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Internship opportunities

Anoka County Probation Department.
County and Federal facilities (MACPO listing)
FBI Honors Internship. Summers for well qualified students. The FBI has additional internships. Complete list is here.
Federal Probation, Minneapolis The U. S. District Court, District of Minnesota Probation Office from time to time offers summer internships. The description promises both PSI and supervision experience! Contact Jay Raman (CPO), 406 U. S. Courthouse, 300 South Fourth Street, Minneapolis, MN 55415-1320 (612-664-5400). ( click for email contact)
Clay County Juvenile Probation usually has a 400 hour internship. This office is a DOC. The supervisor is Rick Young who will interview all candidates. Since this is a local internship, it is usually very competitive. Make a timely application. Contact Mr Rick Young at 218-299-5052.
Cass County Probation and Parole usually has a 400 hour internship. This office supervises adults only. North Dakota Probation Officers are sworn Peace Officers. Therefore, this internship provides a very different experience than Minnesota probation. Contact Stacey Sanders (701-239-7272).
Valley-Lake Boy's Home.
Breckenridge, MN
This is a small residential treatment facility only 45 miles from campus. See me to examine their literature.
Dakota County Community Corrections Department offers positions in both the juvenile and adult units. The county advertises itself as having a strong Restorative Justice program.
Contact: Ruth Fonstad, Volunteer & Intern Coordinator, (click here for email contact), Community Services Division, 14955 Galaxie Avenue West, Apple Valley, MN 55124-8579 (952-891-7282)
U. S. Customs Service, Port of Minneapolis has three unpaid internships per year. Dates are flexible. Background investigation and drug test. Minnesota students given preference. Contact US Customs, Attn: CI Erickson, 7100 34th Ave So, Minneapolis, MN 55450.
Send a copy of College transcript and a resume. Specify in a cover letter the term you are interested in. Include your name and phone number as well as the name and number of a University contact (the intern supervisor).

Jamestown, ND, Community Corrections offers a 400 hour internship with both Juvenile and Adult probationers. There is a $125 stipend (covers tuition) with this one. Contact Gary Ackerman at 701-251-2038.
Rainbow Bridge Safe Exchange/Visitation Center.
Fall, 1999, internship ``to assist in the daily happenings of Rainbow Bridge.'' See bulleting board for more details. Hansel has a single copy.
Hennepin County Community Corrections Adult Probation.
Minimum of 400 hours required.
Contact: Maggie McCarrick 612-348-6893
maggie.mccarrick@co.hennepin.mn.us
The Program for Aid to Sexual Assault in Duluth, MN needs interns. A 40 hour training period is required. Housing and transportation assistance is available.
Contact: Monica Roth Day, Advocacy Coordinator. 218-726-1442. pavsa@cp.duluth.mn.us, PAVSA, 32 E. 1st Street, Suite 200, Duluth, MN 55802.
Cass County Attorney in Fargo, ND will take non-law students as interns. The work is varied and would probably include research on issues of interest to both student and the agency. (Two examples of research that might be done are shaken baby syndrom and criminalization of substance abuse by pregnant women.)
Contact: Connie Cleveland 239-6797
US Custom Service, Port of Minneapolis, offers three unpaid internships each year.
Location: International Airport, Minneapolis,MN
Qualifications: Internship is for college credit, pass both drug test and background investigation. The background takes several months to complete.
To Apply: Send copy of transcript and a resume. In a cover letter, specify that MSU uses a semester system. Give the name and telephone number of the intern supervisor.
Contact: U.S. Customs, Attn: CI Erickson, 7100 34th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55450
Thistledew Camp, Northern MN. Pays $412. High Adventure program. Their web site is: http://www.thistledewcamp.com.
Luther Hall, Fargo, ND. Part of Lutheran Social Services of North Dakota, Luther Hall is a residential treatment center for males and females age 10-17 with emotional and behavioral disorders.
Contact: Shawna Croaker, Internshipo Coordinator, 1505 5th Ave. South, Fargo, ND 58103 (232-8905 ask for Shawna Croaker or Stacey Nosbusch).
List of Minnesota agency internship coordinators. Thanks to Sara Reyerson and Jason Cool for their hard work putting this together.

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National Employment Listing Service

General resource for anyone trying to narrow their search to occupational fields. Visit the site. (You can find any state's employment service linked from this site. MN is pulled out explicitly below.) Sam Houston State University has apparently reorganized its site and this page is no longer available. After advising week and the round of meetings in early April, I will find another site that permits a national search for employment for MSU CJ majors. (MVH 3-26-1999)

For Minnesota Job Searches, see: Minnesota Department of Economic Security Take me there.

Real Jobs

Deputy Sheriff - (Hennepin County) Now (Oct. 22, 2002) open.
The Deputy Sheriff position is open for applications until October 27. This posting will include any candidates who will take the POST exam by March 31, 2003.
link to the posting
Questions:

Kari Boe Schmidtz 612-348-7148, toll-free 1-877-733-7278

Hennepin County Human Resources
First, register with the Career Services office! They are tasked with having current lists of specific jobs for which MSU graduates are eligible. They work hard to do their job well! (They also can help with resumes and other job finding necessities.)
Corrections
- Northwest Passage Ltd
  Periodically NWPassage hires counsellors and case managers. The program has a video of their three programs that students may view. To learn if there are current openings, contact:
  
  Northwest Passage
  C/O Mark Elliott
  203 United Way Drive
  Frederic, WI 54837
  Fax: 715-327-4470
  email: NWPCAC@northwestpassageltd.com
  website: www.northwestpassageltd.com
- MN Corrections (Dept. of Corrections).
  The Minnesota Correctional Facilites are short staffed and hiring. See their web page for details of current openings. The Rush City facility is scheduled to open about the first of 2000 and is not fully staffed.
  
  The web site has a tab for jobs on the main page. Every time I have visited this page, there have been 10-20 open positions ranging from "groundskeeper" to positions requiring advanced degrees. Usually there are a few appropriate to CJ majors who want the security and benefits the State of Minnesota offers.
- Corrections Agent: Minnesota Dept of Employee Relations is advertsing openings throughout the state for Corrections Agents.
  Pay attention to the way the Civil Service test is scored. It may be better not to take the exam and instead to present significant internship and voluteer experience.
  
  There are two options for testing. Read this over carefully. For many students, it is better not to take the test and to build up a lot of volunteer and internship experience.
  1. ``Corrections Agent - E&T:'' -- (The No Test option)
    BA in Corrections, CJ, Criminology, Counselling, Psychology, Social Work or Sociology = 90 points; OR
    
    Behavioral sciences degrees rother degrees related to the behavioral sciences = 80 points; OR
    
    Ninety quarter credits (60 semester credits) of which 45 quarter (30 semester) are in the behavioral sciences or other degrees related to the behavioral sciences and two years experience providing case management services in corrections, treatment or residential facilities = 70 points.
  2. Corrections Agent -WT:''
    Written test (100%) covering: reading comprehension, English language usage and counseling knowledge. A passing score on the written test = 70 points.
  3. Bonus points: (Up to 15)
    Three months full time Corrections agent or court services experience = 5 points, up to 15 points.
    
    Twenty or more contract pre-sentence investigations = 3 points.
    
    Full time internship (400 hour) as a Corrections Agent or in court service = 3 points.
  The following points are made in a document prepared by the Minn. Corrections Association Services Committee (Christine Fischer, DOC, contact person -612-642-0449).
  1. Total points on exam is 100.
  2. Students can get their score only after graduation.
  3. Bonus points are available for work that is ``direct experience as a Corrections Agent or experience in a Court Serices Department.'' (That means, probation internships and Detention Center internships.)
  4. Bonus points are given for doing PSIs, PDIs but not Chemical Dependency evaluations. The DOC pays $85 per PSI/PDI prepared. Bonus points are 3 per 20 reports.
  5. There is no ``decay factor'' on work experience or internships.
  6. An internship is defined as ``10 week internship or a combination that adds up to the same.'' In other words, less counts as nothing.
  7. It takes 4 to 8 weeks to get a score after submitting a request.
  8. Dos and Donts: ``Be sure to identify on your state application which option you are choosing (E & T or WT). Be very specific in your letter regarding bonus points. Include dates, hours, location, etc... of each area where bonus points are requested. Type or write your application neatly. Remember, your potential employer will likely review and verify everything you send in.
  9. Openings result in the names of the top 20 persons on the state list being submitted.
  10. Second tests differ from first tests. (Retakes of the Corrections Agent exam is on a different test.)
- Private Security
- Investigations: Insurance companies, the IRS and some private companies hire people without Law Enforcement experience as investigators. Different companies make differing recommendations regarding additional preparation for these positions. The differences however are slight - some say an accounting minor and others say a business minor. Either way, basic accounting is advisable.
- Law Enforcement
- Job Fair: Fall Tri-College Career Fair, November 16, 1999 at the Fargo Civic Center. Last year, there was an April job fair. Register at the Career Services office. They organize these.
- Main Minnesota Peace Officer Standards and Training page
- POST employment notices
- Law Enforcement Career Guides. Advertises guides to Federal LE careers, state troopers requirements in all states, handgun laws and more. This is a commercial site that makes money by selling you guides at about $10 a pop.
- FBI The FBI looks for people with excellent academic records and three years of experience. The "experience" is not narrowly defined, but obviously law enforcement experience is evaluated favorably.
- Other federal: Customs is hiring (fall 1999). Look at their web page to begin the process. Customs Service Main page. There is also a specific Custom Service Career page.
  Customs also has an explorer program. They describe it this way:
  
  Membership for the program requires: be between the ages of 14 and 21, be enrolled in an academic institution, maintain a "C" average, and obtain guardian's consent (if applicable). If you are interested in this program, please contact your local US Customs Service office listed in your telephone book under United States Government or call
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