Job Title

Long-Term Care Policy Research Intern

Introduction to PHI

The “Quality Care through Quality Jobs” mission of PHI is two-fold: To help – provide high-quality long-term care to clients who are elderly, ill or living with disabilities, and thus – create decent jobs for low-income individuals, with a special emphasis on women who are unemployed or transitioning from welfare to work. PHI pursues this mission by combining direct-care workforce and caregiving practices with policy activities at the federal and state levels.

PHI is an $8.5 million nonprofit organization headquartered in the South Bronx, New York that provides technical services across the country, and employs field staff in four regions: New England, New York, Pennsylvania and Michigan. In addition to its policy and practice services, PHI acts as the nonprofit holding company for Pathways to Independence, a $70 million, New York City-based home care system, that includes: the worker-owned Cooperative Home Care Associates home care agency, the consumer-based Independence Care System chronic care demonstration program, and the SKILL Center home health aide training organization.

PHI staffs the National Clearinghouse on the Direct Care Workforce, the nation’s primary source of information and analysis on the direct-care workforce. PHI also supports the Direct Care Alliance, a national advocacy coalition, representing state-based consumers, providers and workers. PHI’s clients include the key stakeholders in long-term care: consumer groups, labor organizations, provider/employer agencies, and state and federal governments.

Position Responsibilities

The Long-term Care Policy Research intern will support a variety of short- and long-term research and policy analysis activities under the direction of PHI’s National Policy Director and Director of Policy Research. Likely areas for exploration include:

• State labor markets for direct-care workers
• State reimbursement and procurement policies for publicly financed long-term care services
• State efforts to improve wages and benefits, training infrastructure, and workforce intermediaries for direct-care workers
• National and regional/state data on demographic and socio-economic characteristics of direct-care workers

Internship Requirements

The Long-term Care Policy Research intern must be an excellent writer and researcher—PHI maintains a very high standard for written materials. Key job requirements include:

• Demonstrated research and writing skills
• Ability to write concise description of programs and policy issues
• Good telephone interviewing skills. Experience contacting government agencies for information
• Excellent research skills including the ability to conduct searches for secondary resources and information using internet search engines
• Facility with Excel, and proficiency with creating high-quality charts, tables and graphs
• Ability to work independently and manage competing priorities
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Experience with database development

Preferences

• Background in Health Policy, Economics, and Statistics
• Some knowledge of government long-term care programs

Location

Position is located in the Bronx but with the possibility of telecommuting from the Boston area.

Time Frame & Stipend

15 hours/week; semester or school year; $12/hour.

Contact

PHI
349 East 149th Street, 10th Floor
Bronx, New York 10451
www.phinational.org
E-mail:Info@phinational.org
(Please note position title in subject line of email)

~ PHI is committed to ensuring a diverse staff. We do not discriminate on the basis of gender, ethnicity, class, age, sexual orientation, or disability. ~

For more information about PHI, view our websites at:

www.phinational.org
www.phinational.org/clearinghouse
www.coverageiscritical.org