Meet the Community Coaches
Kaitlyn Bailey
Mallory Becraft
Paula Ross
Explore Helping and Counseling Careers
- Check out Exploring Majors & Careers page (scroll to What Can I Do With This Major?).
- Sort through different ways people build careers around helping others with the helping professions card sort.
- See what Hawkeyes in your college/major are doing after graduation using interactive post-graduation dashboards.
- The Occupational Outlook Handbook and O*Net contain information on duties, education and training, pay and job outlook.
- Careers as Therapist or Counselor
- Types of Psychologists
- How to Become a Social Worker
- Explore Accredited Graduate Programs within:
Related Student Organizations and Activities
Want to put your interests to good use? Join with other students who share them. Discover student organizations which relate to helping/counseling at the Department of Leadership, Service, and Civic Engagement. You can browse the database by letter or search by keyword or name for locating student organizations.
Some examples of organizations that may be of interest are:
- Best Buddies
- The Sociology Club
- Rape Victim Advocacy Program
- Camp Adventure
- Iowa Student Psychology Association
- Under Your Wing
- HEART Workshop
- Food Pantry at Iowa
- American Sign Language Club
Volunteering is another great way to explore your interests, build your resume, and connect with the community!
- Volunteer Center of Johnson County
- Hawkeye Service Breaks
- Student Engagement Fair (held at the start of each semester)
If you don’t want to join a club or don’t have the time, you can find activities and events related to your interests via After Class.
Professional Organizations
Professional organizations are a great way to explore, prepare, experience, and achieve your career interests and goals!
- Explore - Learn what people in the industry do, talk about, and take action on.
- Prepare - Learn about job titles, companies, and organizational/thought leaders.
- Experience - Check out resources, including specialized job boards and LinkedIn groups to locate mentors and job shadowing/informational interview opportunities.
- Achieve - Polish your professional image by taking an active part in your industry’s association. Reach your goals through networking and the professional development opportunities your association provides.
Plus, professional associations often offer discounted memberships to students!
- American Counseling Association
- American Mental Health Counselors Association
- American Psychological Association
- American Psychological Society
- American Public Human Services Association
- American Rehabilitation Counseling Association
- Association of Fundraising Professionals
- International Federation of Social Workers
- International Medical Interpreters Association
- National Association of School Psychologists
- National Association of Social Workers
- Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
- Society for Human Resource Management
- Society for Nonprofits
Suggested Search Terms for Jobs and Internships
Counseling
- Administration
- Advocacy/Intervention
- Behavioral Disorders
- Behavioral Health
- Case Management
- Coaching
- Community Outreach
- Crisis Intervention
- Family Services
- Mental Health
- Residential Services
- Social Services
- Substance Abuse
- Support Specialist
- Youth Services
Skills-Related Keywords: presenting, grant writing, and fundraising, strong communication and writing skills.
Counseling and Behavioral Health Services
- Behavioral Health
- Case Manager
- Psychiatric Technician/Aide
- Community Service
- Health Educator
- Youth Counselor
- Crisis Intervention
- Substance Abuse
- Social Services
- Residential
- Rehabilitation
- Program Coordinator
- Mental Health Services
- Human Services
- Community Outreach
Criminal Justice/Criminology
- Administration
- Advocacy
- Corrections
- Forensics
- Global intelligence
- Grant writing
- Investigating
- Juvenile justice
- Prevention services
- Private investigation
- Private security
- Probation/Parole
- Program development
- Victim’s assistance
Skills-Related Keywords: written and oral communication skills, ability to present information to others, case management
Languages
- Administrative services
- Consulting
- Customer services
- Customs
- Foreign service
- Human resources
- Immigration/Naturalization
- Interpretation
- Intelligence
- Law enforcement
- Linguistics
- Research
- Translation
Skills-Related Keywords: written and oral communication skills, ability to present information to others, negotiation,
Psychology
- Administration
- Advising
- Advocacy
- Applied Behavior Analysis
- Case management
- Coaching
- Education
- Life skills
- Mental health services
- Rehabilitation services (e.g., speech, physical, vocational therapies)
- Testing/Test development
Skills-Related Keywords: written and oral communication skills, active listening, ability to present information to others, case management
Social Work
- Administration and planning
- Advocacy
- Assisted/Independent living
- Case management
- Child life specialists
- Coaching
- Counseling/Therapy
- Crisis intervention
- Early Intervention
- Education
- Gerontology
- Parole
- Probation
- Rehabilitation
- Research
- Victim assistance
- Youth services
Skills-Related Keywords: organizing groups, efficiency, and the ability to calm people.
Sociology
- Administration
- Advocacy
- Case management
- Diversity
- Community organizing
- Coaching
- Education
- Government
- Policy analysis
- Political organizing,
- Program analysis
- Program development
- Programming coordinator
- Public administration
- Statistics
Skills-Related Keywords: analytical, organizational, research, interpersonal, computer, leadership, teamwork, and oral/written communication
Job, Volunteering, and Internship Resources
Check out student employment, internships, and post-graduation full-time jobs in Handshake. Employers targeting University of Iowa students and alumni use this recruiting system to connect with you! We also have a Helping & Counseling Collection to help narrow your search.
Gaining Experience
Job Searching
If your goals include graduate or professional school, make sure to plan ahead and if applicable, research licensure requirements.
Past Student Internship Experiences
Below is a sampling of internship sites that Iowa students have registered in recent years.
Peer Support Intern, National Alliance for Mental Illness Johnson County
Shelter Intern, Four Oaks Family & Children Services
Intern, Iowa City Senior Center
Intern, The Domestic Violence Intervention Program
Intern, UIHC LGBTQ Clinic
Intern, Vera French Community Mental Health Center
Communications and Community Outreach Intern, Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services
Youth Counseling Intern, Tanager Place
Respite Family Friend, ChildServe
Undergraduate Psychology Intern, Iowa Medical Classification Center Correctional Facility
Intern, Police Department of City of Davenport
Interpretation and Translation Intern, Hands Up Communication
Probation Intern, Waterloo Women’s Center for Change
School Counseling Intern, Dooley Elementary School
Handshake and LinkedIn are great tools to further investigate sites where UI interns have been employed.
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