Internships

An internship is a great way for students to get real world experience during their education. Catholic Charities partners with colleges throughout the state to provide meaningful internship opportunities throughout our agency.

Catholic Charities offers unpaid internships in a variety of departments including accounting, communications, information technology and human resources. We also offer an extensive array of unpaid internships for students in the human services field.

Students pursuing a bachelor's or master's level degree in a human services field can complete a Catholic Charities internship in foster care case management, adoption, community service, youth intervention, intact family services, residential care or senior services. Counseling internships are also available to students at the master's level.

All of our interns are eligible for agency-sponsored training opportunities.

Students interested in an interviewing for a Catholic Charities internship need to complete this questionnaire. Please send the questionnaire with a résumé and cover letter containing the basic school requirements, the number of hours needed to complete the internship, and the supervision required to:

Sue Hirschman, Volunteer/Intern Coordinator
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Peoria
2900 West Heading Ave.
West Peoria, IL 61604

You may also e-mail the documents to shirschman@ccdop.org or fax to our office at 309.671.0297. Please contact our Volunteer/Internship Office at 309.636.7724 if you have any questions or concerns.