Early Childhood Program Intake Intern
Organization Description
Family Futures’ mission is to shape a community in which all children are supported to reach their full potential. Our geographic focus is primarily Kent County with some services extending into other communities. We help children ages 0 through 5 by supporting parents, providing connections to resources and programs, and offering ways to monitor and enhance early childhood development. We believe in supporting our employees, volunteers, and interns to be successful as well. Family Futures offers a strength-based, learning-driven, quality improvement-based culture that celebrates equity and diversity and an opportunity to grow while making an impact in your community. Family Futures values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages individuals with diverse backgrounds and lived experiences to apply.
Job Overview
Early Childhood Program Intake Interns gain practical, hands-on experience in a nonprofit setting. This is a unique internship for those seeking experience with program implementation and improvement, grant management, community collaboration, project management, and database navigation. This Early Childhood Program Intake intern will be part of a team in the Connections program that supports children 0 through age 5 in accessing resources and developmental information. This internship position will receive a $500 stipend to help cover costs related to the internship (food, housing, transportation), and college credit can be earned. In addition, Family Futures requires all staff and interns to comply with a COVID-19 vaccine mandate. This internship is to be completed in person, not virtually.
This internship will run from September 3, 2024, through December 13, 2024, and will have a mandatory orientation on August 29, 2024 from 9:00am-4:00pm at the Family Futures’ office. This internship can also be extended into multiple internship periods ending in either April 2025 or August 2025. If interested in a longer internship period, please reach out to the hiring manager.
Family Futures employees, volunteers, and interns serve as spokespersons and champions of Family Futures in the communities we serve. A position at Family Futures may entail the following: the use of a personal vehicle, lifting of boxes (roughly 25 lbs.), as well as attendance of community events outside of regularly scheduled hours. For any adaptations or accommodations for the above information, please reach out to the hiring manager.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Gaining knowledge of the general principles of nonprofit administration
- Managing early childhood quality improvement projects
- Connecting with parents via phone, text, and email to gather demographic information
- Creating and modifying documents using Microsoft Office
- Inputting and analyzing data in various program databases
- Using qualitative and quantitative data to develop recommendations on process and program implementation and improvement
- Database management
Required Qualifications
- Current college student or recent graduate
- Experience or interest in nonprofit management, social work or other relevant fields
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Strong written and verbal communications skills
- Strong Microsoft Office skills
- Detail-oriented
- Effective time management and organization
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Ability to work autonomously
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with diverse groups of people
- Ability to work at least 15 hours per week
Preferred Qualifications
- Able to work in a variety of capacities
- Able to meet deadlines
- Strong organizational and planning skills