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Summer 2024 Economic Empowerment - Matching Grant Intern

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International Rescue Committee

Apr 26

  • Internship
    Part-time
    Summer Internship
  • Banking & Finance
  • Louisville

AI generated summary

  • You must be a current student or recent graduate with U.S. citizenship or valid work authorization, available during business hours, able to handle confidential information, have intercultural communication skills, work independently and in a team, and adhere to IRC policies.
  • You will assist with eligibility assessments, create self-sufficiency plans, help clients with budgeting, remove barriers to self-sufficiency, maintain casefiles, track service provision, manage in-kind donations, and learn about programs for humanitarian immigrants.

Requirements

  • Must be a current undergraduate student, graduate student, or less than 12 months past graduation.
  • Candidates must be a U.S. citizen or must have active and compliant visas and work authorization status in the United States (the IRC must not be represented as a sponsor or host in any application, filing, or other context for an intern).
  • Primary availability during IRC business hours (M-F; 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM).
  • Preference given to applicants able to make multi-term commitment.
  • Ability to handle sensitive client information confidentially.
  • Strong intercultural communication skills, including demonstrated ability to work effectively with people from diverse backgrounds and across language barriers.
  • Ability to work independently and as a part of a team
  • Previous experience working with vulnerable populations preferred, but not required.
  • Education and/or experience working in social work/social services preferred, but not required.
  • Comfortable with Microsoft Excel and willingness to learn to use new software for data entry.
  • Adherence to IRC volunteer/intern and workplace policies

Responsibilities

  • Provide equal treatment to all client groups in accordance with the agency's commitment to the dignity of all persons
  • Assist MG Case Worker in completing eligibility assessments and MG enrollments.
  • Create individualized Self-Sufficiency Plans with MG clients to identify and strategize on how to remove barriers to economic self-sufficiency.
  • Collaborate with clients to create family budgets and provide resources to reduce expenses as needed
  • Perform activities related to removing barriers to self-sufficiency such as helping clients secure state IDs, open bank accounts, public transportation orientation, etc.
  • Maintain up-to-date and accurate casefiles and case notes, and complete regular casefile review.
  • Track service provision through electronic data entry and organize required client documentation.
  • Manage distribution and tracking of in-kind donations to MG clients.
  • Other duties as assigned.
  • Learning Objectives:
  • Intern will gain US resettlement agency experience in assessing new clients.
  • Interns will learn how to communicate effectively across cultures including by utilizing interpreters.
  • Intern will acquire knowledge of programs and public benefits available to humanitarian immigrants.
  • Intern will learn reporting requirements for resettlement agencies and how capturing this data improves services.

International Rescue Committee

We respond to the world’s worst humanitarian crises & help people to survive, recover, and gain control of their future.

Non-profit
Industry
5001-10,000
Employees
1933
Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

The International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and help people to survive, recover, and gain control of their future. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees and displaced people forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40+ countries and in 29 U.S. cities, the IRC restores safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure.