Internship Opportunity

Maternal and Child Health Consortium of Chester County

FAMILY CENTER

SUMMER INTERNSHIP

In order to promote early childhood development, Maternal and Child Health Consortium of Chester County has established a Family Center in Kennett Square. The Center provides home visiting and parent education to families living in southern Chester County who have young children aged 0-5 years. MCHC joins almost 50 Family Centers across Pennsylvania that use the “evidence based”, nationally recognized curriculum called “Parents as Teachers” to help increase parents’ skills and children’s school readiness. The Center presently has a position available for an unpaid internship from May to August 2010. This is an exciting opportunity for a student who wants to make a contribution in the Community, while gaining outstanding experience.

For the third summer, the Kennett Square Family Center presents its Kindergarten Transition Program. The program helps to prepare children for school by providing a stimulating learning environment, away from their parents, with rules and regulations similar to a school setting. A day in the summer program is designed to mimic an actual kindergarten classroom. Health promotion is at the core of the standards-based curriculum, with a specific health-related theme attached to each school day. Students are able to gain beginning math and literacy skills while learning about the importance of nutrition, hygiene, safety, social-emotional health and oral hygiene.

Responsibilities Include:

• Support every effort to help coordinate and run the Kindergarten Transition Program
• Organize and prepare materials for each school day, prepare daily reports, and track outcome data
• Work alongside the Program Assistant to support the team of volunteers that help implement the program
• Help the children transition between activities during the program
• Assist with welcoming and discharging the children each day
• Attend all required trainings, meetings, or related activities
• Work closely with both the parents and children in the program and will responsible to report any issues to the director of the Family Center
• Create a Powerpoint presentation that summarizes the activities of the 2010 Kindergarten Transition Program
• Perform community outreach
• Assist with general Family Center program operations as required

Qualifications Include:

• Pursuing a Bachelors’ degree in social work, early childhood education, child/family development or related field
• Experience working with young children strongly preferred
• Proven ability to develop trusting, supportive relationships with parents of young children
• Highly developed organizational skills with proven history of successfully managing multiple priorities simultaneously. Must be detail oriented.
• Track record of working as a productive and cooperative member of a team and a displayed willingness to accept supervision and make personal performance improvements as appropriate
• Experience using Microsoft Office
• No criminal or child abuse history as determined by criminal history, child abuse and FBI screenings

For further information about MCHC please visit our website at: www.ccmchc.org. To apply please email your resume to: Rebecca Zerr at rzerr@ccmchc.org

Maternal and Child Health Consortium of Chester County is committed to being an Equal Opportunity Employer