HOPE & Wellness Internship

HOPE & Wellness internship

The HOPE & Wellness Center supports the mission of the Student Health and Counseling Services and Cal State San Marcos by educating and empowering students to make healthy lifestyle choices. The HOPE & Wellness Center offers the Healthy Cougar Internship program, a year-long academic and hands on learning program. Students selected for the program will work with the health educators in one or more fo the following areas:

Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs
Sexual Health
Nutrition & Physical Health
Mental Health
Healthy Relationships
Sexual Violence

As a Healthy Cougar Intern, students are committed to interning 6-8 hours per week (90-120 hours per semester). Students must submit an online application and attend an interview. The commitment as a Healthy Cougar intern is 1 semeseter - 1 year. Students that are selected must attend the 16 hours mandatory peer education training.

Interested students may apply to be an HOPE & Wellness Healthy Cougar Intern here: Applications due December 15, 2021 for the Spring 2022 semester.

EMPLOYER

Agency Name: Cal State San Marcos Student Health & Counseling Services: HOPE & Wellness Center
Agency Supervisor: Cathy Nguyen, Health Educator
Phone: (760) 750-4917
Email Address: cnguyen@csusm.edu
Address: 333 South Twin Oaks Valley Rd, San Marcos, CA 92096-0001

JOB DESCRIPTION

Responsibilities and Activities may include:

Build leadership and communication skills
Receive training in a variety of health and wellness topics
Co-facilitating trainings with the Health Educator for the Peer Education and Support Program
Coordinating Healthy Cougars meetings
Supervising Healthy Cougars members in absence of the Health Educator
Facilitating classroom presentations as needed
Collects demographic information and evaluation forms from all training and program participants and compiles these statistics appropriately, adjusting presentations based upon participant feedback.

Assist with marketing and promoting health-related programs and SHCS
Assist with planning and implementing various health education program events and health activities.
Research for grant/funding opportunities
Develop and facilitate one health workshop on campus
Work collaboratively with all members of the Healthy Cougars (PAWS) program and SHCS Staff
Continually update personal health knowledge
Other responsibilities/duties as assigned

STUDENT QUALIFICATIONS

Public Speaking ability and non-verbal communication skills
Open-mindedness
Relevant experience related to health
Reliability, responsibility and commitment
Preferred majors: Communications, Human Development, Sociology, Psychology or other health-related majors.

Students who wish to volunteer as a peer educator with a committment of only 4-6 hours per month instead of an intern, please see the Healthy Cougars PAWS peer educator program.