Paid Research Intern - Lafayette, PA

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree

Preferred Experience:

• Current matriculation in MPH program with a focus on Research
• Prior to working with individuals served, the Merakey Abuse Risk Prevention Training must be completed.

Paid Interns work within Merakey programs and support departments to gain skills and experience necessary to grow professionally. The role of this intern is to coordinate, analyze, and interpret data from various programs in the Adult Behavioral Health division.

Merakey Paid Interns are responsible for upholding the Merakey Core Values of Safety, Trust, Compassion, Integrity, Diversity, and Quality. While working with and supporting individuals served, it is the responsibility of a Paid Intern to ensure the safety of individuals served by abiding by Merakey policies and procedures including outlined supervision and monitoring practices. Merakey has zero tolerance for abuse and Paid Interns are key in maintaining a safe environment.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Administrative & Client/Customer Support
• Handles confidential information with discretion and diplomacy
• Research and Analysis
• Creates and maintains intermediate to moderately complex spreadsheets and databases and prepares reports, tables, charts.
• Research, monitors, and analyzes data to produce business insights and action recommendations relevant to proposed business development
• Ensure the safety of individuals served by implementing supervision and monitoring practices that minimize risk and promote safety of all individuals served.
• Abide by Merakey policies/procedures as well as program specific regulatory requirements.
• Implementing Merakey's Incident Management Policy by reporting any concerning behavior or incidents that occur.
• Maintain confidentiality and adherence to HIPAA and/or FERPA regulations.
• Completing required Abuse Risk Prevention Training Requirements.

Starting rate of $15.00 hour

Benefits

Merakey offers generous benefits that promote well-being, financial security, and work-life balance, including:

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, plus access to healthcare advocacy support.
• Retirement plan -- both pre-tax and Roth (after-tax) options available for employee contributions.
• DailyPay -- access your pay when you need it!
• On the Goga well-being platform, featuring self-care tools and resources.
• Access Care.com for backup childcare, elder care, and household services.
• Confidential counseling, legal, and financial services through our Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Tuition reimbursement and educational partnerships.
• Employee discounts and savings programs on entertainment, travel, and lifestyle.
• Access to Pryor Online Learning for free online personal development classes.

Learn more about our full benefits package - https://www.merakey.org/careers/benefits

About Merakey

Merakey is a non-profit provider of developmental, behavioral health, and education services. More than 8,000 employees provide support to nearly 40,000 individuals and families throughout 12 states across the country each year. Click here to watch a video about Merakey. Merakey strictly follows a zero-tolerance policy for abuse.

Merakey is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer! We deeply value diversity and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ethnic background, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, or disability status. Moreover, we are committed to creating teams that reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and encourage applicants from underrepresented backgrounds to apply. Merakey welcomes all Veterans to apply!