Health Services Youth Initiative

 

Through the Health Services Youth Initiative program, CAREERS team members visit high schools across Alberta to showcase various health careers and to offer an opportunity for interested teens to participate in a one-of-a-kind internship program with public and private health facilities, with the goal of attracting young talent to hard-to-fill health occupations.

 

The CAREERS Health Services Summer Internship program is an experience that allows grade 11 high school students to explore a health-related career and develop employability skills. During the summer months, students work with a health services provider for about six weeks and earn one high school credit for every 25 hours worked. Most employers offer a salary or an honorarium. Some participating health service providers offer a second summer internship for selected grade 12 students.

 

Schedule

 

January to April: CAREERS recruits students for internship placements.

 

February: Health Services providers develop placement descriptions.

 

March to April: CAREERS posts placement opportunities on website.

 

April: Students complete application forms and submit them to their schools’ work experience coordinators. The applications are then sent to CAREERS.

 

May: Top applicants are selected for interviews.

 

May/June: Interviews are arranged with the health services providers and potential student interns.

 

June: Health services providers make their final decisions; students are notified.

 

July: Internships begin July 3.

 

August: Internships end August 24.