CIS-SA AmeriCorps Volunteer (Internship)

Job Description: AmeriCorps Volunteer (Internship)

Location: Various Locations in San Antonio, TX

Pay: Living Allowance

Placement Availability: Full 2026-2027; Spring 2027

Job Description:

Communities In Schools of San Antonio (CIS-SA) is proud to be selected as a recipient of the AmeriCorps State grant through the OneStar Foundation. In CIS-SA’s AmeriCorps program, volunteers will provide research-based integrated student supports to students at-risk of dropping out of school. Members will be placed directly in a high-need public school under the supervision of an experienced CIS Site Coordinator and engage in the following activities:

• Provide intentional case-management services to a minimum of 5 to 15 economically disadvantaged students who are at-risk of dropping out of school
• Co-facilitate 1 group to address common barriers among students and provide a supportive environment in which students can build relationships, develop critical skills, and learn from the AmeriCorps Member and their peers
• Coordinate services within the CIS Targeted Needs, including Academic Needs, Attendance Needs, Mental & Behavioral Health Needs, Social Service Needs and College & Career Readiness Needs. 
• Participate in weekly supervision sessions and trainings.
• Commit to completing a term of service of 100, 300, 450 or 675 hours and options for both the full school year and by semester.

This rewarding experience is a great way to get hands-on professional experience in the field of social work and counseling while earning money for school. The CIS-SA AmeriCorps program seeks to provide volunteers with the opportunity to develop knowledge and skills that will be valued by future employers, practice and develop their skills in critical thinking, problem solving, and time management skills while making a real difference in students’ lives.

Desired Skills/Background:

• Working toward a bachelor’s or master’s degree in a Social Work, Counseling, Psychology, Family Studies or other human services field
• Possess a desire and ability to work with underserved youth
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Relationship-building skills
• Time management skills

To be eligible for the AmeriCorps program, applicants must:

• Be 17 years or older
• Hold one of the following citizenship statuses: US citizen, US National, Lawful Permanent Resident Aliens
• Pass a national service criminal history check (FBI fingerprinting, state of service check, and national sex offender registry check)
• Received a high school diploma or its equivalent
• Must serve a minimum of 100, 300, 450 or 675 hours according to the service terms listed on the contract. Volunteers must serve for the entire program length. Start and end dates are non-negotiable.

While charging time to the AmeriCorps program, accumulating service or training hours, or otherwise performing activities supported by the AmeriCorps program, staff and volunteers may not directly or indirectly engage in the following activities:

• Attempting to influence legislation;
• Organizing or engaging in protests, petitions, boycotts, or strikes;
• Assisting, promoting, or deterring union organizing;
• Impairing existing contracts for services or collective bargaining agreements;
• Engaging in partisan political activities, or other activities designed to influence the outcome of an election to any public office;
• Participating in, or endorsing, events or activities that are likely to include advocacy for or against political parties, political platforms, political candidates, proposed legislation, or elected officials;
• Engaging in religious instruction, conducting worship services, providing instruction as part of a program that includes mandatory religious instruction or worship, constructing or operating facilities devoted to religious instruction or worship, maintaining facilities primarily or inherently devoted to religious instruction or worship, or engaging in any form of religious proselytization;
• Providing a direct benefit to – A business organized for profit; A labor union; A partisan political organization; A nonprofit organization that fails to comply with the restrictions contained in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 related to engaging in political activities or substantial amount of lobbying except that nothing in these provisions shall be construed to prevent participants from engaging in advocacy activities undertaken at their own initiative; and An organization engaged in the religious activities described in paragraph C. 7. above, unless CNCS assistance is not used to support those religious activities;
• Conducting a voter registration drive or using CNCS funds to conduct a voter registration drive;
• Providing abortion services or referrals for receipt of such services; and Such other activities as CNCS may prohibit.

CIS-SA is strongly committed to complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act and other federal and state legislation designed to ensure equal employment opportunities to persons with disabilities.
 
CIS-SA prohibits discrimination against applicants, contractors, and visitors on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic characteristic or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.
 
CIS-SA strives to provide a work environment free from all forms of unlawful discrimination as it is prohibited and will not be tolerated.

What is Communities In Schools?

To gain insight into our Mission: To surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. 

View this short video: https://youtu.be/wBxTIMfemQE

From Communities In Schools of San Antonio student, to San Antonio Councilman, to now leading as the Communities In Schools® National CEO and President, Rey Saldaña represents the potential that each of our students has. Every student that walks through our door has the potential to define their own success, but many of them just need one caring adult to encourage them and support them as they go.

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