Sea-Watch is looking for an intern in the department “Supervision & Psychological Support”

Berlin / remote / from September 2024 / 20-30h per week

 

About us:  

Sea-Watch e.V. is a non-profit initiative dedicated to the civil sea rescue of people on the move. In view of the humanitarian disaster in the central Mediterranean Sea-Watch provides emergency aid, demands and at the same time forces the rescue by the responsible European institutions and publicly stands up for legal escape routes. We are politically and religiously independent and are financed exclusively by donations.

 

 

In order to provide our activists with the best possible support in their mission and to systematically strengthen sustainable activism in civilian Search and Rescue, the “Supervision and Psychological Support” team offers numerous formats for psychosocial support. To this end, the team coordinates various psychological de/briefings, crisis interventions and counselling sessions in cooperation with around 80 volunteers. In addition, different measures for team and organisational development as well as workshops and moderations are carried out to strengthen the topics of anti-discrimination, anti-burnout and grassroots democratic participation. As an intern in the department “Supervision & Psychological Support” you will support this team.

 

Your tasks:

  • Support in the coordination of de/briefings and other support services in the operational area (ship and airborne) and back office

  • Participation in content-related working groups as agreed and of interest

  • Support with volunteer coordination and internal team development

  • Participation in weekly online team meetings, content-related exchanges, internal training and supervision

  • Collaboration in the day-to-day business of the team (mediation, email correspondence, etc.)

  • If necessary, supervised development of your own project on the topics of the area

Your profile:

  • You are in training or enrolled in social work/ psychology/ a related subject at a German university

  • You have English or/and German language skills

  • You identify with the goals and vision of Sea-Watch e.V.

  • You are interested in the topics of psychosocial support, sustainable activism and organisational development

  • You have a strong organisational talent and enjoy planning and coordinating tasks

  • You have the ability to carry out tasks conscientiously and independently

  • You are a team player and enjoy self-organised work in flat hierarchies

We offer you:

  • Insights into the psychosocial support work of a NGO

  • Training and support to get your intern started based on your needs

  • Broad learning and development opportunities in an exciting area

  • Flat hierarchies and plenty of room for personal initiative

  • A meaningful working environment

  • The opportunity to participate in internal workshops and training courses as well as events at which Sea-Watch is represented

  • A compensation of €520.00 per month

We look forward to receive your application!

We do not primarily select our interns based on their CV, but rather on their interest and attitude. We therefore invite you to answer the following question in your application so that we can get an impression:

What does sustainable activism mean to you and how would you promote it in a politically and humanitarian challenging environment?

The internship should start on April 1 or October 1, and we would like it to last six months1. We are happy to discuss slight deviations regarding duration in person. The application deadlines are:

01.05. for start from October

01.02. for start from February

Please send your application for the internship with CV and letter of motivation in one PDF document to: supervision-application@sea-watch.org

As we are committed to a society without racism and discrimination, we particularly welcome applications from women*, LGBTQI*, BIPoC, people with disabilities, people with a background of migration and people from other groups that are underrepresented in the maritime and NGO world. You are welcome to refrain from including application photos and information on age and marital status.

 

1) We currently do not have any licensed therapists in our team to supervise long-term psychological internships. We would be happy to discuss other requirements for your supervision in person.

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