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UnityPoint Health · 4 months ago

Internship - Health Services - Women's Health and Child Abuse Prevention

Waterloo, IA

Internship

Onsite

Intern

Start in 2026 Summer

UnityPoint Health – Waterloo is currently offering unpaid internship opportunities in the Health Services field, specifically focused on Women's Health and Child Abuse Prevention. This internship provides valuable hands-on experience in behavioral health, allowing interns to engage in public health promotion activities and learn about child protection workflows.

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Responsibilities

Potential opportunities available:

• Allen Women's Health - assisting with public health promotion activities (could include data management, community events, small group reproductive and sexual health education, coordination of grant activities, etc.)

• Allen Child Protection Center (general) - Learning about CPC workflow, taking referrals from law enforcement and HHS partners, shadowing forensic interviews and family advocacy sessions, providing supervision and engagement with child and adults during appointments, community events, etc

• Allen Child Protection Center (prevention) - assisting with school-based child abuse prevention curriculum, attending community meetings regarding child abuse prevention efforts, assisting with community events and group child abuse prevention programming, etc

Qualification

Behavioral HealthSocial WorkPublic HealthMental Health CounselingFlexibility

Required

Current enrollment in an accredited bachelor's degree program in a behavioral health or social work field (Social Work, Mental Health Counseling, Marriage & Family Therapy, Family Services, Public Health, etc. may be accepted)

Must have completed required education and classwork to begin internship hours

Must be able to successfully complete a basic computer course through in-hospital or department training

Must successfully complete affiliate orientation and competencies

Must be flexible in scheduling