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Summer 2024 Economic Empowerment - Matching Grant Intern - Louisville Kentucky
Company: International Rescue Committee Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Posted On: 04/25/2024
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 one of the world's largest international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), at work in more than 40 countries and more than 25 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. A force for humanity, IRC employees delivers lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions. If you're a solutions-driven, passionate change-maker, come join us in positively impacting the lives of millions of people world-wide for a better future. SCOPE OF WORKThe Summer 2024 Economic Empowerment - Matching Grant Intern assists IRC Louisville Matching Grant (MG) clients in achieving self-sufficiency through support in the resume, pre-application, and interview stages of securing jobs. This position works closely with the Matching Grant Caseworker to ensure clients receive seamless and high-quality services and that IRC Louisville meets Matching Grant program requirements. This position interacts with clients regularly, helps build employment skills, and helps refugees navigate community resources to achieve self-sufficiency.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.REQUIREMENTS
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