Asian Health Services
At AHS, our mission is to serve and advocate for the Asian and Pacific Islander (API) community by ensuring access to health care services regardless of income, insurance status, immigration status, language, or culture. As an important part of this mission, we provide services in English and eleven Asian languages: Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese), Vietnamese, Korean, Tagalog, Lao, Mien, Khmer, Karen, Mongolian and Burmese.
Summer Youth Programs Internship
Description : Asian Health Services Youth Program will run various summer programs for Oakland and East Bay Youth. One will focus on connecting youth to the elder generation called Bridging Generations. Another will focus on young men. Depending on capacity, we may run our summer leadership program as well as an outdoors focused program. Programs will run 2-3 times per week. We prefer a minimum of 20 hours per week during the summer. We are flexible with start and end dates.
Website Renovation Intern
Description: Asian Health Services Youth Program has two websites that are in need of renovation. Priorities are listed in order. One site needs to be moved to a more modern CMS like Wordpress. The other has modern structure but needs new content and a review of user experience. Both sites need some design and branding work. Estimated hours: Website A Migration: 20 hours Website B Content Update: 20 hours Logo and Branding: 10 hours
Youth Center and Teen Clinic Internship
Description: Located in Oakland's Chinatown, The Spot Youth Center and the Asian Health Services Teen Clinic are key locations where Oakland youth will go for support and services. Our internships focus on supporting staff with youth development and leadership groups, in-class and in-community health education, and comprehensive and confidential reproductive health services. Want to work with youth in a multifaceted program? Talk to us.
Health Outreach and Education
Description: Asian Health Services is proud of our dual mission to provide and advocate for quality health care access. Through our Patient Leadership Councils, community events, and contact through our clinics, our Community Liaison Unit provides outreach, education, and enrollment opportunities. If you are interested in outreach and educating AAPI communities and patients, please contact us. We prefer a longer term volunteer or internship at a minimum of 3 months, 12-16 hours per week.
We are a federally qualified community health clinic, so our main locations are healthcare facilities. In our department, we work with older adults, young adults, and youth as community health educators or peer leaders. Our youth office is off site, and we also provide health education and outreach at school sites. Our sites are mostly in Oakland Downtown and Chinatown. The neighborhood is generally quiet in the daytime, but some areas at night are not well lit. Our sites are also in the middle of high traffic areas during rush hour.
- Background Check (e.g. fingerprinting/livescan, driving record)
- Computer Literacy
- CPR Certification
- First Aid Certification
- TB Test
- HIGH RISK: Health care services - Risk includes but not limited to: falling, needle sticks, medical exposure
- RISK: Students will be asked to drive (in addition to travel to and from site) for this placement.
- SAFETY (HIGH RISK): The location can be described as a high-crime area.
- SITE REQUIREMENT: Students will be asked to sign a confidentiality waiver.
Our main sites are open from Monday to Saturday during normal business hours. Some clinical offices as well as community engagement events are held in the evening (5-8pm) or on weekends. Specifically, our Teen Clinic operates once a week from 5-7pm. Our youth office will close between 6-7pm each weekday based on the programming.
Student interns will be on site between 9am and 8pm depending on programming and events. Student schedules will be adapted to fit both internship and programming needs.