Youth Programs

Johns Hopkins is committed to developing our future workforce by exposing youth to careers in health care and providing them with development opportunities. Through Project R.E.A.C.H/Community Education Programs, Johns Hopkins provides youth attending school in or around the city of Baltimore the opportunity to benefit from mentoring, internships, scholarships, job shadowing, lectures, and tours of the Johns Hopkins facilities.

Dunbar/Hopkins Health Partnership (DHHP)

This partnership comprised of faculty and administrators from throughout the Johns Hopkins Institutions provides a comprehensive program that includes resources that will increase students' test scores, broaden awareness in the biotechnology and health professions, and expose students to academic enrichment and personal development that will prepare them for entrance into post-secondary education institutions and/or careers in health care. Through this partnership students are encouraged to reach their fullest potential and pursue careers in health related scientific professions.

For more information, please contact Kerwyn Barbour, DHHP Coordinator at 410-955-1488.

Johns Hopkins Summer Jobs Program (JHSJP)

The Johns Hopkins Summer Jobs Program is sponsored by Johns Hopkins Health System and Johns Hopkins University. The program provides Baltimore City students the opportunity to complete a six-week long paid internship in one of various departments throughout the Institution. The program promotes exposure to careers and workplace culture, while providing an educational experience that promotes mentoring and fosters personal responsibility.

JHSJP positions are subject to availability by department commitment across the Institution- certain placement areas cannot be guaranteed; the best effort is made by the committee to match students to an area of interest. Past internships have been in the areas of administrative/clerical, patient care and medicine-related, research, information technology, general facilities/housekeeping services, education, human resources and others. Our committee is comprised of representatives from all areas of Johns Hopkins.

Hired JHSJP students will work 30 hours per week, 6 hours per day, Monday-Friday, with the exception of scheduled group educational sessions. Educational session topics include, but are not limited to the following: Service Excellence, Teamwork, Post-secondary Education, Job Readiness, Financial Literacy, Professional Etiquette, etc.

2012 Program Dates: June 18th-July 27th

Applications for the 2012 program will only be accessible via an online process starting Monday, January 16th. We recommend that you complete your online application as soon as possible in order to receive consideration for the next steps in the process. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Note: Applications will be accepted until the earlier of 4:30pm on the date 600 have been submitted or March 2, 2012.

To start the JHSJP 2012 Application Process click here.

Stay tuned for more details on the Johns Hopkins Summer Jobs Program (JHSJP) 2012. Please continue to visit this site for frequent updates. For all inquiries, please contact the Project R.E.A.C.H/Community Education Programs office at 410-955-1489 or send an email to JHSJP@jhmi.edu.

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Johns Hopkins Departments

Interested in hosting a student for JHSJP 2012? You will be able to submit your 2012 Student Request form via a online process for the 2012 program.

To submit your 2012 Student Request click here.

Department/Mentor Supervisor Training Sessions will be held again this year!

Stay tuned for more details on the Johns Hopkins Summer Jobs Program (JHSJP) 2012. Please continue to visit this site for formal department communications and updates.

JHHS BOND to BOND Program

Building Our Neighbors Dreams Beyond Our Neighbors Doors (Bond-to-Bond) is a career development and youth mentorship program designed to provide mentor support to students attending high schools in the Hopkins community to expose them to a variety of careers in health care by interning in departments with in Johns Hopkins Hospital. Students participating are required to intern between 8-10 hours weekly throughout the Academic Year. While gaining this exposure students are also able to gain the required volunteer hours needed to graduate from high school. Participating schools include, Dunbar High School, The Institute of Notre Dame (IND), Academy for College and Career Exploration (ACCE) Academy, the REACH! Partnership School, Cristo Rey, and a few students coming from High Schools affiliated with Humanim and the Urban Alliance Foundation. Participation is dependent upon the availability of departmental intern sites.

For more information, please contact Sheila Green at 410-502-2200.

JHHS Adopt-A-Class/ Career Day Program

The Adopt-A-Class/Career Day Program mission is to introduce fourth graders at three local elementary schools-Tench Tilghman; City Springs; and Inner Harbor East Academy- to the careers offered at hospitals and to expand their knowledge of career choices in general. To put theory into practice, four teams are created with three Johns Hopkins' volunteers from different departments on each team. Each team is assigned to a fourth grade classroom. The teams visit the same classroom-once a month for an hour from October through March-to address a special topic. Each team member does a presentation on his/her part of the topic. At the end of each session student questions are entertained and they are able to record reflections of their experience in their journals.

As an extension to the Adopt-A-Class program, Hopkins has also partnered with the new REACH! Partnership School to create the REACH! School Sixth Graders' Program where Johns Hopkins' volunteers visit the same sixth grade classroom once a month for three months to discuss a health care topic.

For more information, please contact Sue Bergamy-Willinger at 410-502-2200.

Healthcare Careers Alliance (HCA)

HCA is supported financially by the Federal Government's Workforce Investment Act (WIA) and is in a partnership with the Mayor's Office of Employment Development, Civic Works, Inc., Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Sinai Hospital, and the University of Maryland Medical Center. Through this collaboration partners are committed to providing job readiness training for out of school youth from the ages of 18-21 through the Healthcare Careers Alliance.

Participating youth engage in six weeks of workforce development training at VSP, where they receive soft skills training which includes: Customer Service, Professionalism in a Healthcare Environment, First Aid/CPR Certification, and Academic Enrichment. Upon successful completion of soft skills training participants are interviewed and placed in a part-time six-week internship at a local healthcare facility. This internship provides host departments with much needed human resources while empowering youth to learn and develop skills necessary for professional growth.

Eligibility Requirements are as follows:

• Baltimore City Resident
• 18 to 21
• High School diploma or GED preferred
• Pass a drug screen and criminal background check
• Eligible to work in the United States
• A valid State-issued photo ID, birth certificate and Social Security card
• Score at 9th grade reading and math levels on the Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE)

For more information, please contact Sha'Pell Peterson via email at speter25@jhmi.edu.