Career Exploration Internship
Have Plans for Summer 2020?
How About Finding A Career Path You Didn’t Know You’d Love?
How About Finding A Career Path You Didn’t Know You’d Love?
Age-Friendly Teaneck is looking for four outstanding and motivated high school juniors or seniors eager to explore the changing and dynamic realm of elder care career opportunities. We are offering a four-week summer internship, beginning July 6th. Deadline to apply for these positions is April 24th. Interns will each receive $1,000 stipends.
This Career Exploration Internship will offer a comprehensive look at the kinds of social services and businesses that are expected to grow exponentially in the next decade and beyond as our population ages. The internship will offer a combination of a dynamic curriculum, real-world experience and one-on-one connections with professionals in the fields of geriatric care-related social work, geriatric wellness, technology, home care, recreation, food service, housing, elder law and business management.
This Career Exploration Internship will offer a comprehensive look at the kinds of social services and businesses that are expected to grow exponentially in the next decade and beyond as our population ages. The internship will offer a combination of a dynamic curriculum, real-world experience and one-on-one connections with professionals in the fields of geriatric care-related social work, geriatric wellness, technology, home care, recreation, food service, housing, elder law and business management.
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The four-week curriculum will include an introductory overview of the range of elder care career opportunities and the reasons behind their growth. Subsequent reading, video and web-based assignments will explore issues in greater depth. Also planned are visits to a variety of elder living facilities, including independent living, assisted living and a nursing home.
Hands-on learning will focus on how in-home and social work assessments are managed; how food service and meal deliveries are planned and coordinated; how recreation activities are coordinated and run; how wellness checks are carried out.
Interns will be required to submit a short paper reflecting on their experiences before the end of the internship. Each intern will pursue a geriatric-related project and will make a presentation about it at an end-of-internship event.
Interns will be supervised by a team of seasoned and knowledgeable professionals, all deeply engaged in advancing the mission of Age-Friendly Teaneck: Age-Friendly Teaneck's project director Elizabeth Davis, executive director of Geriatric Services, Inc. and Thorn Ellerbe, principal of Homewatch CareGivers of Bergen County.
To apply for this internship, please fill out the application below. Deadline for applications is April 24th. Interns will be selected by mid-May.
Hands-on learning will focus on how in-home and social work assessments are managed; how food service and meal deliveries are planned and coordinated; how recreation activities are coordinated and run; how wellness checks are carried out.
Interns will be required to submit a short paper reflecting on their experiences before the end of the internship. Each intern will pursue a geriatric-related project and will make a presentation about it at an end-of-internship event.
Interns will be supervised by a team of seasoned and knowledgeable professionals, all deeply engaged in advancing the mission of Age-Friendly Teaneck: Age-Friendly Teaneck's project director Elizabeth Davis, executive director of Geriatric Services, Inc. and Thorn Ellerbe, principal of Homewatch CareGivers of Bergen County.
To apply for this internship, please fill out the application below. Deadline for applications is April 24th. Interns will be selected by mid-May.
Thank you for your interest. Applications are CLOSED. Good luck to our applicants and we look forward to this summer's Age-Friendly Teaneck interns!