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Internship Opportunities

Internship Opportunities

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The Benton County Juvenile Department welcomes interns, practicum, and students.  There are many opportunities to make a difference in the lives of youth. These opportunities can range from a few hours, one or more days, completion of a special project, one school semester to a year or more.

We need individuals and groups who are interested in working with English speaking youths and families as well as those who are bi-lingual and/or bi-cultural.

If you are interested in further exploring the field of juvenile justice, gaining job skills, or if you have skills to share that could benefit youth and their families, then please consider volunteering.

Probation Volunteers

Volunteer Areas

  • Case management 
  • Probation supervision
  • Conducting youth and family intakes and risk assessments 
  • Report writing 
  • Counseling techniques 
  • Rehabilitation and guidance theories and strategies for behavior change

Volunteer Tasks

Volunteers and interns assigned to this area may: 

  • Co-facilitate competency groups 
  • Tutor youth in an educational setting 
  • Observe and assist Juvenile Court Counselors in case management 
  • Assist in transporting youth
  • Supervise urinalysis tests 
  • Make client contacts in the Department or in the field (home, school, community) 
  • Write reports 
  • Conduct intakes
  • Complete risk assessments 
  • Attend court and other legal proceedings 
  • Other duties as assigned

Community Service & Work Crew Volunteers

Volunteer Areas

New volunteers and interns are assigned to shadow the Community Service Coordinator and/or the Work Crew Coordinator where they will learn the essential functions of that position. Some of these functions include: 

  • Scheduling projects 
  • Conducting orientation 
  • Scheduling crews 
  • Contacting work sites 
  • Supervising crews at a work site and other special projects

Volunteer Tasks

  • Explore community work and volunteer opportunities for youth 
  • Make field visits to check on youth in their community service site 
  • Conduct community service orientation 
  • Help supervise work crew 
  • Work one on one with youths at their assigned work site 
  • Teach job and other marketable skills to youth 
  • Other duties as assigned

Desired Skills and Experience

  • Construction
  • Building
  • Landscaping
  • Gardening
  • Mechanical
  • Bicycle repair 
  • Cooking/Food Service
  • Tool knowledge/safety

Other Internship Opportunities

  • Research and Evaluation
  • Teen Court
  • Skills Group Facilitation: cognitive skills, anger management, gender specific groups, etc.
  • Educational Group Facilitation: finance class, independent living skills, etc.
  • Special Projects: Lunch with Santa coordination, Youth Job Shadow coordination, etc.
  • Mentoring
  • Teaching youth about pro-social recreation: art, photography, music, writing, hiking, fishing, geocaching, cooking, etc.
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