Internship opportunity

OUTREACH PREVENTION SPECIALIST INTERN
INTERNSHIP JOB DESCRIPTION
TITLE: Outreach/Prevention Specialist Intern

SUPERVISED BY: Outreach Coordinator

TO APPLY: Please send cover letter and resume to Ann-Marie Mark at

ann-mariemark@jcfs.org or call 224-625-2906 with any questions.

SUMMARY: Provides on-going educational programs/services to schools and community organizations by planning and facilitating one time educational programs on a variety of teen topics including comprehensive sex education, healthy relationships and teen dating violence, bullying, LGBTQ awareness and more. Plans and implements various long-term leadership groups for youth. Establishes working relationships with youth and key youth professionals. Refers teens to appropriate services as necessary.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Facilitate programs for groups large and small

2. Develop health and wellness curriculum

3. Establish appropriate relationships with teens through structured programs and community outreach

4. Act as a liaison between teens in need and appropriate referral sources

5. Participate in weekly staff meetings, supervision, and in-service training

6. Maintain written records and input programmatic data into the CSM system

7. Network with community organizations including synagogue, camp and school personnel

8. Perform other duties as assigned


SPECIFICATIONS: Looking for a Masters-level student in Public Health, Woman and Gender Studies or other related field to do a 20 hour a week internship. Must be comfortable speaking in large groups and must be comfortable teaching comprehensive sex education, including discussions on methods of protection and contraceptives. Group experience preferred. The ability to travel independently within the Chicago metropolitan area and periodic travel outside the State of Illinois is required.


PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORK ENVIRONMENT: The Outreach/Prevention Specialist is regularly required to speak and hear, is frequently required to stand, walk, use hands and fingers, handle, or feel, and reach with hands and arms. The intern is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, taste and smell, lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Required vision abilities include: close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. The ability to maintain written records and provide regular statistical information is required. The ability to travel within the Chicago metropolitan area and periodic travel outside the State of Illinois is required.

The work environment is usually that of a well-lit office, conference or meeting room, and there is occasional exposure to outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usual moderate.

The foregoing is a general outline of the position, which may be changed or modified at any time at the discretion of management, either formally or informally, orally or in writing.

Weds March 30 2011 (10am): Prev Med and Epidemiology Grand Rounds: Kiros Berhane

Note the time is 10am and the location is in the Stritch School of Medicine, room 360.

Presenter: Kiros Berhane, Ph.D
"Multi Level Modeling Techniques for Childhood Obesity Research"

10:00 AM
Conference Room 360, SSOM
Associate Professor, Division of Biostatistics
Dept. of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California

ABSTRACT (brief):
The alarming rise in childhood obesity and its health consequences are serious public health challenges. We will discuss the main features of our multi-level study design, the modeling approaches under the general mixed effects model structure, flexible tools for handling non-linear growth trajectories in BMI trajectories in children, and tools for fitting the models in order to draw valid inferences about the impacts of environmental and genetic factors on obesity development in children.

Public Health Grand Rounds March 24 11 AM

March 24 at 11 AM we are pleased to have Dr. Alex Chang present:
                           "Salt, Potassium and Blood Pressure"

This talk will make you question your choice of pizza for lunch!  Salt remains a major issue for public health in the U.S.  Many countries are addressing salt consumption at the population level thru corporate incentives for salt reduction and other mechanisms.  Learn how salt and potassium intake affects population health.  Dr. Chang's talk will start at 11 AM Thursday March 24.  Grand rounds are held in the 3rd floor of the Maguire building, room 3347, Loyola Medical Center, 2160 First Avenue, Maywood IL