Casey Family Programs works directly with children and families to develop and demonstrate effective, practical solutions to safely reduce the need for foster care, improve well-being, and secure safe and lifelong families for every single child in our care.

Child and Family Services (CFS) of Casey Family Programs provides direct services and tribal consultation in pursuit of Casey’s mission to provide, improve, and – ultimately prevent the need for – foster care. CFS operates nine field offices in five states and an Indian Child Welfare Programs office that demonstrate direct service and ICW improvement models. We share our experiences and lessons learned with jurisdictions, tribes, providers, and communities in the spirit of mutual continuous learning. Our work is community and family centered, relationship-based, participatory, and culturally responsive. We recognize the dignity and strength of every individual, family, community and culture.

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This intern will contribute to several research-based projects and implementation of projects and initiatives. These projects include, but aren’t limited to, development and analysis of client feedback and satisfaction surveys, conducting research and analysis to assist CFS in monitoring the well-being of clients, and assisting with the process of creating and revising direct staff trainings. There will also be opportunities to support the preparation around COA audit and assist in editing/creating policy and processes for our direct service work. Possible activities and learning opportunities include:

-Supporting surveying Casey clients to assess their experiences and translate into recommendations for changes
-Assisting CFS to measure well-being of clients
-Reviewing case record activity notes
-Conducting literature reviews on best child welfare practices and satisfaction/client experience survey processes
-Developing writings for internal and external audiences
-Reviewing Universal Practice Standards in preparation for COA audit

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Graduate level data analysis/research experience (quantitative or qualitative)
-Research question and methodology development experience
-Strong written communication skills
-Ability to work independently and on a team
-Ability to learn data analytic tools
-Must be proficient using Microsoft Products: Word, Excel, PowerPoint
-Ability to travel is preferred but not required
-Casey is currently working from the office, most work days in the office are required.

Optional Qualifications:
Experience with Statistical analysis: descriptive and/or inferential
Experience with Data visualization

Submit cover letter and resume to Sara Miller at smiller@casey.org. We are looking to fill this position for the 2024-25 school year.