Mental Health & Wellness Intern, Spring 2025

International Rescue Committee - Louisville, KY

Full-time - Intern

Louisville, KY

Social Assistance

About the position

The Spring 2025 Mental Health & Wellness Intern will work closely with the Health and Wellness Specialist, clients, and local healthcare providers to advocate for and coordinate healthcare and preventative health needs for clients. This unpaid internship is designed for current graduate-level students in Public Health, Social Work, or related fields, focusing on enhancing clients' mental well-being and guiding them towards self-sufficiency.

Responsibilities

• Provide equal treatment to all client groups in accordance with the agency's commitment to the dignity of all persons.
• Ensure clients identified as in need of mental health services receive timely referrals and case management, including coordinating medical appointments and tracking follow-ups.
• Support clients in need of mental health services through referrals to licensed clinicians, connection to relevant community resources, and regular check-ins.
• Attend cross-agency refugee mental health initiative meetings and workshops.
• Prepare and conduct mental health orientations and wellness groups for clients, enhancing curriculum with community partner involvement and updated materials.
• Assist clients to become self-sufficient in navigating and utilizing transportation resources such as Medicaid taxi and TARC bus system.
• Refer clients to any other internal/external organizational services they have eligibility/interest in receiving.
• Perform data entry, analysis, and administrative tasks relevant to mental health services provided.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Must be a current undergraduate or graduate student, or less than 12 months past graduation, preferably in the fields of Public Health, Social Work, Nursing, or related.
• Access to a personal vehicle/reliable transportation; IRC Louisville cannot support securing transportation or housing for interns.
• Candidates must be a U.S. citizen or must have active and compliant visas and work authorization status in the United States.
• 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.
• Comfortable with Microsoft Excel and willingness to learn to use new software for data entry.
• Adherence to IRC volunteer/intern and workplace policies.
• Fluency/proficiency in English, both spoken and written, are required; proficiency in language(s) spoken by client group is desired, but not required.

Nice-to-haves

• Proficiency in language(s) spoken by client group is desired, but not required.

Benefits

• In-depth training on IRC programming and client needs.
• Training on IRC's federal R&P and APA service agreements and programmatic requirements for resettlement services.