Youth Development Intern, Residential Services

Job overview

The Youth Development Intern, Residential Services role is in person in Wading River, New York. The internship is unpaid and credit-bearing. Little Flower Children and Family Services of New York is a nonprofit human services organization supporting children, youth, families, and individuals across New York City and Long Island. Under close staff supervision, the intern assists with youth engagement, structured activities, daily routines, and documentation while learning about trauma-informed care and residential programming. The internship supports the residential team and provides supervised exposure to youth development and child welfare services.

What you'll do

• Assist staff with youth supervision during activities and daily routines
• support structured group programming
• help reinforce cottage rules
• assist with meal preparation or activity setup as appropriate
• observe behavior management strategies
• assist with activity or incident documentation under supervision
• participate in team meetings and training.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

youth development intern

residential services

youth engagement

structured activities

trauma-informed care

child welfare

supervised internship

unpaid internship

credit-bearing

wading river ny

little flower children and family services

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Interns do not provide sole supervision, crisis intervention, physical restraint, or independent clinical services; occasional local travel with supervisory staff may occur.

About the employer

Little Flower Children and Family Services of New York is hiring for this role. Industry: Other Residential Care Facilities. Sector: 62.