Job Description
Position: Developmental Disability Outreach Intern
Salary Range: $16.28 per hour
Location: Community Health Department
Employment Type: Temporary position of not more than six (6) weeks in duration with flexible work period not to commence before June 1, 2024, and concluding no later than August 31, 2024, with a maximum work week not to exceed 20 hours/week, not to exceed a maximum of 120 hours in total
Part Time Benefits Include: Benefited employees shall accrue sick leave benefits at the percentage rate of hours worked per week, to a maximum of eight (8) hours earned per month based on a forty (40) hour workweek but not less than one (1) hour per every forty (40) hours worked per County Policy 30.05.0
Visit Walla Walla County Website for detailed benefits information.
Brief Duties and Responsibilities: Walla Walla Community Health has an internship opportunity with our Developmental Disability program. The Department of Community Health’s Developmental Disabilities program includes services for children Birth-3 with developmental delays, Children with Special Health Care Needs, transition from high school to adult services, and employment and community inclusion supports. The program is currently working on several priorities for 2024 including an online and printed resource for people we serve to access services and agencies, increasing our presence at community events, and updating policy and procedure manuals for the department. Program staff participate in multiple committees including the Association of County Human Services (ACHS) Executive Committee, Interagency Transition Network, Accessible Communities Advisory Committee, Interagency Childhood Coalition, Early Childhood Learning Coalition, and a statewide work group for the Department of Vocational Rehabilitation’s School to Work program.
Working Environment/Physical Abilities: Work will be performed both inside and outside of the Community Health Department and within the community at large. Requires manual dexterity and visual acuity to operate personal computer and peripherals. Ability to lift and carry twenty-five (25) pounds. Requires sufficient hearing and speech ability to communicate verbally.
Minimum Qualifications: Minimum high school or GED graduate. Enrolled in an institution of higher education in a bachelor’s or master’s level program.
Application: Walla Walla County application, resume and cover letter required. Job description is available on our website at www.co.walla-walla.wa.us where you can apply online.
SELECTION IS BASED ON QUALIFICATIONS, ORAL INTERVIEW, BACKGROUND CHECK AND DRIVING RECORD CHECK.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY / AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER / ADA COMPLIANT
Type: Intern
Pay: $16.28 per HOUR
About
Walla Walla County
Walla Walla County (population 62,000) may be Washington State’s best-kept secret. Located in the Southeastern corner of the state, in the foothills of the Blue Mountains.
Rolling green hills lead to Walla Walla’s patchwork of farms and snowy backdrop of the Blues in the distance. A quaint, well-kept downtown district, lined with lovely brick and stone architecture with first-class retail shops of every description. Fine dining abounds, and Walla Walla’s award-winning wine culture is evident everywhere. With three colleges, a thriving viticulture industry (over 100 wineries), and mild “Four-Season” climate, Walla Walla is home to 32,000 residents. Besides our County seat in Walla Walla, we also proudly serve College Place, Waitsburg, Touchet, Wallula, Burbank, Prescott and Dixie. There is the County Fair, hot air balloons in the summer sky, parades down Main Street… and you’re surrounded by fishing, skiing, boating, cycling, hiking, camping – in the uncrowded outdoor spaces.
Walla Walla County is a great place to live, work and play. It is also the perfect place to raise a family, with excellent schools, public libraries, and parks.