Youth and Adolescent Intern/Volunteer

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We appreciate your interest in volunteering with our organization!
To begin the process, please read the opportunity description below. If it matches your volunteer or intern goals, please visit https://www.mhadallas.org/get-involved/volunteer-mha-greater-dallas, click on the Volunteer Application link, then, email your completed application to human.resources@mhadallas.org.
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SUMMARY:

This opportunity is ideal for students interested in pursuing careers in education, counseling, social work, and research.

As our Youth and Adolescent Intern/volunteer, you will be actively involved in the maintenance of our proprietary WHO(c) [We Help Ourselves] K-12 Education Program and assisting with our annual event, Adolescent Symposium of Texas.

WHO(c) (We Help Ourselves) is a K-12 prevention and education program that teaches educators how to train children to protect themselves from victimization, such as child abuse, neglect, bullying, kidnapping, peer pressure, domestic violence, and social media, and emotional abuse.

Our annual Adolescent Symposium of Texas event is for anyone who works with teenagers and adolescents and features a wealth of programming and learning opportunities specific to youth-related mental illness. Conference attendees can qualify for six CEU/contact hours, access the exhibit area, and participate in a dedicated ethics session.

The ideal candidate will:

• Internalize our proprietary K-12, WHO(c) We Help Ourselves Program and its mission
• Organize and implement marketing strategies that support the WHO(c) Marketing Plan
• Research, document, and maintain the establishment of WHO(c) as a Research-Based Program
• Be proficient with Microsoft Office, especially Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
• Be familiar with Excel databases, and survey app experience is a plus
• Produce high-quality, error-free work
• Communicate efficiently and professionally

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

1. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. 

1. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

1. This position is regularly required to use hands to fingers, handle, and talk and hear.  The incumbent is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, reach with hands and arms, and stoop, kneel or crouch. 

1. Specific vision abilities required for this position include mobility and flexibility to lift, push, pull or carry objects up to thirty (30) pounds, close vision, distant vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to focus.