MSW Interns - Fall 2025 (46058)

University Settlement partners with 40,000 New Yorkers on the Lower East Side and in Brooklyn every year to build on their strengths as they achieve healthy, stable, and remarkable lives.

We work with New Yorkers of all ages. We infuse a commitment to civic engagement, equity, and communal action into each of our programs, which include early childhood education, mental health and wellness, benefits assistance and eviction prevention, adult literacy and education, healthy aging, community, and recreation centers, performing and visual arts, and youth development.

Responsibilities:

• Placements are available across all divisions at University Settlement in Mental Health, Early Childhood, Youth, and Adult programming
• Program responsibilities and specific job duties to be determined by respective program director. 
• Become fully knowledgeable of the mental health and supportive resources in Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn
• Complete all required data collection and documentation according to program requirements
• Provide community outreach and engagement
• Complete all required process recordings, reflections, trainings and according to degree and supervision requirements
• Other duties as assigned by SIFI and Task Supervisors

Qualifications:

• MSW student 
• Firm understanding of racial inequity, strength-based work, child and youth development, attachment, trauma, and family dynamics
• Demonstrated ability to work with and engage hard-to-reach populations as well as families and youth impacted by trauma, poverty, complex stressors, violence, mental health, etc.
• Demonstrated ability to provide community and home-based services from a culturally competent and trauma-informed approach
• Ability to navigate and support families effectively through crises
• Excellent verbal, written and technology skills required
• Ability to be a proactive and creative team player is a must
• Strong organization and time management skills is a must
• Skillset to effectively working autonomously and in a fast-paced environment is a must
• Comfortable traveling to and working in families’ homes and communities; experience providing home-based services a plus
• Bilingual skills a plus

Hours: 14 - 21 hours a week (dependent on academic requirements); Flexible hours including early evening hours

Salary: Unpaid internship

We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive community. We support a broadly diverse team who will contribute to our organization. We are an equal employment opportunity for all regardless of race, color, citizenship, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran or reservist status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law. 

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