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Hands-On Experience for Students

Experience a career at Youth Villages!

The Youth Villages Internship Program offers you unique, hands-on experience working with emotionally and behaviorally troubled youth in a residential, group home or home-based counseling setting in Memphis or one of our many other locations. A week-long orientation prepares you to work closely with our staff and learn to carry out many of the same duties, including group therapy, one-on-one processing, teaching life skills, organizing recreational therapy activities and more.

Our Internship Program also is a lot of fun. Community housing arrangements and organized group activities and outings to baseball games, Graceland, cosmic bowling and a smashing intern bash ensure you have plenty of fun things to do.

Youth Villages offers internships year round. Summer internships are 40 hours a week for 10 weeks and are paid. Fall or spring internships are for credit only; schedules are flexible.



Application Process & Deadline

Fall and Spring Interns do not have an application deadline.  For Summer 2008 Internships the early application deadline is December 1, 2007, however the closure date is March 1, 2008.

To apply for an internship, please select "Apply Here Online" and select Fall, Spring, or Summer term.  If you have difficulty applying or questions, please email our Intern Manager, Sister Barbara Spencer.  Once your application is received you will receive an email from Sister Barbara regarding your application and the selection process.

Our Internship Program Offers:

  • In-depth training in therapeutic treatment techniques.
  • Invaluable hands-on experience working with troubled youth.
  • Direct interaction with full-time professionals.
  • Personal and professional growth.
  • Flexible schedules.
  • A chance for full-time employment -- we typically hire 20 percent of our interns.




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