Sample types of Human Services Internships

The following list has sample types of Human Services Internships. Students work individually with a faculty advisor to select an internship setting that matches student interests, learning objectives and career goals:

Academic advisement programs
After-school programs
Alternative sentencing programs
Career planning programs
Community centers
Community housing associations
Conflict mediation programs
Correctional programs
Day care centers
Day centers for Alzheimer's patients
Day programs for developmentally disabled adults
Day programs for people with a mental illness
Drug treatment programs
Family counseling centers
Foster care programs
Gay and lesbian service programs
Group residences for
-children in foster care
-children who are emotionally disturbed
-people who are mentally retarded
-people with psychiatric disabilities
Health centers
Health education programs
High school for international students
Home attendant agencies
Hospice programs
Hospital psychiatric wards
Hospital outpatient programs
Infant-toddler programs
Intergenerational programs
Meals-on-Wheels programs
Mediation Service
Nursery schools
Nursing homes
Outreach programs to homeless people
Psychiatric hospitals
Public school classrooms
Rehabilitation programs
Schools for disabled children
Social service programs
Social service programs for families with developmentally disabled children
Social service programs for people who are deaf
Senior centers
Services for people with AIDS
Shelter for homeless families
Supported living programs
Tutoring programs
Vocational rehabilitation programs
Work readiness programs