[Counselor-job-announce] FW: Intern Opportunity

[Rangaves, Diana]

Hi Everyone,

I hope all is well.

You are being blinded this opportunity.

All the Best,
Diana
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From: Henningsen, Beverly
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 1:17 PM
To: Emerson, Donna; Findling, Rhonda; Hutton, Walter; Maggio-Hucek, Suzanne; Morales, Kasia; Peraza, Erlinda; Rangaves, Diana; Thao, Jerry; Vasquez, Anthony; Zbinden, Claudia
Cc: GU.StuEmp.Temp01; King, Barbara; Kinahan, Kimberly; Ruud, Nancy; info at sonomacasa.org
Subject: Intern Opportunity

Please share the intern opportunity below with your students. Qualified students may apply directly with the employer as directed in the intern job description.
Thanks,
Bev

Bev Henningsen
Intern Coordinator/Instructor
Santa Rosa Junior College
bhenningsen at santarosa.edu
707-527-4604

INTERN OPPORTUNITIES

Expires: 12/20/2013

Job ID: 3254936

School Job ID: Intern

Job Title: CASA Intern: Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children

Company: CASA for Children (Court Appointed Special Advocates)

Job Type: Internship, Part Time

Degrees Wanted: None Required

Majors Wanted: Any Major

Job Target: Any Job Target

Location: Santa Rosa, CA 95409

Salary: Volunteer Intern

Job Description: The Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) program is seeking volunteer interns. CASA is a private non-profit program serving the needs of abused and neglected children who have fallen victims to child abuse. For their protection, the children have been removed from their homes and are usually living in foster or group homes. The CASA program receives referrals directly from the Juvenile Court Judge. CASA recruits volunteers to become youth advocates to these children to support their progress while in foster care. CASA typically serves 200 children annually via 150 volunteer child advocates. We invite you to join our dedicated and professional staff in changing the lives of children by volunteering your time and talents to assist in the office. Internship hours/days of work will be negotiated to meet the needs of the intern and/or what specific requirements need to be defined for college credits. CASA Executive Director will work with you to gain practical understanding of the inner workings of a not-for-profit organization. You will gain insight and understanding of the Juvenile Court, Child Welfare, and the Probation System. You will be asked to work in the front office, and as you become familiar with the organization, you will become a relied upon member of the staff. We will begin to develop more personalized duties that will be customized to your strengths as well as duties that might challenge and encourage your growth. Internship / Volunteer Positions: 1) Become a Child Advocate As a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA), you would establish and maintain contact with a child, interview his or her parents, social workers, teachers, and others, and submit a written recommendation to the court--outlining what is best for the child. You would become the "eyes and ears" for the judge and help ensure that "your" child does not become lost in the court system. If you care and have about 10 hours a month to spend, being a CASA can be very gratifying work. 2) Become a Volunteer There are numerous ways to help CASA. We have a continual need for office help, people who can volunteer a half day each week on a regular basis. In addition, we need people to help coordinate fundraising and other activities. CASA asks you to take your internship with us seriously. Interns are respected and seen as very important parts of the CASA program. We will ask for reliability and respectful honest, open communication. Interns are integrated into the agency as meaningful parts of our work and will be given duties that they can handle. We also ask interns to be honest and frank about what they feel they can and cannot do. We respect that you are a student and have many responsibilities. Contracts with your professors, teachers, and internship supervisors will be developed to include orientation, training, screening, sight visits, other agency observations, your hours and supervision requirements. To receive further information concerning this internship opportunity, please contact the Director, Millie Gilson or Email: info at sonomacasa.org

Job Requirements: Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: * Background check: application, finger printing and history screening required * Phone etiquette; greet as professional callers (Judges, Social workers, Probation officers) and the importance of documentation and record keeping * Youth case file maintenance, electronic date case file systems, data collection (i.e. volunteer logs, forms, intakes, inquiries) * There will be opportunities to participate in outreach boothing, events and cultural activities that take you into the community with staff * Intern will be able to learn the electronic case system, do file research, and to work hand-in-hand with the Executive Director and Office Manager to meet the needs of the agency, volunteers and youth we serve (i.e., audit files for health histories, education updates, emancipation data, court dates, information that pertains to the youth life and their circumstance.) * This intern will be asked to observe strict confidentiality rules and will review highly confidential and restricted files and data. * Front office assistance including: Daily journal and reporting (documenting your work, hours and growth) * Both classroom and practical training will be provided. Trainings are offered quarterly and you will be asked to pick a session and attend. * Work as a team with other dedicated staff and volunteer child advocates * You may be asked to assist in CASA's Creative Arts Program and/or other type of activities as agreed upon To receive info for our upcoming volunteer training, please contact the Director, Millie Gilson or Email: info at sonomacasa.org

Application Instructions: Please call our local CASA Office (707)565-6375 for more info concerning this internship opportunity, or send an inquiry to our Training Coordinator: info at sonomacasa.org

Contact: Millie Gilson

Address: P.O. Box 1418, Kenwood, CA 95452

Phone: 707-565-6375

Fax: 707-565-6379

Email: info at sonomacasa.org