Social Work Intern

The Innocence Project is seeking an Intern for the Social Work division of the legal department.  The Social Work Intern will report to the Social Work Director.  

We are seeking a graduate or undergraduate student interested in doing work to help exonerees transition to life outside of prison. The student need not be enrolled in a social work program, but should have an interest in providing assistance to exonerees, mostly through computer and telephone research.

Time Commitment:
The Social Work Intern should be available for 10-15 hours per week starting Fall 2009.

Responsibilities:
The social work intern assists the social workers in their efforts to help exonerees (IP's clients who have been exonerated after an average of 12 years wrongfully incarcerated) transition from prison to life after incarceration.  This may include researching available services for clients in their locations around the country (i.e., medical, dental, mental health, education, housing and job training), making referrals to clients either directly or indirectly through the social workers, talking to clients on the telephone, updating the reentry resource directory, assisting with logistics for computers donated to clients and  helping on other projects related to exonerees as needed .

Qualifications:
-Interested in helping exonerees
-Empathetic
-Independent worker
-Comfortable on computer, including creating and editing Excel documents

Application Deadline:
Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until the position is filled.  

Applications should include a thoughtful cover letter and resume for consideration.  Documents in MS Word, Word Perfect or Adobe Acrobat should be emailed to hr3@innocenceproject.org.  Please include "Social Work Intern" in the subject line.

Incomplete applications or applications including zip files will not be considered.  No phone calls, please.

The Innocence Project is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to workplace diversity.