Collaboration. Mentorship. Exploration.
What is an Internship?
Potential employers are increasingly interested in hiring graduates who have had meaningful real-world human services experience. Hilbert has long recognized the need to prepare its human services students with hands-on, practical work experience while providing a valuable resource to public and private agencies and organizations. Using a network of more than 50 internship sites, all types of agencies offer human services internships to our students, from drug treatment centers to mental health programs to community social service agencies.
Offered your junior year, internships take place during the fall, spring or summer semesters and you'll receive academic credit for your efforts. This is your chance to make contributions to an organization and to demonstrate your potential value as a full-time employee after graduation.
Benefits of Doing an Internship
A human services internship provides you with the opportunity to:
- Gain valuable human services work experience before graduating.
- Check out your interest in the field.
- Clarify your interests, strengths and weaknesses that need to be worked on.
- Find out about additional job possibilities.
- Develop your intellectual, problem-solving and leadership skills.
- Gain relevant experience and skills, giving you greater potential to be hired by the agency or organization where you intern.
- Network with professionals in the human services field.
- Gain a sense of self-confidence and professionalism.
- Bring classroom learning to life.
- Increase your job marketability in the human services field.
- Narrow your focus and clarify your career goals.
Internship Sites
Hilbert's partnership with many local private and public agencies and organizations provides more than 50 internship sites from which to choose. Among some of the internship sites available are child and family service agencies, alcohol and drug treatment programs, prevention programs, mental health services, and school-based programs.
Who to Contact
To find out more about internship requirements and agencies offering internships in human services, contact:
Kathryn Eskew
Chairperson of Human and Rehabilitation Services
132 Bogel Hall
649-7900, ext. 305
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