Fall Internship - Youth Support Services - unpaid
Assist with youth support services and community resource navigation
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Overview
Assist with youth support services and community resource navigation
You have:
- Enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program, or recent graduate
- Ability to work in person and drive clients with personal vehicle and insurance
- Strong communication skills and comfort working with Microsoft platforms
- Previous experience working with youth and families in direct service
- Organized for record keeping of case notes, client calls, and service documentation
- Compassion, patience, and cultural humility working with newcomer families
Job Description
TITLE: Youth Programs Intern – Youth Support Services LOCATION: In person, IRC Denver Office START DATE: August 26, 2024 DURATION: approximately 12 weeks – 9months
Time Commitment: 10-15 Hours per week
Scope of Work: The Youth Programs- Youth Support Services intern will work with the IRC Youth team in service delivery, education support, and community resource navigation.
IRC Organizational Background: The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is at work in over 40 countries and 26 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. The IRC works with government bodies, civil society actors and local volunteers to help refugees, asylees and those with Special Immigrant Visas translate their past experiences into assets that are valuable to their new communities. In Denver and other offices across the country, the IRC helps refugees and asylees to rebuild their lives through services and programs that assist with initial resettlement through longer-term integration. Presently, these services are case management, employment services, psychosocial support, family stabilization, health coordination, health insurance literacy, family reunification and programs for children and youth. The Denver office also has a legal services program to provide pro bono legal representation to survivors of torture, as well as direct legal services for family-based immigration.
Internship Overview: The Youth Program intern will support overall youth team services and programs, with a primary focus in direct service support to families. Through school enrollment support to newly arrived families, school orientation sessions, and school support follow up. As a support service intern, they will also support family and youth integration and navigation by connecting familiesto resources and programs, such as community resources, libraries, recreation centers, and school resource hubs, while helping families navigate how to access resources, for example transportation getting to programs or resources. They will also support family outreach with community events or programs happening.
Some of the responsibilities may include: • Direct service support with youth and families, and provide language justice in service with interpretation line or IRC in-person interpreter staff • Youth school enrollment support and school orientation about school in USA • Family resource navigation support such as how to get to their neighborhood centers and how to access resources at centers: local library, school resource hub, community recreation centers, etc.
Learning Objectives: 1. Intern will gain knowledge and experience working within U.S. resettlement process and education systems. 2. Intern will gain experience in youth and family direct service support through case management and service delivery. 3. Intern will gain work experience in supporting newcomers navigate community systems and resource access.
This position reports to the Youth Program Specialist.
Qualifications
Qualifications • Enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program, or recent graduate -Ability to work in person and drive clients with personal vehicle and insurance. • Strong communication skills and comfort working with Microsoft platforms. • Previous experience working with youth and families in direct service.
• Organized for record keeping of case notes, client calls, and service documentation. • Compassion, patience, and cultural humility working with newcomer families.
Application: Please submit resume and cover letter with your application detailing how your experience and skills align with the required qualifications. If you do not live in the Denver metro area, please specify relocation plans for the duration of the internship. The IRC is unable to sponsor visas for those living outside of the United States.
Potential interview questions
| Can you describe a time you worked with diverse groups and helped bridge cultural gaps? | This question gauges your cultural competence and ability to foster inclusive environments. | Share specific examples highlighting your experience and what you learned. |
| How would you approach helping a family unfamiliar with the U.S. education system? | The interviewer wants to assess your problem-solving skills in a real-world scenario. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What methods do you use to keep track of important case notes and documentation? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Describe your experience working one-on-one with youth and their families. | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Why do you think cultural humility is important in working with newcomer families? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
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