Spring 2025 Refugee Resettlement Internship

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The Refugee Resettlement Department of Catholic Charities Community Services provides assistance to refugees, asylees, SIVs, Cuban/Haitian entrants, parolees, certified victims of trafficking, and unaccompanied minors from diverse backgrounds. The department offers case management, employment-based, and educational services that help clients feel secure in their new community. To further help us with this goal, we are looking to bring on interns who are interested in engaging in our office functions while interacting one-on-one with clients to help them work towards self-sufficiency.

Interns are able to work with a diverse, multicultural staff and client population, gain insights into the challenges that refugees/asylees face, provide a service to the office that is integral in the resettlement process, and learn more about non-profit programming and management.

Potential Responsibilities:

• Develop client resumes.
• Assist in application completion (job, social benefits, school, etc.)
• Facilitate workshops and orientations.
• Provide interpretation and document translation.
• Accompany clients to appointments.
• Perform mock interviews and interview preparations.
• Tutor in computer basics and employment readiness.
• Conduct research on education, jobs, cultural services, housing, mental health, and other resources available in NYC.
• Assist in administrative and research tasks.

Required Skills:

• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Excellent organization and attention to detail.
• Able to work independently and balance multiple responsibilities.
• Familiar with Microsoft Office.
• Comfortability in providing hands-on assistance.
• Flexible, patient, compassionate, and interested in working with a refugee/asylee population.
• Additional language skills (particularly Haitian Creole, French, Arabic, Russian, Ukrainian, Pashto, Dari, Farsi, Spanish, and Burmese) are beneficial.

Schedule/ Commitment:

Intern hours are during office hours.

• Monday through Friday, 9 am to 5 pm. Hours/shifts can be flexible according to the intern’s schedule and availability.
• Required commitment of 10-21 hours (two days) per week for a minimum of three months.

Location: 80 Maiden Lane, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10038