Health and Wellness Internship

The Health & Wellness Internship will give students a comprehensive experience setting up, coordinating, and running fitness programming for athletes with intellectual disabilities. Programs are run in person and virtually, and allow one-on-one interaction with athletes while helping them achieve the goal of living a healthy lifestyle. Job duties include, but are not limited to:

• Plan and implement the SOMIfit Health and Wellness Program

• Oversee in-person health and wellness programs as well as offer virtual programming

• Execute a pre- and post-test to evaluate participants’ progress.

• Create take-home assignments/workouts for athletes to complete

• Encourage participants to maintain a healthy lifestyle outside of the program

• Plan and implement virtual fitness challenges

• Create health and wellness resources

• Assist with recruitment of Clinical Directors for the Healthy Athlete Program

• Assist with growing the follow-up care network throughout the state

• Secure in-kind donations of facilities and equipment

• Other duties as assigned.