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Foster Care (Post-Permanency) Intern

Buckner

Buckner

Foster Care (Post-Permanency) Intern

Dallas, TX
Part Time
Unpaid
  • Responsibilities

    Basic Function:

    Buckner Children and Family Services serves families through permanency and preservation. Kinship care is a component of the permanency programming within foster care and adoption, seeking to find permanent homes for children in CPS custody. This internship would involve program development of the post-permanency programming for kinship caregivers. This internship would provide a macro approach to program development for kinship care.

    • We would like the intern to be present for 20-30 hours a week. This is negotiable
    • The duration of the internship would be Fall 2018 and Spring 2019. Dates and times are flexible within business hours
    • The focus will be program development, but there will be some opportunity for direct client contact
    • Masters level intern is preferred, but if applying as an undergraduate social work student, Community/Administration track is preferred
    • The intern should have an understanding of Microsoft Office applications

    Objectives:

    • The intern will utilize the Kinship Navigator programming to identify appropriate services for referrals in surrounding counties
    • Complete fact sheets for general distribution that are relevant to kinship caregivers
    • Complete general webinars that can be recorded for families regarding accessing basic services
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  • Qualifications

    Acquired Skills:

    • Matching kinship families to appropriate services
    • Communicating with different organizations in surrounding counties and the services that they would provide for kinship families
    • Creating basic logic models and locating gaps in services
    • Developing confidence in presentation skills through leading webinars
    • Participating in collaborative teamwork when working on appropriate branding
    • Masters level intern is preferred, but if applying as an undergraduate social work student, Community/Administration track is preferred
  • Industry
    Non-Profit
  • About Us

    Believing that every child belongs in a safe, nurturing, and permanent family, Buckner International works daily to stabilize, heal, and empower families to realize their fullest, God-given potential.