Intern

Youth Initiatives Intern – Fair Oaks Park

Overview

This internship supports a community‑based program designed to educate youth on human trafficking awareness, personal safety, and foundational financial literacy skills. The intern helps create a safe, trauma‑informed learning environment where young people can build confidence, recognize risks, and develop practical life skills. This role is ideal for students interested in social work, public health, psychology, criminal justice, youth development, or community education.

What You’ll Do

• Assist with planning and facilitating youth programs such as workshops, recreational activities, mentorship circles, and community events.
• Assist with facilitating weekly classes focused on human trafficking prevention, healthy boundaries, online safety, and financial literacy basics.
• Engage directly with youth participants, helping create a safe, inclusive, and encouraging space.
• Support outreach efforts by connecting with local schools, community groups, and families to raise awareness about the programs.
• Help design program materials including flyers, social media posts, schedules, and activity guides.
• Help develop age‑appropriate educational materials such as worksheets, discussion prompts, safety scenarios, and financial literacy activities.
• Collect feedback and track participation to help improve program quality and impact.
• Track attendance and collect feedback to help evaluate program effectiveness and identify areas for improvement.
• Collaborate with staff and volunteers to ensure smooth setup, cleanup, coordination of activities and follow trauma‑informed best practices.
• Contribute ideas for new youth initiatives that promote leadership, wellness, creativity, and community connection.

What You’ll Gain

• Experience working directly with youth in a community setting.
• Experience working with youth on sensitive, high‑impact topics in a supportive environment.
• Training in trauma‑informed communication, crisis‑aware facilitation, and community engagement.
• Skills in program planning, facilitation, communication, and teamwork.
• Exposure to nonprofit operations and community engagement strategies.
• Opportunities to lead activities and develop your own project ideas.
• A meaningful role supporting positive youth development in the Fair Oaks community.
• Practical skills in curriculum development, program coordination, and youth mentorship.
• A deeper understanding of human trafficking risk factors, prevention strategies, and community resources.
• Experience teaching financial literacy concepts such as budgeting, saving, and responsible decision‑making.

Ideal Candidate

• Passionate about youth empowerment and community service.
• Friendly, patient, and comfortable engaging with diverse groups of young people.
• Comfortable discussing sensitive topics with professionalism and empathy.
• Organized, reliable, and able to take initiative.
• Creative thinker who enjoys problem‑solving and collaboration.
• Strong communication skills and a willingness to learn trauma‑informed approaches.
• Interested in education, social services, public health, nonprofit leadership, Criminal Justice or related fields.
• Able to work some evenings or weekends depending on class schedules.

Commitment & Details

• Location: Fair Oaks Park
• Hours: Flexible; typically 1 to 3 hours per week
• Compensation: Can be structured as academic credit or volunteer internship depending on school requirements
• Supervision: Reports to the Youth Programs Coordinator or designated site lead