Job detail
Resource - Respite Center Internship
YAI
Location (2)
New York
Locations
2 listed locations
New YorkJamaica, Vermont
Quick overview
The intern will engage in administrative tasks such as filing documentation and reviewing admission paperwork for compliance, alongside clinical tasks like observing engagement and providing feedback under supervision. They will also participate in clinical consultations focused on crisis reduction strategies and help revamp guest activities.
Requirements summary
Applicants must be current students registered in an AA, BA, or Master's degree program in Human Services fields like Mental Health, Social Work, or Psychology. Required attributes include patience, kindness, and an understanding of working with individuals facing Autism, mental health challenges, and developmental delays.
associate degreebachelor degreepostgraduate degreeTeamworkAdministrative TasksKindnessPatienceCompliance ReviewClinical TasksDocumentation FilingClinical FeedbackCrisis ReductionDigital Platform TransitionBio-Psycho-Social Model
Job description
- If you are a current YAI employee, please click this link to apply through your Workday account.
- The resource center is a 4-bedroom respite home where individuals with IDD & NDD over age 18 years old come to engage in therapeutic activities designed to create healthy habits, and structures that work to reduce crisis and maintain stability.
- Guest can stay from 2 – 30 days at a time.
- The intern should be registered in a Human Services degree program (AA; BA or Masters) in (Mental Health; Social Work; Behavioral Support; Human Services; Psychology or Sociology).
- They should be patient, kind, and understand the psychology of working with people with Autism, Mental Health challenges and developmental delays.
- The intern must also be open to learning new skills and being part of a team.
- The intern will engage in administrative tasks and Clinical Tasks.
- Under the supervision of the Program Supervisor the intern will complete the following tasks: Filing documentation in correct categories in client files Review documentation required for guest admissions to ensure all documentation is current and complies with OPWDD guidelines Support with transitioning system from paper to digital platform.
- Observing engagement of the people we support and provide clinical feedback.
- Participate in Clinical Consultations with the Clinical team to address and learn strategies for crisis reduction on an individual basis.
- Help revamp guest activities to support the Bio-Psycho-Social model of CSIDD.
- This is an unpaid internship opportunity that is only open to current students.
- The internship may be able to satisfy course credit if approved by the student's institution of learning.
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or status as a Vietnam or disabled veteran.
- YAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
- To ensure fairness, safeguard transparency, and promote an equitable workforce environment, YAI Network prohibits the practice of nepotism in the workforce and hiring process.
- Our Roots YAI was launched in February of 1957 out of a small school in Brooklyn, New York.
- Initially staffed by Co-Founders Bert MacLeech and Pearl Maze MacLeech alone, their pilot program served just seven people.
- According to Bert, from its very beginning YAI has been dedicated to providing innovative services for the I/DD (intellectual and/or developmental disabilities) community.
- MacLeech envisioned a, “total life adjustment approach, emphasizing personal growth, social responsibility, employment goals, and the development of independence for the individual.” At a time when institutional living was the norm for people with I/DD, this vision was nothing short of revolutionary.
- YAI Today Today, YAI has a team of over 4,000 employees and supports over 20,000 people in the I/DD community.
- This extraordinary growth shows the ongoing need for these important services, and YAI’s success in offering them.
- YAI supports people with autism, Down syndrome, and Cerebral Palsy, among others.
- Operating throughout Downstate New York and Northern New Jersey, YAI now offers more than 300 programs for people of all ages.
- Better Together At YAI, we are driven by our mission of living, loving, working, and learning.
- This applies not only to the people we support, but to our staff as well.
- Commitment and passion for the work continue to unite employees and drive the organization forward.
- Empowering the people we support to reach their goals remains at the heart of our organization.
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or status as a Vietnam or disabled veteran.
- YAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
- To ensure fairness, safeguard transparency, and promote an equitable workforce environment, YAI Network prohibits the practice of nepotism in the workforce and hiring process. http://www.yai.org/
