Fall Internship – Family Stabilization Intern – Unpaid

Department: Health and Wellness

Reports to: Clinical Supervisor and Family
Stabilization Specialist

Time Commitment: 10 – 15 hours per week .August 23, 2024 – May 16, 2025.  Weekly schedule to be determined by supervisor and intern.

Compensation:  This is an unpaid internship. Interns receive mileage reimbursement when driving is required. 

Duties:
• Work alongside Family Stabilization Specialists to support
high-need refugees facing concerns related to severe mental health, domestic
violence, child abuse, substance abuse, elder abuse, sexual assault, and
suicide ideation
• Utilize interpretation to provide psycho-education and
social-emotional support to clients
• Practice a trauma-informed approach, recognizing and
drawing on client’s individual strengths to reach client goals
• Assist and educate refugees in accessing community
resources and support programs, support with referrals
• Provide case coordination helping clients overcome
barriers in accessing services, including providing transportation to and from
appointments when necessary
• Maintain positive partnerships with services providers to
ensure clients have access to culturally and  linguistically appropriate service
• Provide accurate and timely case notes
• May also provide educational resources and trainings to
community partners including schools and health facilities

Learning Objectives:
The FSS intern will have the opportunity to work with
refugees from diverse backgrounds and will learn to use  trauma-informed and strengths-based
approaches to ensure clients in crisis receive necessary support and care. The
FSS intern will gain a working knowledge of how resettlement programs at the
IRC support refugees in reaching self-sufficiency, and common challenges that
refugees face during resettlement.

Minimum Qualifications:Preferred Skills:
• Patient, organized, independent
• Able to respond compassionately and appropriately while working with people facing severe mental health needs or safety concerns, with supervision support
• Experience working with diverse populations and building trusting relationship across cultures

Required Skills:
•Must be enrolled in a graduate program in Social Work or Counseling
• Second year student or advanced standing
• Comfortable with a high level of client interaction
• Must be able to transport clients in a reliable vehicle