Restorative Justice – One Summer Chicago (SUMMER ONLY)

Location: 4730 N. Sheridan, Chicago, IL AND 241 E 57th St Chicago, IL
Level: Foundation/First Year
Accessible by Public Transportation? Yes
Car Needed for Internship? No
Evening and/or Weekend Hours option? No
Description: Foundation year placement providing supportive services to clients in Alternatives’ restorative justice One Summer Chicago employment program. Students must be available during the day MTWThF. Clients age ranges from 12 to 18.

Behavioral Health – Clinical (Therapy)

Location: 2 days / week at Chicago Public School assigned after internship start; 1 day / week admin/remote.
Level: Advanced / 2nd year
Number of hires: Up to 6
Accessible by Public Transportation? Yes
Car Needed for Internship? No
Evening and/or Weekend Hours option? Possible
Description: Perform the following from a racial, gender, sexuality, and accessibility equity lens:

• Average a number of clinical hours of direct service per week as directed by the supervisor.
• Perform a variety of therapy, assessment, and case management services.
• Provide assessment, treatment, and training services at community locations/schools, as requested.
• Conduct therapeutic groups on a variety of topics as needed.
• Participate in an interdisciplinary team within the school or other community locations regarding social emotional needs of students.
• Maintain complete, accurate, and timely written documentation in client files of all services provided.
• Participate in all- agency meetings, behavioral health staffing, and supervision.
• Demonstrate knowledge of Alternatives, Inc. policies, practices, and services. Please note: if you are assigned to a CPS school, you will be expected to stay for the duration of the 2025-2026 school year to avoid disruption of services for students

Behavioral Health – SeeIt (Trauma Informed Capacity-Building)

Location: 2 days / week at Chicago Public School, assigned after internship starts; admin
work done remote
Level: Graduate – Foundation or Advanced, Undergraduate
Accessible by Public Transportation? Yes
Car Needed for Internship? No
Evening and/or Weekend Hours option? When available
Description: Description: SeeIt (Systemic Evaluation, Enhancement and Institutional Training) is a capacity building program dedicated to building and strengthening Tier I behavioral health services in
schools. Tier I services refer to the core instruction and support that every student receives when attending school. The goal of the program is to shift institutional culture and create sustainable healing centered environments by providing wrap around services to students, administration, and staff. SEEIT’s primary focus is to conduct social emotional learning push-in lessons in the classrooms while non-clinical 1:1 mentorship and non-clinical wellness groups
being the secondary focus. The SEEIT intern is responsible for the following:

● Create Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) curriculum to be administered in the classrooms.
● Present SEL curriculum in the classroom as needed.
● Present SEL curriculum to teaching staff when necessary
● Help create training for school staff on mental health and trauma informed approaches to classroom work
● Co-facilitate workshops and trainings with supervisor
● Assist the SeeIt Coordinator and SeeIt Specialist with tasks as needed

● Assist with data collection, entry and interpretation for the SeeIt Program
● Review existing assessments and provide suggestions for improvement using evidence-basedscreening tools.
● Participate and provide consistent engagement in Behavioral Health Team Meetings

Data Internship

Location: Remote
Level: Foundation or advanced
Accessible by Public Transportation?: No
Car Needed for Internship?: No
Evening and/or Weekend Hours option?: Yes
Description:
● Support Data Specialist with agency data entry and quality control
● Design and modify forms and data collection measures
● Support agency staff with database technical assistance
● Help to build monthly and quarterly program reports
● Visual reports using Tableau, Canva, and other applications
● Support with program evaluation
● Research on data processes using software or programming languages (R, Python, etc.)
● Support building a data repository

Racial Equity Internship

Location: Remote
Level: Introductory
Accessible by Public Transportation?: No
Car Needed for Internship?: No
Evening and/or Weekend Hours option?: No
Description:
– Conduct research on racial equity topics, current policies, and best practices to assist the Racial Equity Coordinator in building training curriculum.
– Assist in the planning, coordination, and execution of racial equity programs, workshops, and training sessions. Collaborate with team members to develop engaging educational materials and resources when needed
– Support efforts to engage with community organizations, stakeholders, and marginalized groups. Assist in developing partnerships and maintaining effective relationships to promote inclusivity and racial justice.
– Assist in collecting training data related to Racial Equity. Help report training metrics and data to the data team.
– Contribute to the development of internal and external communications materials to raise awareness about racial equity initiatives. Assist in drafting articles, blog posts, and social media content that promotes understanding and dialogue around racial
justice issues when needed
– Assist in the facilitation of workshops, training, and discussions on racial equity topics and help maintain a productive environment that is conducive to learning and progressing.