Workforce Development: Internship Opportunities for Recruitment and
Retention of the Workforce
In the previous funding cycle, the Northwest Partnership assessed wages and benefits, training and education, and application of new practices among environmental health workers in the region. In completing this continuing initiative, the Partnership will evaluate and implement recommendations resulting from the assessment, including pilot testing a regional internship program. Outcomes will be shared with other partnerships to streamline and standardize the public health student internship curriculum.
Resources
Coming soon.
Tools Developed
Northwest Partnership Internship Project
- Memorandum of Agreement between Partnership / Host Health Department and CIT Intern (pdf)
- CIT Internship Recruitment Brochure (pdf)
The provided brochure is used in recruitment of students at Eastern Carolina University (ECU).Environmental Health: Centralized Intern Training (CIT) Calendar for Spring and Summer Semesters
Environmental Health: Centralized Intern Training (CIT) Invoicing Schedule
The following four documents are periodic work agreement and invoicing templates for 12-week (one semester) CIT environmental health internships. These documents outline internship learning objectives and deliverables, and CIT activities and payment for activities those activities.
- Invoice #1 – CIT Internship (Week 1) (pdf)
- Invoice #2 – CIT Internship (Weeks 2-6) (pdf)
- Invoice #3 – CIT Internship (Weeks 5- 7) (pdf)
- Invoice #4 – CIT Internship (Weeks 8-12) (pdf)
Environmental Health Recruitment & Retention Study
The Environmental Health Recruitment & Retention Study, conducted in April and May 2007, targeted all environmental health supervisors and specialists currently employed in a county health department in North Carolina. According to the most current information available at the time of the survey*, local health departments in North Carolina employeed 887 Registered Sanitarians (RS) and RS Interns. Almost half (433) returned the survey.
To help with confidentiality, and increase response from health department staff, respondents were asked to identify their health directors' region (see map). The Northwest Partnership worked in collaboration with Western Carolina University to distribute teh survey and analyze results.
Below is a brochure containing the 2007 survey results on both a statewide and regional level (10). Please feel free to print and distribute information!
- North Carolina Statewide Survey Results
- NC Region 1 Survey Results - Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain and Transylvania counties
- NC Region 2 Survey Results - Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cleveland, Henderson, Madison, Rutherford-Polk-McDowell and Yancey-Mitchell-Avery counties
- NC Region 3 Survey Results - Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Stokes, Surry,
Alleghany-Ashe-Watauga, Wilkes and Yadkin counties - NC Region 4 Survey Results - Alexander, Cabarrus, Catawba, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Stanly and Union counties
- NC Region 5 Survey Results - Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Durham, Guilford,
Orange, Person, Randolph and Rockingham counties - NC Region 6 Survey Results - Anson, Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond and Scotland counties
- NC Region 7 Survey Results - Edgecombe, Franklin, Granville-Vance, Halifax,
Johnston, Nash, Wake, Warren and Wilson counties - NC Region 8 Survey Results - Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Duplin, New Hanover, Onslow, Pender, Robeson and Sampson counties
- NC Region 9 Survey Results - Bertie, Currituck, Dare, Hertford-Gates, Hyde,
Martin-Tyrrell-Washington, Northampton and Pasquotank-Perquimans-Camden-Chowan counties - NC Region 10 Survey Results - Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Pamlico, Pitt and Wayne counties
*Reference: 2008 NC DEH Directory of Environmental Health Staff by Health Department