Internship

Job Description

About the Company:
The employer is Walworth County, located at P.O. Box 1001, 100 W. Walworth Street, Elkhorn, Wisconsin, 53121. Their phone number is 262-741-7950 and their website is http://www.co.walworth.wi.us. Walworth County is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Job Description:

This posting is for various Internship opportunities within the Health & Human Services Department of Walworth County. These are Limited Term positions.

Location: Elkhorn, WI
Job Type: Limited Term
Job Number: 2023-00093
Department: Health & Human Services
Opening Date: July 9, 2023
Closing Date: Continuous

Walworth County Health and Human Services offers a variety of internships, which can be both paid and unpaid. Details regarding the specific types of internships are provided below:

I. Public Health Internships:
• Public Health Specialist Internships: Designed for a broad range of degrees, focusing on health education and communications. Interns typically develop/improve health education curriculum, work at community events, participate in preparedness activities, and gain experience in community health assessment and improvement planning. Job shadowing across all public health areas is available.
• Environmental Health Internship: Typically a bachelor-level internship for science-interested students. Focuses on exposing students to environmental health aspects like water quality, childhood lead poisoning prevention, laboratory work, environmental sample collection, and vector monitoring. Job shadowing in other environmental health areas is also offered.
• Public Health Nursing Internships: Designed for nurses pursuing BSN/MSN or enrolled in a BSN completion program. These are based on program need and aim to meet community health clinical rotation requirements.
• Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Dietetic Internship—Community Rotation: Supervised by a Registered Dietitian (RD), this internship provides clinical experience in a community WIC setting. Interns will experience nutrition counseling, breastfeeding support, biometric assessment, and community education. Designed to meet clinical requirements for bachelor’s or higher programs.

II. ADRC (Aging and Disability Resource Center) Internships:
• Aging and Disability Resource Center Dietetic Internship – Community Rotation: Supervised by an RD, this internship focuses on delivering nutrition/health education and services to older adults. Interns learn to screen for nutrition risk, provide counseling, document interactions, and observe operations of a community-based senior nutrition program.
• Aging and Disability Resource Center Social Work Internship: Seeking bachelor-level social work students. Provides opportunities to work with older adults and adults with disabilities, learning to provide information, assistance, options counseling, and connections to resources and benefits. Exposure to elder abuse investigation, senior nutrition programs, health promotion/prevention, and Veteran Services is also included.

III. Children and Families Internships:
• Child Welfare Bachelor Level Internships: Designed for Social Work degrees. Focuses on learning and participating in child welfare services to children and families, adhering to Chapter 48 standards, ordinances, and policies. Interns may work at community events, participate in treatment courts, and gain experience in Access, Initial Assessment, Ongoing Services, and Foster Care Services. Job shadowing is available.
• Child Welfare Master Level Internships: Designed for Master of Social Work degrees. Focuses on learning and participating in child welfare services, adhering to Chapter 48 standards. Interns typically practice first in Initial Assessment, then move to Ongoing Services, and experience Treatment Courts and Foster Care Services. In the second half, they may be responsible for a Child Welfare case and implementing services. Research of policies and best practice data may be assigned. Job shadowing is available.
• Youth Justice Bachelor Level Internships: Designed for social work, criminal justice, sociology, and psychology degrees. Focuses on learning and participating in youth justice services to adolescents and families, adhering to Wisconsin Chapter 938 standards. Job shadowing in Youth Justice is part of this internship.

IV. Veterans Internships:
• In collaboration with ADRC, Children & Families, and Behavioral Health Divisions, the Veterans Service Office offers internships for Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science in Social Work candidates. Interns will learn about Federal and State Veterans Benefits navigation, counseling individuals on program eligibility, and interacting with Veterans and beneficiaries to determine needs and appropriate programs.

V. BHU (Behavioral Health Unit) Internships:
• Behavioral Health Internships: Designed for a broad range of social service degrees. Focuses on providing resources and support for individuals with mental health needs. Interns typically assist mental health professionals with teaching coping skills, symptom management, and risk assessments.
• Behavioral Health Case Management Internships: Designed for students pursuing a Master’s degree in Social Services (e.g., Social Work, Counseling). Licensed clinicians (LCSW and LPC) are on-site to provide clinical supervision and meet educational program requirements for practicum and clinical hours. Interns can provide various community mental health services like assessments, recovery planning, skill development, individual/group counseling, resource access, and psychoeducation (for Comprehensive Community Services and Community Support Program).
• Behavioral Health Outpatient Clinic Internships: Designed for students pursuing a Master’s degree in Social Services (e.g., Social Work, Counseling). Licensed clinicians (LCSW and LPC) are on-site to provide clinical supervision and meet educational program requirements. Interns can provide various outpatient mental health services like assessments, recovery planning, skill development, individual/group counseling, and psychoeducation.
• Behavioral Health Crisis Intervention Internships: Designed for students pursuing a bachelor’s degree (minimum 500 hours) or a Master’s degree in Social Services (e.g., Social Work, Counseling). Licensed clinicians (LCSW and LPC) are on-site for clinical supervision and to meet educational program requirements. Interns can provide community mental health services such as crisis assessments, linkage/follow-up to community resources, and psychoeducation. Interns will work within WI Statute 51 and DHS 34.

Benefits Summary for Casual, Limited Term, Student Workers:
• Employment Status: At-will employment.
• Basis of Payment: Hourly.
• Not Eligible For: Vacation, Sick Leave, Holidays, Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, Life Insurance, LTD Insurance, Vision Insurance.
• Wisconsin Retirement: Employees expected to work less than 1200 hours per year will generally not receive this benefit. If an employee works 1200 hours, is employed for at least one year, and is not a high school student under 20 attending full-time, they will be expected to pay the employee portion, and Walworth County will pay employer contributions per state law.
• Note: This is a brief outline; all benefits are subject to specific plan provisions, policies, and regulations, and may be subject to change by the County Board and/or Human Resources Committee.

Application Questions:
Applicants are asked to indicate their preferred division/program area, college/university name, major/minor, anticipated graduation date, preferred semester/time frame (Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall), a brief description of their preferred area of focus/desired experience, total internship hours needed, and if they have been in contact with an HHS staff member regarding an internship.