Public Service Intern 2 - Part Time

The Position

Public Service Interns receive training and complete a variety of assignments in staff activities directly relating to their major course of study while enrolled in an educational institution.

Incumbents perform in a trainee capacity and acquire the knowledge, skills and abilities required in this occupation.

The Division of Child and Family Services (DCFS) is recruiting for a part-time Public Service Intern 2 (PSI2) in Reno, Nevada. The PSI2 is a paid student intern/practicum position, within the Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health and EC Day Treatment Programs at Northern Nevada Child and Adolescent Services; an approved fieldwork/practicum site.

The Early Childhood Mental Health Program provides extensive training and direct experience in infant and early childhood mental health assessment, diagnosis, and dyadic parent-child mental health intervention services with children birth to eight years old and their primary caregivers. PSI's participate in regularly scheduled individual/group clinical reflective supervision, attend self-directed and live in-person trainings, engage in shadowing DCFS mental health professionals as they provide in-person mental health services, and then provide mental health services to children/caregivers with live supervision by DCFS licensed mental health professionals. The primary population served are children and their families birth to 8 years old.

Business hours are 8-5 pm, Monday through Friday, but may also include later hours to accommodate families. The Public Service Intern position is part-time (minimum 20 hrs. 24 min/week) and scheduled hours will be determined between the PSI and program supervisors. The State of Nevada is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to building diverse, inclusive, and innovative work environments with employees who reflect our communities and enthusiastically serve them.

All applicants are considered without regard to race, color, national origin, religion or belief, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, domestic partnership, genetic information (GINA), or compensation and/or wages. * THIS RECRUITMENT MAY CLOSE WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED. APPLICANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

To see full Class Specifications visit: http://hr.nv.gov/Resources/ClassSpecs/Class_Specifications-7_0/