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Support Behavioral Health Awareness for College-Age Youth
ORGANIZATION: Asian Americans for Community Involvement (AACI)
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AACI's Youth in Technology Incubaor (YTI) is a free program for Santa Clara County residents ages 8-24 that uses arts and media to promote healthy lifestyles, positive skill development, social emotional learning, storytelling, confidence building and advocacy. The Behvioral Health Presentations Intern will develop real-world workshop facilitation experience by supporting YTI’s mission to promote healthy living, mental health awareness, and social emotional learning through their free arts and multi-media education for youth.
They will educate college-age students on the importance of Behavioral Health services and spark their interest in pursuing career or volunteer opportunities within the field. This role will provide the intern with the opportunity to perfect their public speaking skills and develop educational content for college-age students, while practicing peer-to-peer facilitation on the topic of mental health.
Duties and responsibilities
* Create a Behavioral Health presentation that will be used for presentation outreach, drawing from personal experience, research, and resources provided by YTI. The goal of the presentation is to educate about the importance of Behavioral Health services and provide information on pathways to enter the field as a career or as a volunteer.
* Outreach to college students/classrooms to schedule 5 presentations via email or in-person
* Deliver and facilitate 5 presentation to college students/classrooms/clubs (in-person presentations are preferred, but can also occur virtually as long as audience members are all college students)
* Distribute surveys to all audience members
Qualifications
- Have a background in public health or community outreach or are interested in gaining experience in public health or community outreach
- Experience with Microsoft Office Suite
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills; ability to communicate well with people of diverse cultural, professional and experiential backgrounds
- Comfortable with public speaking
- Ability to establish and maintain effective work relationships as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Must have personal computer with access to email
- If presenting in-person, must have reliable transportation to presentation site
- Familiarity with Canva a plus, but not required
More opportunities with Asian Americans for Community Involvement (AACI)
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Asian Americans for Community Involvement (AACI)
Location:
2400 Moorpark Ave., Suite 300, San Jose, CA 95128, US
Mission Statement
Founded in 1973, AACI is one of the largest community-based organizations advocating for and serving the marginalized and vulnerable ethnic communities in Santa Clara County. Our mission is to strengthen the hope and resilience of our community members by improving their health, mental health and well-being.
Description
Founded in 1973, AACI is one of the largest community-based organizations advocating for and serving the marginalized and vulnerable ethnic communities in Santa Clara County. Our many programs address the health and well-being of the individual and advances our belief in providing care that goes beyond just health, but also provides people a sense of hope and new possibilities. Current programs include behavioral and primary health services, substance abuse prevention and treatment, center for survivors of torture, shelter and services for domestic violence and human trafficking survivors, senior center, youth programs, and community advocacy.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.
DATE POSTED
September 18, 2024
SKILLS
- Mentoring
- Teaching / Instruction
- Youth Services
- Group Facilitation
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Current undergraduate or master’s student, or recent graduate of community college, four-year university, or master’s program