Gerard’s House, established in 1997, is Santa Fe’s grief center for children, teens, families and adults. Gerard’s House offers support through a variety of staff, intern and volunteer-facilitated activities, both at our location and in the public schools. Our model of peer support contradicts the feelings of isolation that so many experience when grieving. Because unvalidated, unexpressed grief is at the root of so many difficult behaviors and coping strategies this work can be preventative and healing for the entire community.
Interns will engage with youth and adults from Northern New Mexico with vastly different backgrounds including race, ethnicity, gender, and socio-economic status. Students will be required to attend a 27-hour training to learn the skills needed to support grieving youth and adults in adherence with our client-centered model. Interns support with intakes, family orientations, wrap around case management and the co-facilitation of weekly peer support groups for youth and/or adults. In their second semester interns demonstrating advanced skills may lead peer support groups and facilitate individual sessions. Interns are also required to participate in ongoing supervision and training, which may include such topics as Working with Immigrant Families: Saving vs. Supporting, Transgender 101, Boundary Setting, and How to Respond to a disclosure of abuse, neglects, self-harm or suicidal ideation. Services provided by the agency include intakes and orientations, case management, administration, research, program evaluation, educational presentations, and group and individual facilitation.
If you are an interested in an internship at Gerard’s House, please note that we offer a limited number of positions and hours. If you are interested in our program, please submit your resume and complete the questions below in the intern application to [email protected]. In addition, please include what license you are working towards, number of hours needed and supervision requirements.
