Student Intern (Neighborhood Services Division)

Make a Difference in Your Community: Student Internship Opportunity 

Are you passionate about creating positive change? The City of Sioux City Neighborhood Services Division is looking for a dedicated Student Intern to help support individuals and families experiencing homelessness in our community. This is more than just an internship—it’s an opportunity to gain hands-on experience in social work or human services while building valuable connections with community organizations.

Your work will include:
1. Supporting individuals both housed in shelters and those unhoused.
2. Screening clients for service eligibility and assisting with securing vital documents (e.g., state ID, birth certificates).
3. Completing coordinated entry system intakes and providing referrals to local service agencies.

Location: Based at the Neighborhood Services Division Outreach Office in the Martin Luther King Jr. Transportation Center (521 Nebraska Street), this position also offers opportunities to work outside the office, directly engaging with the community.

Details:
1. Approximately 20 hours per week (flexible around your class schedule).
2. Duration: 12 weeks, with the possibility of extension.

Requirements:
* Currently enrolled in a degree program (Sophomore, Junior, or Senior).
* A valid driver’s license.
* Compassion, excellent communication skills, and a desire to help those experiencing homelessness.

Join us!
Cognitive Demands, Skills and Abilities:  Ability to follow instructions and accept constructive criticism; Ability to speak clearly so others can understand you, ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer), ability to see details at a distance, ability to identify and understand the speech of another person, ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
 
Job Knowledge:  Must have general knowledge, job skills and abilities associated with their particular work assignment; Good knowledge of the handling the public; ability to perform a wide variety of duties and responsibilities with accuracy and speed under the pressure of time-sensitive deadlines; ability to quickly learn and put to use new skills and knowledge brought about by rapidly changing information and/or technology.
 
Language Ability and Interpersonal Communication:  Ability to express oneself clearly both orally and in writing; ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with City employees and the general public; Requires effective communication skills and the ability to provide assistance to customers (external and internal).  Requires the ability to write and speak clearly, distinctly and effectively with fellow employees and the general public; read in English and compare similarities and differences between words and series of numbers; apply common sense understanding to the work process, procedures, programs and services; and to provide and follow verbal and written instructions.
 
Physical Requirements:  Regularly lifts up to 10 pounds and occasionally lifts up to 30 pounds. Good physical condition.
 
Work Environment:  Work may be performed inside a typical inside office environment with appropriate heating and cooling or in outdoor field conditions, which include varying weather conditions, occupational or environmental hazards typically associated with general public contact, and varying street level noises; and touring work sites that are in various stages of development.

Salary : $9 - $20