Internship Opportunities
Advocacy
Assess safety of clients, connect clients to appropriate and available resources, complete victim intake, and more.
ADVANCE
Work with CPS-referred victimized parents by supporting ADVANCE educators in and outside of class, maintain records, build curriculum, and more.
Adult Counseling
Opportunity to work with trauma survivors and/or abusers. Opportunity to tailor internship to meet own interests and gain diversity in experience.
BIPP Advocate
Contact and advocate for victim partner, determine appropriate services, complete referrals. Attend BIPP group sessions and more.
BIPP Facilitator
Facilitate groups for perpetrators of intimate partner violence, attend individual and group supervision, conduct weekly orientation/intake session. Maintain client files and records, and more.
Camp Hope / Pathways
Develop and execute both Camp HOPE and Pathways programs. Maintain client records and appropriate documents of service. Provide childcare as needed at Outreach, Shelter and Savannah.
Crisis Line
Assist in screening potential clients into shelter, coordinate their entrance into shelter, complete shelter intakes with new residents. Assist with any immediate client needs and attend House meetings.
Community Engagement
Assist with outreach efforts to the Denton County community and criminal justice system. Assist in preparing, observing, and completing presentations/trainings and more.
Legal Services
More Information Coming Soon
Marketing & Development
Assist with volunteer and in-kind donations database, assist in the planning of special events and fundraisers. Assist with donor care.
Non-profit Operations
Assist in managing all internal operations, including accounting and bookkeeping, payroll and benefits, human resources, internal technology development and more.
Play Therapy
Opportunity to work with children and adolescent who have been impacted by Domestic Violence or Sexual Assault through play therapy.
Survivor Advocacy Team
Interns will be responding to SAT calls, conduct intakes, provide crisis intervention, assist in paperwork, and more.
Shelter Advocacy
Advocate on client’s behalf, attend court proceedings with clients, assist in answering the crisis line, and completing shelter intakes.
Shelter Child Advocacy
Work closely with shelter clients and assist them with school enrollment, provide childcare resources, plan weekly activities for shelter kids and more.
Transitional Housing
Focus on assessing the safety of clients, helping address housing needs, connect clients to appropriate and available resources and more.
Email volunteer@dcfof.org with any questions you may have. You will be contacted for interviews and if other information is needed. Interviews will take place as soon as possible.
