Title: Mission & Learning Social Work Intern

Reports to: Organizational Development, Assistant Director

Location: 305 Seventh Avenue, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10001

Hours: 21 Hrs/Wk (3 days a week)

Salary: $0 (this is an unpaid internship)

Good Shepherd Services is a leading multi-service agency with more than 85 programs that serve over 30,000 youth and families each year – and builds on their strengths to help them gain skills for success. At Good Shepherd, we respect the dignity and worth of every person and reject intolerance, inequity and injustice in whatever form it may take. Voted one of the top 100 places to work in NYC by Crain’s New York, Good Shepherd Services offers a fantastic work environment, a collaborative team dedicated to fulfilling our mission, and an amazing array of benefits. Join our team and help make a difference!

Job Responsibilities

• Support or co-facilitate workshops, courageous conversations, and dialogues across difference

• Research best practices around belonging and fairness for all people, learns about monthly awareness days and helps to draft agency-wide communications

• Provide consultation to individuals and groups regarding cross-cultural interactions and conflicts

• Provide support to employee resource groups; coordinate quarterly meetings with employee resource groups to ensure they align with the organization’s mission

• Develops and regularly updates guides, toolkits, and resources for the agency

• Co-creates an e-newsletter and regular agency updates

• Supports with the development, coordination, and execution of theme-month informational materials, celebrations and events (i.e. National Black History Month)

• Provides support in the form of healing circles to staff members working with members of the mental health team

• Other related tasks as needed

• Analyze agency policies and procedures to identify opportunities for equitable outcomes

• Promote belonging and fair leadership practices at all levels of the organization

• Curate resources that build understanding of different people

Qualifications:

• Must be currently enrolled in a Master's of Social Work Degree Program

• Ability to work from the Good Shepherd Services 7th Avenue Office required

• Dedicated to all the NASW Social Work Ethics

• Has a deep understanding of power dynamics between different groups of people, institutions

• Has a deep level of emotional and cultural intelligence

• Motivated and forward-thinking; dedicated to fairness and belonging of all people

• Skilled in guiding conversations on topics related to valuing differences and creating welcoming environments

• Innovative, courageous, and prepared to challenge ingrained patterns of unfairness; confident in promoting practices that foster belonging.

• Applies an understanding of how different aspects of identity connect and overlap

• Dedicated to ongoing education and expanding knowledge to address unfairness; acknowledges that fostering belonging is a continuous journey

• Focused on continuous learning and development to better understand and address patterns of exclusion

• Builds strong relationships and collaborates effectively with people from varied backgrounds

• Actively engaged in continuing education and professional development related to valuing differences and creating welcoming environments