Introduction
This internship offers a great opportunity to get experience with the nonprofit sector and one-to-one counselling, and working in an innovative, grassroot NGO. You will mainly operate within the main program of Iguality, the Mental Health Program, and you will be active in both field-work as well as in other departments of the NGO like awareness raising and research. And a nice add-on, we will share events and training activities with you that you can join during your internship, both online and in-person.
A quick summary of the practicalities:
🏠 Main location in Barcelona, but with many online activities too.
📅 Min. 5 months, max. 12 months (no exceptions possible).
🕒 Next start date between July and October 2024.
🗣️ English, but Spanish and/or Catalan a strong plus
💰 Through Erasmus+ or other external support (required).
Internship tasks
- Participate in monthly supervision sessions with the volunteer therapists and actively contribute to these feedback and evaluation sessions
- Take on one to three cases during the internship period to offer individual counselling (the cases will be carefully selected and matched)
- Join the monthly main team meetings of Iguality to support the organisation with managing and further developing the mental health program
- Assist the program manager of the mental health program with managing the volunteer therapists
- Participate in trainings by the organisation or by external partners of Iguality
- Actively come up with ideas and improvements for the mental health program
- Write articles/blog posts about the mental health program and the experience of being an intern in the program
Requirements
- Have a strong affiliation with mental health, the nonprofit sector and the objectives of Iguality
- Speak fluent English OR Spanish, and either have basic knowledge of English/Spanish/Catalan or open to learn it (we can recommended good schools in Barcelona)
- Be at least in the second year of a Master’s in Psychology (or graduated)
- Have at least 6 months of internship or work experience with individual counselling
- Be ready to take a first case within a month after the start of the internship (with guidance, of course)
- Be highly motivated to work hard and demonstrate great dedication to support people and communities in marginalised situations
- Be extremely eager to learn and happy to participate in training activities and events
- Have access to an internship grant such as Erasmus+ Traineeships or university grants (we cannot offer internships without adequate backing of external financial support)
Internship benefits
- Obtain professional working experience in psychology (including counselling) and the nonprofit sector
- Learn how to work independently and develop a proactive attitude
- Work with experienced professionals from the nonprofit sector
- Have a lot of flexibility in working schedules and working locations
- Work in a diverse, motivated and young team within a brand-new, modern and innovative nonprofit organisation
- Learn about the local context of Barcelona/Catalonia, while also working within a broad international community
- Learn how to work with technical tools such as Canva, Trello, Airtable and more
- Be eligible for a recommendation letter from the coordinator of Iguality after successful completion of the internship
The support you’ll receive
You will be assigned two supervisors during your internship:
- Your personal internship supervisor has a background in social work, project management and the social sector, and will meet with you once every two weeks (online mainly) to discuss practicalities and help you wherever you need.
- Your clinical internship supervisor is a clinical psychologist and will guide you with your cases during your internship during supervision every two weeks (online and in-person)
Moreover, you will have the opportunity to work with other team members as well (including psychologists, managers, designers and other professionals from the nonprofit sector) at different locations (offline and online).
Important additional information
Iguality is a small and young organisation, and for now built on the dedication of volunteers. We can offer a great learning opportunity, but we don’t offer a regular internship experience with a daily work routine in an office.
A fairly large part of the work will be carried out online (apart from counselling), and meetings with other team members will be partly based on how proactive you will be yourself. This requires a lot of independence, but you will also learn how to work flexible hours and create your own work routine.
It’s also important to know that as volunteer-run organisation, we will ask you to have Erasmus+ or other internship/traineeship funding to make your stay in Barcelona possible.
Applying
If you have read all the requirements, and you are truly interested to dedicate yourself to Iguality on a fairly independent basis, you can apply through the button below.
The outcome of your application will be communicated within 1 month. Please note that due to a high amount of applications, we won’t always be able to give you personal feedback on the outcome of the selection process, but we will always let you know if you have been selected or not.