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YOUTH SERVICE BUREAU INTERNSHIPS
Application forms can be downloaded from the forms page links in the application directions at the bottom of this page. Forms can be
mailed, e-mailed or faxed (see below).
YSB internships provide valuable "hands-on" experiences working with
children, youth, and families in Centre County. The YSB offers full-time internships in
the following programs:
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Mobile Outreach Unit: YSB
is pleased to announce a new internship opportunity. As members of the
Outreach Team, interns will travel in our Outreach Van to sites where they
will offer street-based prevention, education, and information which help
youth make healthy choices. Interns will also assist with case management,
children's group activities, and volunteer recruitment and training. |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters Program - Interns assist with case management, children's
group activities, and volunteer recruitment and training. Some interns choose to serve as
a Big Brother or a Big Sister to a Little. |
| Stormbreak Youth Program - Interns are assigned to assist a
case manager with designated cases, assist with individual and group counseling, and
provide supervision and care to youth. |
| Stepping Stone Transitional Living Program - Interns are assigned to assist a
case manager with designated cases, assist with life skills workshops, and provide
supervision and care to youth. |
| Zerby Gap Familyworks - Interns are assigned to assist a case manager with
designated cases, assist with group counseling and tutoring, and provide supervision and
care to youth. |
| Burrowes Street Youth Haven
- Interns assist with crisis line calls, case management,
program activities, therapeutic work including individual and
family counseling sessions and provide support, care &
supervision to the youth in the shelter. |
| Parenting Plus -
Interns accompany Parent Educators on home
visits & other meetings pertaining to clients. An intern will shadow the
Parent Educator initially, observing and discussing the content of the
home visit following the meeting, until gradually, co-conducting the home
visit with a PE, with the opportunity to independently conduct a home
visit with the supervision of a PE by the end of his or her internship, as
well as completing the required paperwork which accompanies the position. |
| Youth Centers - Interns provide drug and alcohol prevention
activities, literacy activities including homework assistance and daily story time,
recreation, street outreach, and assist staff with supervision of children attending
Centers during after-school hours. Internships sites are Centers located in Bellefonte
and
Snow Shoe. |
| Youth and Family Services -
Interns are assigned to assist a Family Counselor with a designated case(s),
assist with Counseling sessions, visits, transportation, and job related
paperwork. Interns will also attend interagency, school, monthly meetings and
attend court. |
| D&A/Tobacco Abuse Prevention - Students will
have opportunity to learn the ins and outs of Prevention Science—a modality
that decreases the risk factors and increases the protective factors
associated with the teenage problem behaviors of drugs and alcohol, teen
pregnancy, violence, crime, school dropout. Students time will primarily be
divided between three areas: (1) direct field experience with middle and
high school youth, (2) direct field experience with numerous community
professionals on several committees and boards, (3) office work, event
planning, and curricula development.
For more info click here. |
On occasion, internships are also available in these additional areas:
| Administration/Grants/Fund-Raising - Interns assist with various administrative tasks, such as
outcome based program evaluation, policies and procedures, and planning fund raising
events. |
The Youth Service Bureau is fortunate to have an AmeriCorps National Service grant As a
part of this, we are able to offer interns participating in this program an educational
award of about ~2,300 which may be used toward college tuition or repayment of student
loans. Recipients must provide 900 hours of service in the YSB program in which they are
offered an internship to be eligible to receive this award. Currently, most of the
students we are accepting for internships must be able to commit to this number of service
hours, which is more than the number of hours required by the university. This entails
being able to remain in the community beyond the end of the university semester into the
summer months.
Interns are supervised by designated program supervisors with additional support being
provided by program staff. Individuals who have successfully completed internships with
the agency are considered for employment as openings occur.
How to apply...
(Link to Internship forms page)
If you are interested in pursuing an internship with the YSB, please complete and
return the following forms:
complete the application
form yourself, and Give the reference forms
to three individuals (employers, instructors, advisors, no relatives) who can
comment on your skills and ask them to send the forms directly back to us.
When all materials are received, they will be reviewed by program directors that will
call you to set up an interview.
Direct questions and application materials to:
Andrea Boyles
Director of Operations
410 S. Fraser Street
State College, PA 16801
Phone: 814-237-2224 ext.127
Fax: 814-237-2228
E-mail:
aboyles@ccysb.com
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