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WE ARE CURRENTLY RECRUITING INTERNS FOR THE 2023-2024 ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR!
Auraria Survivor Advocate Internship
Graduate advocacy interns gain a variety of skills and experiences in direct victim services for students, staff, and faculty experiencing and/or impacted by interpersonal violence (relationship violence, sexual violence, and stalking).
They are trained to provide advocacy both in-person and via our 24/7 helpline. This includes providing trauma-informed emotional support, court and police reporting accompaniment, extensive resource coordination, and safety planning. We are looking for flexible and committed individuals who are dedicated to the cause.
Interns will be provided with in-depth and ongoing training in dynamics of victimization and will gain experience in providing direct service advocacy to our large campus community. In addition to becoming a Colorado certified Victim’s Advocate, Interns gain valuable experience in case management, crisis intervention, and collaborating with multiple systems/organizations.
Reports to: Advocacy Services Program Manager
For additional information or to apply, please email a completed application to Harriet McTigue, harriet.mctigue@ucdenver.edu.
Auraria Violence Prevention Educator Internship
Undergraduate and graduate prevention Education Interns will be trained to provide consistent, thorough information about relationship violence, sexual violence, and stalking, and related topics to the Auraria campus community. They will be involved in the design of prevention and education programs and their implementation.
Prevention Education Interns will actively engage in campus awareness activities, classroom presentations, orientations, and educational presentations to various campus groups. Prevention Education Interns must be self-starters and able to fulfill their hours with little direction.
We are looking for flexible and committed individuals who are dedicated to the cause. Prevention Education Interns will develop presentation, facilitation, and leadership skills through participation in this opportunity. We serve the University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz, the Community College of Denver and Metropolitan State University of Denver.
Reports to: Violence Prevention Advocacy Coordinator
For additional information or to apply, please email a copy of your application to Racheal Reed-Maloney, racheal.reed@ucdenver.edu.
Social Media Internship
Social Media Interns will be trained to provide consistent, thorough information about relationship violence, sexual violence, stalking, and related topics to the Auraria campus community through physical and digital marketing materials and social media content.
Social Media Interns will conduct research about interpersonal violence to create bathroom signs, event flyers, and social media posts for the PCA. Social Media Interns will use Canva in the creation of these physical and digital marketing materials. Social Media Interns will be responsible for managing and creating content for the PCA’s podcast “The Phoenix Cast”, PCA website, email listserv, Instagram, and TikTok. Social Media Interns will also create graphics for the PCA buttons that will be handed out at PCA tablings and events.
Social Media Interns must be self-starters and able to fulfill their hours with little direction. We are looking for flexible and committed individuals who are dedicated to violence prevention work through education, marketing, and the creation of social media content. Social Media Interns will develop research, marketing, critical thinking, and leadership skills through participation in this internship/work-study position. We serve the University of Colorado Denver, the Community College of Denver, and Metropolitan State University of Denver.
This position does require completion of our 35 hour crisis response training for helpline service, but interns are not required to volunteer for the helpline.
For additional information or to apply, please email info@thepca.org
Please not: All internship positions require completion of our 32 hour crisis response training