About the role
Academic Year Social Work Internships
Lawyers For Children is a dynamic organization of social workers, attorneys, and youth advocates who provide advocacy and comprehensive services to some of New York City's most vulnerable children.
LFC has a robust social work internship program for students committed to child welfare issues. As a social work intern, you would work side by side with our staff social workers, gaining valuable exposure to the profession and to the most pressing issues facing the City's children and their families.
Interns will have a formal training program that continues throughout the academic year.
Social work interns have the opportunity to accompany social workers on field visits, sit in on client interviews and case conferences, observe court cases, and help prepare the social work portion of cases for hearings and trial.
In addition, interns will work together as part of the legal/social work team that makes LFC's advocacy model unique.
LFC accepts a limited number of social work interns for approximately 10-15 hours per week during the fall and spring semesters. All internships are volunteer positions and no stipends are available through LFC. The academic year program provides opportunities for the same case engagement as described in the summer program.
To Apply
Please send your resume and cover letter to: internships@lawyersforchildren.org.