Human Services Field Studies

 

Field Study Resources

• HSP Community Connections - internship ideas
• Legislative Internships
• Field Study Manual and Student Forms

 

Field Study Policies and Procedures

Please refer to the Field Study Manual. 

 

Providing Internship Opportunities for Students

If your organization would like to provide one or more students with an internship opportunity, please contact us.

In order to provide non-paying internships in compliance with employment law, you must either be a registered non-profit organization or comply with the following criteria, while providing unpaid interns with the opportunity to develop skills and knowledge that has "transferable usefulness" beyond your specific organization.

1. The internship, even though it includes actual operation of the facilities of the employer, is similar to training which would be given in an educational environment;
2. The internship experience is for the benefit of the intern;
3. The intern does not displace regular employees, but works under close supervision of existing staff;
4. The employer that provides the training derives no immediate advantage from the activities of the intern; and on occasion its operations may actually be impeded;
5. The intern is not necessarily entitled to a job at the conclusion of the internship; and
6. The employer and intern understand that the intern is not entitled to wages for the time spent in the internship.

For more information, visit the U.S. Department of Labor’s website and check out the Wage and Hour Division’s recently issued: Fact Sheet #71: Internship Programs Under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

 

If you are interested in further exploring making internships available to students, please complete this brief questionnaire.  

 

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