Internship Application

We accept intern applications in all three of our locations: Aurora, Chicago, & DuPage County.

Internship Application

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What office location are you applying for?(Required)

Have you ever been convicted of a criminal offense other than a traffic violation?(Required)

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Do you have your own transportation and car insurance?(Required)

What is your current church affiliation or place of membership?

Languages Spoken (include level of fluency)(Required)

Please note language and fluency.

- Speaking/Reading/Writing

- Beginner/Intermediate/fluent

Educational background and professional training and/or degrees(Required)

Does this internship fulfill an academic requirement?(Required)

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Does this internship need direct supervision from a licensed professional?(Required)

What level of licensure is required?

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Please check all areas of interest at Chicago(Required)

Asylum Case Management Internship - The Asylum Case Management Internship is an extended case management service aimed towards assisting especially vulnerable asylum seekers in becoming self-sufficient and integrated to their local community. The intern will acquire holistic knowledge of the needs of asylum seekers individuals by accomplishing health, immigration, and navigation related tasks with our most vulnerable clients.

Employment Services and Case Management - Seek to equip immigrants with skills and resources to enter the American workforce for the first time or to advance their careers while also providing local companies with a workforce solution.

Preferred Community Program - Work to empower refugees and immigrants to adjust and/or thrive in their environment and move toward the goal of self-sufficiency after facing trauma or having an extra obstacle in their way.

Youth Services - Help refugee families with school enrollments, navigate the US school system through parent-teacher conferences and relationships with the local schools, and assist with after-school clubs, tutoring and/or summer camps.

Other

Why do you want to intern with World Relief?(Required)

Please describe any cross-cultural experience you have (volunteer/mission/academic/professional).(Required)

How did you hear about World Relief?(Required)

Please indicate your availability (check all that apply)(Required)

Desired Hours / Week

Will you have an additional job or educational responsibilities concurrent with your internship at World Relief? If yes, how many hours/week?(Required)

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Please provide contact information for someone we can call in case of an emergency (name, number, relationship to applicant)(Required)

I am aware that internships at World Relief Chicagoland are unpaid(Required)

Yes

I am aware that internships at World Relief are contingent upon passing a criminal background check(Required)

Yes

I am aware that I will be working 1-on-1 with World Relief Chicagoland clients and have consulted with my school that they do not have any objections(Required)

Yes

Does your academic institution allow you to drive clients as part of your internship duties?(Required)

When do you need a decision from World Relief by?(Required)

Resume

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Mission

Empowering the local Church to serve the most vulnerable

Vision

In community with the local Church, World Relief envisions the most vulnerable people transformed economically, socially, and spiritually.

Values

The Example of Jesus as we serve those who are suffering from poverty and injustice, regardless of color, belief, or gender, as part of God’s plan to redeem, reconcile, and restore the world. We seek to follow Jesus by living holy, humble, and honest lives individually and corporately.

The Local Church as a primary agent of bringing peace, justice, and love to a broken world. The integrated “word” and “deed” dimensions of God’s mandate, as evidenced through the church’s integral, or transformational, mission are necessary to bringing reconciliation and restoration to God, others, and the environment.

People whether staff, volunteers, clients, beneficiaries, donors, and partners, as important actors in bringing peace, love, and justice. We recognize and affirm World Relief as a multicultural organization and seek to understand and respect the multiplicity of cultures among us. As we seek change in the world, we recognize that we, too, are changed, by those we serve.

Excellence/Continuous Improvement in all our program initiatives and support services, following best practices and standards in a manner that is sustainable to the community from a spiritual, social, and economic perspective. We also seek to apply our human and financial resources in such ways that maximize impact and sustain benefits to the greatest number of people.

Empowerment by prioritizing the leadership and participation of those we serve, whether people, churches, or local institutions, as critical to creating and sustaining change. We seek to catalyze a movement of worldwide volunteers to multiply impact, and we value capacity-building as a means towards that end.

Partnership by seeking, facilitating, and promoting collaboration among all stakeholders, including local governments, the worldwide church, mission agencies, other NGO’s, and the business community, recognizing partnership as essential to serving the most vulnerable. We believe each expression of the worldwide Church has a unique and interdependent role in bringing peace and justice to the world.

Prayer is the priority and foundation to accomplishing our mission.

I hereby acknowledge that I have read and understand the Mission, Vision and Values of World Relief and will respect them in the manner in which I serve.

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General Health Precautions:

World Relief DuPage/Aurora strongly encourages the use of general health precautions in all offices, off-site programs, home-based and transportation services, and volunteer training material. These general precautions include everyday steps to protect your health and the health of those around you, such as:

Cover your nose and mouth with your elbow or a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw the tissue in the trash after you use it.

Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after you cough or sneeze. Alcohol-based hand cleaners are also effective.

Try to avoid close contact with sick people.

If you must touch or assist someone who is sick or injured, use new medical gloves, especially if you may come in contact with bodily fluids. This is for the protection of both you and the injured person. Follow proper incident reporting procedures.

Make First Aid Kits available for staff and volunteers at any official World Relief office or program site.

If you are sick with influenza or another communicable disease, the CDC (Center for Disease Control) recommends that you stay home from work or school and limit contact with others to keep from infecting them. Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth.

Role of the Health Department:

According to the Illinois Department of Public Health, it is the role of the local health department to monitor infectious diseases and conditions that are “able to be passed from one person to another (communicable) and/or diseases and conditions that pose a risk to the public’s health in general. The Communicable Disease program investigates each individual report and contacts either the individual who has the disease or condition, the medical provider caring for the individual and/or any others who may be at risk” (source: Kane County Health Dept: http://www.kanehealth.com/FAQs.htm).

Some service providers – including health care providers, hospitals, and laboratories – are required to report certain infectious diseases to county health departments within certain timeframes (see http://www.kanehealth.com/PDFs/Diseases/ReportDiseasesPoster4-08.pdf for more information about which conditions must be reported).

World Relief staff members do not have the authority to determine who may have been exposed to a communicable disease or what kind of testing or treatment to recommend. If you think that you may have been exposed to a communicable disease or have any other related questions, please contact your local health department:

Cook County Department of Public Health (https://cookcountypublichealth.org/): 708-836-8600

DuPage County Health Department (http://www.dupagehealth.org/): 630.682.7400

Kane County Health Department (http://www.kanehealth.com/index.htm): 630.264.7652

If any World Relief staff or volunteers have been exposed to a communicable disease, this will be evaluated by the health department and they will follow-up with each person (or manager) directly.

For more information about a variety of health issues that may affect Illinois residents, please see the health fact sheets at: http://www.idph.state.il.us/public/hbhome.htm

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