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Wake County Department of Housing Affordability and Community Revitalization
Program: Research and Data Analytics
URL: http://www.wakegov.com/housing/Pages/default.aspx
Contact Person: Vanessa Kopp
MSW Supervisor: Vanessa Kopp
Address: 337 S. Salisbury St.Raleigh NC 4th floor
Phone: 919-856-5277
Fax: 919-856-5594
Email: vanessa.kopp@wakegov.com
Level: MSW Advanced Yr
Agency Auspices: Public
Age Groups: Infant, Pre-School, Elementary, Adolescent, Young Adult, Adult, Older Adult
Setting: Indirect practice (macro)
Transportation: Car Needed
Work Hours: 9-5
Disabilities: Yes
Screening Required: Other
Other Screenings Required: None
Number of Students: 2
Fields of Practice: Advocacy, Community Organizing, Homeless/Housing, Public Policy, Social Service Agency, Social Justice
Other Fields of Practice:
Major Functions: Administration, Advocacy, Community Education, Community Organizing, Community Outreach, Data Collection, Evaluation/Research, Multidisciplinary work, Policy Analysis, Prevention/Education, Program Evaluation, Team Meetings
Other Functions:
Tasks/Assignments for intern: Wake County's Housing Department is improving and advancing the continuum of affordable housing from homelessness to permanent housing to affordable housing development. The MSW Intern will serve on the Research and Data Analytics team, lead by the Strategic Advisor for Data who will also serve as their Field Supervisor. The intern will work alongside the Strategic Advisor to perform program evaluation across the department; clean, transform and analyze data; research emerging and best practice, create recommendations on how to operationalize those best practices. Our intern will learn how to use the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS), which is a nationally utilized and federally required database for homeless service provider, powerful data visualization platforms like PowerBI and ArcGIS, and other transferable tools. Our intern will also represent the Department in community meetings, stakeholder groups, and committees.
Ideal student description: The ideal student will be highly self-motivated, focused, adaptable to changing priorities, able to think creatively about solutions, and, most importantly, passionate about an end to homelessness and the affordable housing crisis here in Wake County.
Pay/stipend offered?: No