Past Internship Sites:

• Cherry Health
• Safe Harbor Children’s Advocacy Center
• Center for Women in Transition
• US Department of Veteran’s Affairs
• Muskegon County Department of Health and Human Services
• Kent County Juvenile Detention Center
• Family Outreach Center
• Arbor Circle
• Lighthouse Girls Treatment Program
• Emmanuel Hospice

Where Alumni Have Landed

• Social Work Associate – Disability Advocates of Kent County
• Substance Use Disorder* Specialist – Veteran’s Administration
• Foster Care Case Aid – Samaritas
• Case Manager – Family Outreach Center
• Social Worker* – Senior Resources of West Michigan
• School Social Worker* – Rockford Public Schools
• Case Manager – State of Michigan
• Resident Crisis Counselor – Arbor Circle
• Investigator Specialist* – Department of Child Protective Services
• Transitional Foster Care Clinician* – Bethany Christian Services
• Maternal/Infant Health Social Worker – Cherry Street Health Services
• Group Facilitator* – Gilda’s Club
• Medical Social Worker* – Cancer and Hematology Centers of West Michigan
• Employment Specialist – Goodwill Industries
• Behavioral Health Technician – Centria Healthcare
• Community Health Educator* – Spectrum Health Healthier Communities
• Direct Care Worker – Pine Rest Christian Mental Health
• Patient Care Technician/Unit Coordinator – Holland Hospital
• Direct Care Counselor – D.A. Blodgett-St. John’s
• Rehab Specialist – Advanced Rehabilitation Management, Inc

• * Denotes a Master's degree required

• Alpha Psi Sigma – Scholastic honorary society for criminal justice
• Criminal Justice Student Association
• Law Society
• Mock Trial Club
• Pals Student Mentors

Research the expansion of human rights, cultural competence, and empowerment in Ghana. Evaluate equality, social and political justice in China. Develop a global perspective in social work practice, and enrich yourself in a multi-cultural experience while traveling in Ireland. You can begin to shape the human service delivery systems worldwide by studying abroad in the country of your choice.

• Ethical reasoning
• Research
• Detailed and succinct report writing
• Problem-solving
• Analyzing public policies and economic factors

• Intercultural and diversity awareness
• Interviewing and interrogation
• Adaptable
• Collaborative
• Leadership

Meet your career advisor Dayna Phillips