Tanager Place Interns/Practicum's

Youth Service Intern/Practicum:  This student will be assigned to a Cottage Supervisor.  The student will assist with the direct care and milieu treatment of clients. The student will be considered a member of an interdisciplinary team and work cooperatively with all team members.  Student will assist in providing long-term, goal-oriented care for children and adolescents.

Casework Intern/Practicum:  Senior level only, social work or related field.  The student will be assigned to a Program Supervisor or Community Based Staff.  The Community Based staff  provide therapeutic services to families, foster families, children and adults in a comprehensive community-based program.  The student will be involved in projects relating to above services.  Students will increase understanding of career possibilities while gaining knowledge of outside agencies and professional staff.

Community Relations:  For public relations or marketing majors.

Student will be assigned to the Director of Community Relations.  This internship will focus on coordinating and marketing Tanager Place special events and fundraising opportunities.  Practicum responsibilities include writing press releases, working with print and broadcast media, working with volunteer committees and assisting with special events.

POLICY

PRACTICUM PLACEMENTS

Before beginning placement, practicum students are interviewed by the staff person who would serve as the practicum's supervisor.  The field instructor from their respective college/university acts as a liaison between the agency and the school. If the student is placed, one professional is assigned as the primary practicum instructor. The student is briefed about the facility, cleared for confidentiality and a personnel record is maintained.

A practicum program is entered into contractually among the field instructor, the student and the Tanager Place supervisor.  Areas covered in a practicum student placement are tailored to the student's needs and the program's needs.

Experiences may include individual counseling, group counseling, co-facilitation, attending treatment team meetings or working with childcare staff in the cottage milieu.  Any written entries made by practicum students and entered in the permanent record are generally countersigned by the supervisor or the supervisor's designee.

Practicum students are not allowed to drive agency vehicles or purchase for the agency.  Referring workers are to be notified if their client will experience considerable and significant time with a practicum student.  Undergraduate practicum students shall be an addition to the program staff and will not be used as a staff replacement.  Graduate students will also be closely supervised in their provision of direct services.

HOW TO APPLY:

Contact Human Resources at 319-365-9164 to request a packet be sent to you.  Upon receipt of the forms contained within the packet, please submit to

Tanager Place, Human Resources.

Upon return of the forms a Tanager Place supervisor will contact you to set up an interview.  After the interview you will be contacted regarding the availability of an opening for an internship.

Tanager Place and Camp Tanager are Equal Opportunity Employers.