Human Services

Student Internships

An unpaid internship with the Ada County Sheriff’s Office allows students to get professional experience, typically while obtaining credit for school.  If you are a student, please see your Department Internship Advisor within your major for details on how to register for the credits. There are several different Internship fields available, please to go the Ada County's website to see details. Please submit an application to our website at AdaSheriff.

Must be  at least 18 years of age, currently enrolled as a degree-seeking student at a college or university or recent graduate, & currently have a 2.0 cumulative GPA or above.

Flexible

Ada County Sheriff's Office

Angie Fisher

(208) 577-3554

1/29/2010

On-Going

Family Strengthening Worker (FSW) Level 1 or FSW Assistant

FSW Assistant will assist supervisor in designing work composite from one or all of the following areas of responsibility:

• Family Skill Building—Assist with parent and family education schedules and classes, as well as Information and Referral for community services, targeting at risk families.

• Youth Development Programming – Assist with youth programming to include mentoring, social skill development, resiliency skills, and leadership development.

• Senior Services – Assist with providing respite services for caregivers.  Provide limited educational, social, and intergenerational activities for seniors.

• Research and Program Development—Work collaboratively with CCI staff, grant partners, and community partners to develop and implement quality services.  Participate in collecting and analyzing outcome measures.  Implement evaluation methods in each program service area.

High School Diploma required, AA in Social Work or related field preferred or at least 2 years experience in a social or human services related field in a similar capacity.  Bilingual preferred (Spanish), Criminal history clearance, Physical exam and TB clearance, and Driver's License and proof of auto insurance required.

Flexible

$500 stipend for BSW student or $1000 for MSW with the assumption that students would complete a full 500 hours.

Catholic Charities of Idaho  (Nampa Office)

Janie Mendez

(208) 466-9926

12/10/2009

On-Going

Internship - Crime Research & Planning Unit-Jail Research

Students, please see your Department Internship Advisor within your major for details on how to register for credits.  Work on a variety of projects related to jail research.  Projects may include the following:  Review history of inmates who had attempted/committed suicide, analyze our inmate discipline and/or grievance process, explore whether an increase in our jail population influences use of force, and others.  The intern would also be able to work on projects related to their own interests in law enforcement. 

~Preference may be given to those students who have strong excel skills and are either currently taking or have taken a research methods course.

~Be at least 18 years old

~Currently have a 2.0 cumulative GPA or above

~Knowledge of English grammar, punctuation and spelling

~Knowledge of modern office equipment, practice and procedures

~Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing

~Ability to maintain confidentiality of data

~Ability to follow written and verbal instructions

~Complete an interview, a background investigation, and a polygraph examination

Criminal Justice, Psychology, Sociology, Political Science, Technical Communications, Mass Communications (Video Production), Information Technology Management, Statistics, and Computer Science.

Unpaid

Ada County Sheriff's Office

Please submit an application located at www.adasheriff.org/Jobs/.

Angie Fisher afisher(at)adaweb.net

HR Selection & Internship Coordinator

208-577-3554

9/11/2009

Ongoing Opportunities

Student Internships/ADA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE

Criminal Justice, Psychology Sociology, Political Science, Technical Communications, and Mass Communications (Video Production)

Kuna Sub-Station:  Customer Service, grant projects, misdemeanor case status, quality assurance, crime prevention programs, and job shadowing with Patrol .

Alternative Sentencing Program:  Assist with electronic monitoring program - hook ups, monitoring, and file audits.  Conducting pre-trial release assessments and possibly some work with placement management.

Planning & Research:  Field Report Writing for Police - Work with patrol and booking deputies, records technicians, County IT and other partners to help develop a paperless field report writing system for departmental reports.

Community Resources:  Developing Youth Yellow Pages and Officer Resource Cards, and the Ada County Bicycle Registration Program. 

Community Information - Video Production:  Shoot footage during ride-alongs, jail and other events and develop video or videos for areas of the Ada County Sheriff's Office.

Juvenile Investigations:  Research best practices nation wide for school safety plans and develop school safety plans for Ada County.  This would include interviewing school admin., teachers, and school resource officers and then writing the plan.

STEP (Selective Traffic Enforcement Program:  Work on an unbiased policing project performing some data analysis and preliminary studies on traffic issues.  May also include traffic studies.  Intern may also assist with VIN number checks and abandoned vehicle coordination.

Flexible to Student Schedule

Please submit an application at http://www.adasheriff.org/Jobs/

Please visit: http://www.adasheriff.org/jobs/standards.asp

UNPAID

Angie Fisher

HR Selection & Internship Coordinator

(208)577-3554

afisher(at)adaweb.net

6/23/2009