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 November 15, 2019 for the Spring 2020 semester. 

EMPLOYER

 Agency Name: Cal State San Marcos Student Health Services
 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. 

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HOPE & Wellness Center
333 S. Twin Oaks Valley Rd
San Marcos, CA 92096-0001
Phone: (760) 750-4917
Email:
csusmhope@gmail.com