Intern III - BSK (Best Starts for Kids) Data Team Intern – Health Sciences Division

This position will support evaluation for the Family Ways program, primarily focusing on understanding how Family Ways develops and sustains community-rooted partnerships.

Family Ways defines community-rooted partnerships as ongoing partnerships with community-based organizations, community leaders, and advocates to inform the work of Family Ways and provide participant-centered feedback. 

The Assessment, Policy Development, & Evaluation (APDE) unit in the Health Sciences Division of PHSKC.  APDE is a nationally recognized leader in community health assessment; providing health assessment data and analysis to inform planning, policies, and actions; and developing innovative interventions to improve the health of King County residents. More information about the work of the APDE unit can be found at http://www.kingcounty.gov/depts/health/data.aspx.

Additionally, Family Ways is a Public Health – Seattle & King County program that provides culturally relevant, participant-centered, and strengths-based health education, social supports, and connections to community resources for pregnant persons, parenting families and children up to age five who identify as Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, American Indian or Alaska Native, or African American. 

 
Named after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., one of the most influential civil rights leaders in our nation's history, King County is a vibrant international community with residents that represent countries from around the world. It is a region with increasing diversity that cherishes the traditions of many cultures.
 
The county government has a deep commitment to equity and social justice and advancing practices, strategies, and policies that promote fairness, justice, and opportunity for all – in our workplaces and our communities. With this commitment, King County has adopted a pro-equity agenda to advance regional change and ensure that residents from all communities are incorporated into our emergency planning and public outreach efforts.
 
We recognize that structural racism consists of principles and practices that cause and justify an inequitable distribution of rights, opportunities, and experiences across racial groups. Since declaring Racism is a Public Health Crisis in June 2020, King County and Public Health committed to being intentionally anti-racist and accountable to Black, Indigenous and People of Color communities.
 
To learn more, please visit http://www.kingcounty.gov/elected/executive/equity-social-justice.aspx
 

This position will be a hybrid position with most of the candidate's time spent virtually. However, the intern will be required to attend in person activities and events. 
 
Employees will be provided with a County issued laptop and must maintain a workspace with an internet connection (access may be supplemented in some situations) where they can reliably perform work and remain available and responsive during scheduled work hours.
   
King County has a robust collection of tools and resources to support working remotely. The individual selected for this opportunity will be joining an innovative and progressive team that is redefining how we work as we transition to the department's hybrid environment.