Paid Internship Program

With the YIC Paid Internship Program, participants are able to gain work experience by securing internships with local entertainment employers. Participants and employers are matched based on the employer’s need and the participant’s individual abilities and career path interests.

The YIC Paid Internship Program places participants in jobs of the participant’s interest within the entertainment industry, such as production, post-production, marketing/advertising, animation, sound, lighting, voiceover, concessions, security, crafts services, and talent management; to name a few.  Click here for more information about funding.

YIC helps participants learn job skills through the modeling of appropriate work behavior, the modeling of appropriate social interactions, and through the encouragement of participants to develop working relationships by learning how to effectively communicate with co-workers in order to foster greater independence.

Completed during the YIC Paid Internship Program, the participant’s occupational skills and work behaviors are assessed through a situational assessment, including capacities and competencies to perform essential job duties of specific competitive employment positions.

The situational assessment offers participants the opportunity to perform job tasks in real work environments under real work conditions. Participation in a variety of situational assessment situations across work settings provides insight for the participant into his/her employment preferences, as well as skills and abilities.

Participants performing real work in multiple work environments also provide YIC staff information about the participant's work characteristics, interests, skills, and abilities, learning style and workplace support needs. Real work settings are used to enable the participant to explore vocational aptitudes, to demonstrate the types of support services needed to enhance optimal performance, or to assist the participant to acquire specific skills and abilities.

This on-the-job assessment considers what has been learned and how; what aptitudes are demonstrated; and what training and support strategies are necessary for developing competencies. The need for supported employment services is also assessed before participants transition onto an employer's payroll.