Internship Fair - September 20

American Cancer Society

At the American Cancer Society, we're on a mission to free the world from cancer. Until we do, we'll be funding and conducting research, sharing expert information, supporting patients, and spreading the word about prevention. All so you can live longer — and better. Meet with us at the Career and Internship fair and we can talk about how you could be a valuable asset to our team.

Arizonans for Children

Arizonans for Children Inc., exists to facilitate opportunities and provide effective solutions to alleviate hardships and improve the fragile lives of the abused, abandoned, and neglected children in foster care. It is a tragedy, in this present time, far too many children continue to find their well-being jeopardized. Speak with us at the Career and Internship fair to see how you can make a difference on these children’s lives.

ChildHelp

Every year more than 3 million reports of child abuse are made in the United States—we need all the help we can to diminish this number! At Childhelp, our goal is to meet the physical, emotional, educational, and spiritual needs of abused, neglected and at-risk children. We focus our efforts on prevention, intervention, treatment, and community outreach. Childhelp programs and services help children from any situation and let them experience the life they deserve: one filled with love. The principle theme across all of our programs is to provide children we serve with an environment of compassion and kindness. Interning with Childhelp is an excellent way to get involved in the cause and help spread the word.  We are looking forward to meeting you!

Free Arts of AZ

Artistic expression gives children a much needed “release valve,” the chance to explore new ways of expression, and the freedom to create in a judgment-free environment. Free Arts programs provide a comprehensive continuum of creative arts experiences that build self-confidence and critical life management skills among abused and homeless children. Some see us at the Career and Internship fair for more information!

Girl Scouts

Girl Scouts of the USA offers amazing opportunities for talented, forward-thinking individuals who share our vision of helping girls and young women change the world for the better.

We've been equipping girls to achieve their full potential since 1912—and today, GSUSA stands as the preeminent leadership development organization for girls, with 2.6 million members across the nation and around the globe.

We can’t wait to meet with you!

Glendale Fire Department

The Crisis Response program is an essential part of the Glendale Fire Department’s service to the citizens of Glendale and the West Valley. A crisis team of two respond with fire crews and/or police officers, assisting those who are experiencing a 9-1-1 emergency. An emergency could be a house fire, unexpected death of a loved one, a car accident, drowning, homicide, mental illness, assault or suicide. Once on-scene, the crisis team works with fire crews and/or police officers to provide citizens emotional support, resources, referrals to agencies or organizations, or transportation if needed. The CR program operates the same hours as firefighters; 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Stop by our table at the Career and Internship fair for more information about our Internship.

SARRC

Established in 1997, the Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center (SARRC) is an internationally recognized nonprofit organization dedicated to autism research, education, evidence-based treatment, and community outreach. We are one of the only autism organizations in the world that provides a lifetime of services for individuals and their families while also conducting cutting edge research. Visit us at the Career and Internship fair to see how you can be an intern with us.

 

Scottsdale Police Department

If you’re interested in a challenging internship that will provide an opportunity to experience working with the Scottsdale Police Department, we encourage you to stop by our table at the Career & Internship Fair and introduce yourself. The Scottsdale Police Department is currently looking for interns to assist in the Crime Analysis Unit. Duties of internship include:

  • Determining crime patterns & trends
  • Identifying “hotspots”
  • Quality control checks
  • Create crime bulletins
  • Create maps
  • Create link charts
  • Query data for internal and external requests

We look forward to meeting you and discussing this internship further!

YoungMind Center

Our transdisciplinary approach to autism intervention integrates expertise and experience from several different and related professional disciplines. Optimizes resources, redefines problems outside normal boundaries, limits service fragmentation, efficiently integrates knowledge across teams, and innovates to reach new solutions and optimize results. Come see us at the Career and Internship fair for more information!

City of Tempe Human Services-CARE7

CARE 7 prides itself on our "Continuum of Care". This means that we encounter clients at the point of crisis in their lives and we continue our support, assistance, and referral through the crisis point, healing, and recovery.

When dispatched by Tempe Police and/or Fire, CARE 7 will respond to incidents including domestic violence, auto accidents, sexual and physical assaults, suicides, homicides, and other unexpected deaths. CARE 7 will provide on-scene assistance and comfort and also provide follow-up resources such as assistance with filing for victim's financial compensation, orders of protection, funeral arrangements, and counseling referrals.

For more information on the CARE 7 program, please stop by our table.

Future for KIDS

The Discover Your Future program offered by Future for KIDS is a out of school mentoring program with several locations throughout the community.  Our focus is working with youth that have been exposed to stressful or toxic situations in their life, also knows as ACEs. Our programs promote resiliency against Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)  by having positive role models offer a consistent, patient, and caring mentor relationship to the youth.  We provide a curriculum, training, and a supportive environment to offer a dependable and organized program.  The mentoring program is great for students that are looking for away to make an impact within the community, wanting experience with working with youth, or thinking of a field in social work, psychology, humanities, or education.

The programs are operating from September until April and we offer a 13 or 26 week commitment to fit with the students schedule.  The weekly commitment is to one location for 2.5 hours per week. We also provide a field internship where the students will be working about 5 hours per week to accrue about 60 hours per semester.

Stop by our table at the Career & Internship Fair to learn more!

Jewish Family and Children’s Services

Jewish Family and Children’s Service is a non-profit, non-sectarian 501(c) (3) organization dedicated to strengthening the community through quality behavioral health, social services, and primary medical care to children, families and adults. Originally founded in 1935, we have provided quality services to people of all faiths helping strengthen families, resolve conflicts and cope with everyday living. We look forward to meeting you at the upcoming Career & Internship Fair

S.E.E.K Arizona

S.E.E.K. Arizona is committed to providing superior behavioral health services, professional therapies, and direct care supports to both children and adults with developmental and behavioral disabilities, specializing in those on the autism spectrum. We will help each individual reach their full potential in both family and community settings through developmentally appropriate interventions tailored to the strengths and needs of each person. Come visit us at the Career and Internship fair for more information!


Tempe Police Department

Are you interested in working with Law Enforcement? The Tempe Police Department is currently looking for interns to work in our Crisis Analysis Unit.

 

CIC Interns will have the chance to:

 

• Participate in ride-alongs with dispatch and patrol

• Attend meetings involving other crime analysts

• Interview a member of the Tempe Police Department and more!

Visit us at the Career and Internship fair to see if you’re qualified to work in our Crisis Analysis Unit!