Internships are a Vital Part of USCB's Human Services Program
One of the most distinctive and valuable aspects of USCB’s Human Services program is the experience-based internship component. Each of the three internship courses requires at least 120 hours of service in a supervised human service setting.
Working with our internship course coordinator, each student will identify human services settings that match their interests and career goals. Students are responsible for securing their internship placements. An internship application must be completed prior to receiving approval to enrol in a Human Services Internship course. Please complete the application available at this link, and submit to jleadem@uscb.edu.
Summer Internships 2022
Safe Haven Family Counseling Services, LLC
"I was honored to complete my internship with Safe Haven Family Counseling Services, LLC. During my internship I had the pleasure to make a flyer for a non-profit organization that we did, which was called the “Girls Group”. This organization provided emotional, behavioral, and social support to teenage girls. I also attended a health fair where we got to educate people about therapy and let them know how important mental health is."
- Angel Brace, Summer 2022 Intern
Family Promise of Beaufort County
"My internship this summer was at Family Promise of Beaufort County, an organization that provides temporary shelter, family stability and permanent housing solutions for homeless families with children by mobilizing resources from interfaith and secular communities. I enjoyed my time as an intern here and hope to continue volunteering with the organization even after my internship finishes."
- Kate Stanton, Summer 2022 intern
Internship Opportunities
Examples of the kinds of agencies and organizations that have served as hosts for previous internships, and that are found statewide, include:
- ABLE of South Carolina, Greenville
ABLE of South Carolina is at the forefront of activism and thought leadership issues affecting people with disabilities. It provides a variety of training programs to educate and assists the community in disability accommodation and awareness. - Active Day of Sumter
Active Day provides an engaging environment that offers socialization, activities, meals, care, and compassion to all adults and aging seniors with various physical and cognitive needs. - Beaufort County Alcohol & Drug, Beaufort
The goal of Beaufort County Alcohol & Drug is to help individuals and families to come to grips with problems of substance abuse and to prevent these problems from happening again. - Beyond Our Walls, North Charleston
The goal of Beyond Our Walls is to expose children living with limited resources to the many cultural and educational opportunities available in our community. - Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Lowcountry, North Charleston
- Carolina Forest Child Development and Learning Center, Myrtle Beach
- Clarendon County Detention Center, Manning
- Coastal Empire, Beaufort
- The College Sage, Charleston
- Communities In Schools Statewide, Charleston, Columbia, Greenville
- De Gullah Way Preschool, St. Helena Island
- Department of Social Services: Chesterfield
- Department of Veterans Affairs, Columbia
- Family Promise of Beaufort County, Bluffton
- Guardian Ad Litem Program, Orangeburg
Train volunteers to do independent investigations and make written and oral reports to the Family Court regarding what is in the child’s best interest during the child abuse and neglect case. - Habitat for Humanity, Charleston
Habitat for Humanity of the Lowcountry partners with families in need of an affordable home of their own; fostering stability, self-reliance, and a strong sense of community. - Hopeful Horizons, Beaufort
Hopeful Horizons is a children’s advocacy, domestic violence, and rape crisis center. Together, we create safer communities by changing the culture of violence and offer a path to healing. - Irmo Chapin Recreation Commission, Columbia
- McLeod Hospital Seacost, Little River
- Mission, Lexington
- National Alliance for Mental Illness, Bluffton
- National Youth Advocate Program, Charleston
The South Carolina Youth Advocate Program (SCYAP) is South Carolina’s premier provider of foster care and community-based services. - Programs for Exceptional People, Bluffton
Provides help to adults with a broad spectrum of intellectual, physical and developmental disabilities. - Quality of Life Group, West Columbia
- Sanders Family Counseling, Florence
- SC Department of Education-Nutrition, Columbia
The mission of the Office of Health and Nutrition is to support districts and schools in the adoption, implementation, and compliance with effective policies, practices, and programs that support student health and nutrition for optimum academic achievement and wellbeing. - Three Rivers Behavioral Health, West Columbia
- USCB Student Life, Bluffton campus
- Westminster Christian School, Rock Hill
- York County Department of Social Services, Rock Hill
**Important Note for Online Students Who Live Outside South Carolina:
Please note that each state regulates its own higher education requirements. The majority of states exempt online education from regulation but do not exempt internships, which are considered to be an educational program operating in the other state, i.e., not the state in which the degree-conferring institution is physically located. USCB is a member of the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (NC-SARA), which provides necessary authorization for institutions that wish to operate in different states. Students who wish to complete internships in states that are members of NC-SARA have permission to do so. Students, who wish to complete internships in NC-SARA member states, have permission to do so. USCB students cannot complete internships in non-member states. And explanation of NC-SARA and a complete list of member states and institutions can be found here.
Read and download the Human Services Internship Manual.
Watch the Human Services Internship overview video below.
