As a volunteer, you’ll have the chance to work closely with our center’s Events Team. Learn the ins and outs about planning events, then put it on your resume!
• It’s fun, and it’s a great opportunity to work with your peers and make new friends. FREE FOOD will be provided!!

 

Interested? Please send Donna Chen an email at ccsevent@uw.edu with the following information:

• Your name
• Your email address
• Your hours of availability  for 4/20/17 (Thursday)

 

Questions? Please feel free to contact Donna Chen at ccsevent@uw.edu . We look forward to seeing you at this exciting event!

We wanted to share a new(er) peer mentoring program, MOSSAIC, that is available for Seattle UW students who identify on the Autism Spectrum especially as you are meeting with new fall admits, prospective, or even current students in the coming weeks/months of Spring.

Since 2015 the University of Washington Speech and Hearing Sciences Department, in collaboration with Disability Resources for Students (DRS), has been developing a peer program where peer mentors work together with mentees to identify personal challenges and set goals related to the college experience, and then provide ongoing support to help mentees reach their goals (e.g., navigation to campus resources, assistance with time management strategies and tools, strategies for communication with professors or in group work).

Current and past students have shared how much they have enjoyed the relationships and connections that have come out of their MOSSAIC experiences. For more information or to contact the UW MOSSAIC program please email: mossaic@uw.edu or check out the UW MOSSAIC website: http://depts.washington.edu/uwdrs/mossaic/. You are also welcome to email this to any students or other staff you wish.

DRS will also have MOSSAIC staff join us for our extended drop in times for the upcoming Admitted Student Preview Days should anyone have specific questions about them:

• Friday, March 31        10:30am-12:30pm
• Monday, April 3          1-3pm
• Thursday, April 13       1-3pm
• Monday, April 17        1-3pm

DRS has daily drop in hours throughout the year Mon-Thur 2-3pm & Fri 11:30am-12:30pm. We extend them an hour for events like ASP Days, A&O and other events.

The Student Philanthropy Education Program (SPEP) has opened applications for its 10 leadership positions. SPEP’s mission is to educate students about the impact of philanthropy and to provide leadership opportunities for students. If you know of a student that would be a good fit, please encourage them to apply by March 26^th . I have provided some information below but please don’t hesitate to contact me.

 

Why apply for a SPEP leadership position?

• Because #RealDawgsGiveBack!
• FREE FOOD, always!
• Employers look for leadership experience
• Alumni networking opportunities and mentorship
• Volunteer/service experience
• Insider knowledge of UW Foundation/UW events
• Networking opportunities with UW Foundation board members and Advancement staff
• Non-profit work, marketing and event planning experience

The service period is September 2016- June 2017, with an offsite leadership retreat in Leavenworth WA, in mid-June.

Please ask students to send Elaine Carpenter the following before March 26^th at 11:59 pm to secure their interview spot. Times are first come first serve:

• Which position(s) they are interested in
• Available interview times (March 30, 31 and April 3,4 between 9AM and 4PM)
• Resume
• (Unofficial) Transcript

Thank you for your support!

Internship and Volunteer Placements

Counseling, Social Work, and Expressive Arts Therapy

 Available Year Round

Our NGO partners in India, Kenya and Ghana offer volunteers opportunities to help youth and women work through challenges and build self-esteem, in a safe, confidential and non-judgmental space.

Through volunteer-led talk, art therapy, writing or drama exercises, youth and women develop a new understanding of their emotions and sense of self-worth. We offer an immersive, meaningful, and safe volunteer experience. Village Volunteers works with students to create a tailored internship or volunteer opportunity that will meet their goals and academic requirements. Culturally appropriate curriculum is available.

We encourage students to take advantage of our expertise in finding the right placement. Call or write us for more information. Village Volunteers is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that works in partnership with NGOs in Africa and Asia to support sustainable solutions to community challenges.

www.villagevolunteers.org | info@villagevolunteers.org

5100 S. Dawson Street, Suite 202 Seattle, WA 98118

Ph: 206.577.0515

 

According to last year’s One Night Count, there was an estimate of 914 people living in their vehicle as a result of inaccessible housing. That number is one-third of the entire population of people experiencing homelessness in Seattle. Council member Mike O’Brien is convening a workgroup to engage on the issues of vehicular living and provide recommendations on policy solutions to address those challenges because of inaccessible housing.

The workgroup includes business leaders, advocates, service providers, and community members with experiences of living in their vehicles. The Vehicular Living Workgroup will be meeting once per week from the second through fifth week of March and will have one additional meeting in late April. Though this work is specific to policy practice, I believe it could be appropriate for any type of social work student: macro in the realm of public policy, mezzo in workgroup functions, and also a micro focus as the work product directly impacts many people experiencing homelessness.

The opportunity could be for a student(s) to attend the meetings and observe this specific political process. The student(s) could also provide some support to the workgroup by doing notetaking and following the workgroup conclusion, I would be happy to invite the student(s) into a meeting with the Council member to discuss their own analysis of the process and provide any feedback to him for his own future policy work. Two of the meetings will be 2 hours, while the other 3 will be one or one and a half hours. All five of the meetings will be located here at City Hall, which is located at 600 4th Ave, Seattle, WA 98104. Workgroup members are currently responding to the Doodle Poll but I will surely send y’all confirmed dates once I have those.

Thank you in advance for helping me connect to students interested in this learning opportunity. Please ask me any questions that you have. And if there are BASW or MSW faculty who you think I should reach out to, you can also let me know.

Jesse Perrin, MSW

Pronouns: He/Him/His

Legislative Aide to Councilmember Mike O’Brien

Seattle City Council

206-684-8800

Are you looking to find an internship opportunity? Search no further! The Career & Internship Center’s Internship Fair is a great opportunity for students of all majors, class levels, and from all three UW Campuses to connect with corporate, small business, non-profit and government employers who are all looking for Huskies, like YOU, to fill their internship needs. Don’t miss out on this perfect opportunity!

2017 Seattle Campus Internship Fair

Thursday, February 16th, 2017

2:00-6:00pm, HUB Ballrooms

Students from all 3 campuses are welcome to attend

ATTENDING EMPLOYERS:

• UseThe Fairs App to access information about the Internship Fair (attending employers, positions, position types, majors, and class levels employers are looking to recruit at the fair). The Fairs App is available to download to your iphone/ipad from the Apple App Store or from Google Play Store for Android phones

Tips On How To Prep For The Fair:

• Look at sample resumes in theCareer Guide
• Once you have your resume drafted, stop by for aSame-Day Session and/or ResumeFest to get some feedback on it
• Submit your resume to the 2017 Internship Fair Resume Book! Select employers have purchased access to this book, in the hopes of identifying talented UW candidates. Whether or not you’re attending the fair, don’t miss this opportunity to stand out! Please see instructions below on how to submit your resume:

1. Login to your HuskyJobs account athttps://c103-shib.symplicity.com/sso
2. From the “Documents” tab on the your left hand side navigation pane, select “Opt-in Resume Books”
3. Select the DropDown menu under the Resume Book you’d like to submit your resume to

• Take a look at the attending employers (usingThe Fairs App)  and spend a few minutes researching the employers you are interested in meeting with by visiting their web sites and doing a quick review of them online. The list is updated regularly
• Prepare and practice your introduction. What do you want the employer to know about you? Which of your skills and past experiences do you want to highlight?
• Have a short 15-second “sales pitch” ready and make sure to build in some good questions of your own to ask the employer
• Attend theInternship Fair Success workshop to learn how to prepare, what to bring, what to say, and how to follow-up

What You Should Wear:

• Your style of dress may vary according to the type of field you’re considering and the employers you plan to meet with. However, you’ll find that most employers will be wearing business-casual attire, which is a safe bet for you as well. For example, consider wearing pressed slacks or a skirt with a blouse, sweater, or collared shirt.

The Day Of The Fair:

• Bring 10-15 copies of your well-prepared resume to the fair
• Greet employers with a smile and handshake
• Collect business cards
• Send a thank you note to interesting employers you talked with
• Lockers or storage facilities are not available; to increase the ease with which you can move through the fair, we recommend trying to minimize what you bring with you
• Please bring your Husky card and have it ready for check-in purpose

We look forward to seeing you at the Internship Fair on February 16th!

Fulltime Paid Fellowship in Substance Abuse Treatment for 2017-18 – apply by 4/1

The Addictions Treatment Center of the VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle

announces openings for the

Interprofessional Fellowship in Substance Abuse Treatment

1-year full-time advanced training in substance abuse treatment

The goal of the Interprofessional Fellowship is to provide clinical and didactic experiences through which recent professional graduates from several clinical disciplines become more skilled in working therapeutically with substance abusers and become more familiar with the unique contributions that their professional disciplines provide.

A biopsychosocial model of addictive behaviors provides the rationale for the ATC’s interprofessional team approach.  As such, it encourages staff to consider physiological, psychological, behavioral, and sociocultural factors in the assessment, treatment planning, and therapy processes.

We expect to have positions for two Social Workers for the 2017-2018 year.  All fellows must be U.S. citizens.  The fellowship begins Sept. 18, 2017.

* Social Workers must have completed a Master’s Degree from a School of Social Work accredited by the Council on Social Work education.   Applications are due April 1^st, 2017.

We expect to select fellows within one month of the mailing deadline.

The Fellowship is Directed by John S. Baer, Ph.D.

For Application materials:

Email: Shelley.newman@va.gov 

               Call: 206-764-2608

Interprofessional Fellowship Program

116-ATC

VA Puget Sound HCS

1660 S. Columbian Way

Seattle, Washington  98108

UW Food Pantry – Seattle Campus

The UW Food Pantry aims to address student, staff and faculty food insecurity at the University of Washington head on. This is a safe space for UW faculty, staff and students.

Currently, we are providing non-perishable items including:

– Canned fruit and vegetables
– Canned chicken, tuna, and salmon
– Soups and stews
– Peanut or other nut butters (especially crunchy)
– Shelf stable milk/alternatives (rice, soy, hemp, etc)
– Cereal, pasta, and grains
– Cooking oil
– Toiletries

We plan to open the food pantry this Autumn Quarter, and will be operating out of both the Kelly ECC and the HUB.  Volunteers always welcome!  Visit their facebook page!

DSHS/JR Mentoring Program

Mentors are the Stuff of Success:

Every young person needs a mentor – a dependable adult who will care, will listen, and will advise. Ask any successful person if they had a mentor and their answer will inevitably be “yes”.

Juvenile Rehabilitation (JR) has a long-established mentoring program. We are grateful for the contributions JR mentors make in helping young people entangled with the justice system progress to confident, competent, responsible citizenship.

Juvenile Rehabilitation Mentors:

• Convey this very important message to young people: “You are worth my time and effort”
• Encourage young people to recognize and use their unique talents
• Coach young people to make positive choices for their future
• Assist young people in restoring their place in the community

Mentor Program Requirements:

• Submit a Volunteer Application (Available from any Mentoring Coordinator listed below)
• Pass a criminal background check
• Attend training provided by JR

Mentor Program Commitment:

JR asks mentors to:

• Make a commitment to mentor a youth for 12 months
• Communicate weekly and meet in person at least once monthly with matched youth
• Attend mentor program seminars, training, and other events as scheduled

For additional Information:

We have more than 800 youths in the Juvenile System throughout the state and we need volunteers like you as mentors to make a difference in these kid’s life.

If you are interested in becoming a mentor for a young person under JR supervision and would like to learn more about how you can participate in our program, please contact me to link you up with our coordinator in your region.

Contact:

Solomon M. Uwadiale, Ph.D.,

Tel: (253) 590-3411

E-Mail: sol@trafton-group.com

Hazel Wolf K-8 is a local Seattle public school which has a number of students receiving ELL services.  The school recently moved into their permanent location north of Northgate in the Pinehurst Neighborhood and the school is very happy to be amidst a wide diversity of cultures and languages and want to provide a welcoming environment to their new neighborhood families, but struggle to communicate with the families.

The school and PTSA are looking for volunteers who are able to translate materials into Spanish, Tigrinya, Somali, Amharic, and Arabic.  This can be as little as helping to translate the read-a-thon flyer or translating information about how to enroll in the program during the very complex open enrollment procedure.  You can always say that you’re not able to work on a specific project, but this call is to get folks on a list willing to be called/emailed when the need arises.  Most documents, once translated once, will only need to be updated yearly, so this work will help for years to come!

If you’re willing and able to be contacted about translating materials, please send your name, the language to which you can translate and your email/phone number to Virginia See at Virginia.see (at) gmail.com and tell them that Lin Murdock sent you.

We are looking for a graduate student intern to work collaboratively with the Carlson Center, Husky Leadership Initiative, and other community engaged programs to develop and implement a leadership education curriculum for community engagement. The application deadline is 5 pm on Monday, October 17^th.

Carlson Leadership & Public Service Center

Husky Leadership Initiative

Graduate Student Internship

Leadership and Community Engagement

The Carlson Leadership and Public Service Center and the Husky Leadership Initiative are seeking a graduate student with an interest in developing leadership education content for students involved in paid internships and volunteer work that is rooted in communities and focused on social justice.

As part of the Center for Experiential Learning & Diversity, located in Undergraduate Academic Affairs, the Carlson Center develops service-learning, community-based participatory research, and leadership opportunities for UW students that sustain reciprocal partnerships, deepen learning and contribute to our greater community.

Through cross-campus collaboration, the Husky Leadership Initiative (also located in Undergraduate Academic Affairs) facilitates, deepens and expands student leadership education opportunities at the UW both in and outside the classroom. HLI cultivates the knowledge, skills and attitudes students need to be effective change agents and contributing members in their communities.

Working with both programs, the graduate student intern will focus on developing and implementing a leadership curriculum for students engaged in community-based internships through the Carlson Center. While these activities will be piloted with 30 students engaged in paid internship experiences through the Carlson Center’s undergraduate community based internships, the intern will be encouraged to develop curricular and co-curricular modules that can be utilized across a variety of programs with community engagement and social justice at their core—including but not limited to the Carlson Center, the Husky Leadership Initiative, the Dream Project, the Pipeline Project and Jumpstart.

Hours:  15 hours per week (Autumn, Winter and Spring Quarters)

Compensation: $19 per hour

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Dr. Molly Brown’s Homeless Advocacy, Research, and Collaboration (HARC) Lab at DePaul University is seeking volunteer research assistants for data collection for a study taking place in Seattle. The goal of our research study is to compare types of housing available for people who have experienced homelessness. The study will help us understand how to best match people with types of housing. We hope findings from this study will improve the delivery of housing services in Seattle and other communities.

The role

• Recruit study participants
• Obtain informed consent
• Collect data using structured interviews and administer surveys
• Other project-related duties

Requirements

• Available at least 5 hours weekly
• Comfortable and passionate about working with vulnerable populations
• Empathetic and active listener
• Reliable and independent worker

Interested in applying or have questions? Please see the attached flyers and send all applications and inquiries to Molly Brown, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, at molly.brown@depaul.edu.

There will be a big clinic at Seattle Center again this year, October 27th to 30th. Last year there were student volunteers from the SSW, and they hope to have more this year. It’s a great experience.  If you are licensed then you can get 6 hours of CE for volunteering, in a 2 year period.

If you have any questions please contact Mary Weatherley (206-550-2509)

Our organization is looking for someone interested in shadowing our Resource Development & Marketing Manager and supporting their work. The internship would involve researching grant and funding opportunities, as well as gaining hands-on experience writing grant proposals. Please feel free to circulate this opportunity in any courses you will be teaching or with any students you feel would be interested. I am including a brief description of our organization and the internship opportunity below:

InterIm Community Development Association (InterIm CDA) has an exciting opportunity for an internship and is looking for interested volunteers! InterIm CDA is committed to promoting resiliency in Asian, Pacific Islander, immigrant, and refugee communities through culturally and linguistically responsive community building. Located in Chinatown/International District, InterIm CDA develops affordable housing, provides housing services to low-income residents of Seattle, operates the Danny Woo Community Garden for elders in the community, and runs the Wilderness Inner-City Leadership Development Program for youth. For more information about InterIm CDA and our work, check out our website. 

Interns would support our Resource Development and Marketing Manager in researching grant and funding opportunities and have the chance to develop skills in grant proposal writing and gain hands-on experience with non-profit development work. Please contact Sarah Birkebak via email at sbirkebak@interimicda.org if you are interested!

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