Internship Opportunities at Children's Friend

Development

Assist Development Department in foster care recruitment, volunteer coordination, data entry, annual events, and other activities to support the agency

Computer Technology

Assist Information Services department staff in maintenance of computer workstations, trouble-shoot workstation problems, update software, rebuild, reload and upgrade PCs, and run data reports. Car is needed to travel to and from agency sites located in Central Falls, Providence, and Pawtucket.

Project Connect

Work with families and children, providing individual and group services. Project Connect helps families achieve a substance-free lifestyle. Must be a graduate or undergraduate student in social work or a related human services field.

Head Start – early care and education

Develop skills working with preschool children at our Head Start centers. Learn about early child development. Sites are located in Providence and Pawtucket.

Family Support Centers

Assist Family Advocates in planning activities, help with the clothing closet, and help link families in need to community resources. Centers located in Central Falls and South Providence.

Administrative Support

Assist administrative support staff in front desk coverage, answering phones, customer service, clerical, data entry, copying and filing. Sites are located in Providence, Central Falls and Pawtucket.

Child Care

Develop skills with infants, toddlers, or preschool children at our early education center in Central Falls .

Other Direct Service programs

A variety of our direct service programs have internship opportunities available on a regular basis for undergraduate and graduate students.

Contact Teri DeBoise, Director of Program Development and Quality, at 276-4378 or tdeboise@cfsri.org for more information on interning at Children's Friend.