Women & Children's Program Intern

Light Of Life Rescue Mission•Pittsburgh, PA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Light of Life Rescue Mission serves people in the Northside of Pittsburgh who are experiencing homelessness, poverty, and other related challenges. The organization seeks an Intern to assist its Women & Children's Long-term Program. The intern's role will be to help strengthen female clients' family units, mainly through childcare while mothers engage in program activities. Light of Life will pay a $400/week stipend for 25-28 hours per week. The mission is committed to maintaining a drug-free community, and staff may not use or consume controlled substances like marijuana, even when prescribed by a physician, due to the nature of serving those who struggle with addiction.

Responsibilities

Assists childcare team in the implementation of children's and parent programming to strengthen and improve the family unit and quality of life.
Overseeing daily classroom activities for mainly the Nursery 0-4 years, and occasionally School-Aged Room.
Implement family-based curriculum and lesson plans, including family events, summer programming, and field trips.
Provides overall support and care to children and families as needed.
Provide support to volunteers in day-to-day care of children in the nursery and school aged children during the summer.
Attend overnight Family Camp with mothers and children and assist in planning process - August 15-17th.
Execute case management tasks for family and child-related needs including referrals, and monthly home visits etc.
Opportunity to assist in at-home visits inspections.
Record a weekly report of day-to-day activities and take photos of programming and fieldtrips for grant reporting.
Serve as an advocate and encourager for families that are recovering from homelessness and drug or alcohol addiction.