Social Services
Our options are not limited to the internships listed below. Organizations listed
reflect sites where WCSC has recently placed students or those that are currently
looking for interns. Please feel free to do your own research and do not hesitate
to contact WCSC for further opportunities.
- Opportunities marked with a ✠are especially suited for Social Work majors completing their Senior Social Work
Practicums.
Women, Children & Youth
- ✠– focuses on sustainable communities and support families through career trainings,
youth development programs, and partnerships for economic development and social enterprise.
- ✠– provides an array of programing for low-income youth, supporting their transition
to adulthood and working to meet their social, academic, and career needs.
- – An intervention program for disengaged youth facing obstacles that prevent them
from accessing resources and achieving goals in education, employment, and healthy
living.
- Interns shadow professional counselors, write case notes, and help youth find resources
in the community.
- ✠– provides healthcare, English classes, and other support services for women and children.
- – promotes awareness and action on social justice issues in the community, particularly
surrounding racism and violence against women.
- – community drop-in center that provides resources to expectant parents and families
with young children, including ESL instruction, parenting classes, and support groups
for victims of domestic violence.
- – Domestic violence shelter and support hotline. Provides clinical counseling, case
management, and comprehensive services to empower survivors to recover and thrive.
Persons with Disabilities
- – an inter-denominational Christian community centered around communal living with
members who have intellectual disabilities.
- – provides opportunities and support for adults with intellectual and other developmental
disabilities.
Refugees & Immigrants
- ✠– case management and employment support services to refugees and those with asylum
status in DC.
- – supports refugees in countries uprooted by conflict or natural disasters.
- ✠– helps torture survivors engage with social, psychological, and legal services as
well as advocacy and outreach.
- Past interns have supported torture survivors with asylum cases, accompanied them
to court hearings, attended group sessions, and provided one-on-one support.
- – resource center for African Refugees and Immigrants supporting economic and social
prosperity.
- ✠– supports immigrant communities in the DC region through social and legal services
in a variety of arenas, including children and youth services, domestic violence,
human trafficking, and immigration law.
- *Spanish Language Opportunity
Homelessness
- – provides shelter and social services for women experiencing homelessness.
- ✠– provides services for men experiencing homelessness and features a running therapy
program.
HIV/AIDS Resource Centers
- ✠– offers support to low-income persons living with HIV/AIDS.
- ✠– HIV resource center for women that provides HIV prevention services and care management,
as well as policy and advocacy support.
Additional Services
- ✠– works with individuals involved in the criminal justice system from the point of
arrest and pretrial status through reentry into the community upon release from prison.
- ✠– provides legal and social services, food, clothing, and medical care to low-income
families.
- – works with program participants, previously homeless, to learn cooking skills and
provide meals to DC’s hungry and homeless.
