Students currently enrolled in undergraduate, graduate and seminary programs are encouraged to apply for a rewarding, hands-on internship with Catholic Charities! We have placements with clinical supervision for students of social work, nursing, education, clinical psychology, occupational therapy, and other fields.  We offer  placements that are supervised by licensed professionals and expose the students to social welfare policy implementation in a variety of fields and general work experience.

Why Serve

Develop a broad set of work skills in a professional setting and have opportunities for:

  • Leadership building
  • Networking
  • Community impact
  • Learning from experts and executives!

Timeline

Term

Students Apply 

Internship Begins

Fall

Late April

Late August

Spring

Late October

Mid-January

Summer

Late February

Late May

Apply

We offer both clinically supervised and non-clinically supervised internships.

A clinical intern is defined as a student, usually a graduate level student but occasionally undergraduate, who requires specialized supervision by a licensed professional. 

Examples include:

  • MSW student who needs supervision by a social worker with specific license
  • Nursing student who needs to work with trained medical professionals

Apply Here

A non-clinical intern is defined as a student who does not require supervision by a licensed professional in their field

Examples include:

  • Quality Assurance intern at our medical and dental clinic
  • Direct client services intern at Community Options
  • Communications and Development intern

Apply Here

We are sometimes able to accommodate requests for individual mini internships or senior projects required for high school graduation. For information please email Claire Sanfilippo at claire.sanfilippo@cc-dc.org

Hear from a previous intern
Maya, a Sophomore at the University of Chicago, was an intern for the Health Care Network. As a Pre-Med student, Maya loved shadowing the physicians in the Spanish Catholic Center Medical Clinic, witnessing the provider-patient interactions, and learning about how the healthcare system works for low and uninsured patients. Through this internship, Maya felt she has not only furthered her education goals, but had been introduced to the humanitarian mission of Catholic Charities and its importance in the region.