Volunteer Opportunities

IRC Career Programs assists individuals with certification training in healthcare fields such as Medical Assistant, Pharmacy Technician, Nurse Assistant, Phlebotomy and more.

Volunteers will have the opportunity to contribute to the well-being and community development within the Women’s Resilience Center (WRC). These interactive sessions are hosted online, via ZOOM, where volunteers create a safe, welcoming space to practice English with WRC members. Keeping in line with the WRC's person-centered approach, topics for sessions will be guided by participants and their interests.

SCOPE OF WOMEN’S RESILIENCE CENTER VOLUNTEER WORK: Volunteers will have the opportunity to contribute to the development of English Conversation Sessions within the Women’s Resilience Center (WRC). These interactive sessions are hosted online, via ZOOM, where volunteers create a safe, welcoming space to practice English with WRC members. Keeping in line with the WRC's person-centered approach, topics for sessions will be guided by participants and their interests.

The IRC’s Center for Financial Opportunity (CFO) helps newly arrived refugees and other low-income individuals reach self-sufficiency by finding entry-level employment and progress to living wage jobs, learn basic financial management skills and build assets, and start small businesses. Core to CFO, is the Career Development program which supports refugees, immigrants, and other underserved community members in San Diego County to obtain careers that provide greater self-sufficiency, job security, and opportunity for future career advancement. Career Development staff career coaching coupled with on-site literacy and workforce preparation activities classes at the IRC and support off-site workforce training with our training partners, so that students are simultaneously improving their literacy skills, work readiness skills, and working toward a certificate

Volunteers will work to provide administrative support to the Immigration Department. (In-person requirement.)

SCOPE OF WORK: The International Rescue Committee in San Diego runs several youth programs, including after school tutoring for high school students. Many of these students are refugees and immigrants and attend Crawford High School and Hoover High School. One-on-one and small group tutoring from volunteers helps prepare students for success in school. Tutors will meet in person with high school students to work through school assignments and provide strategies for students to develop their skills. Tutors provide a positive, encouraging, safe environment for students to utilize their skills and understand their assignments. Tutoring will be in person at Crawford and Hoover High Schools. Services may shift to virtual sessions, if necessary, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.   

BACKGROUND: The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is at work in over 40 countries and 26 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. For the second academic year, IRC San Diego is serving middle school refugee students in the Cajon Valley Unified School District. Students enrolled in the middle school program will engage in an after-school club focused on social-emotional enrichment, leadership development, civic engagement and acculturation. In addition, students will have the opportunity to go on 2 monthly field trips to explore their new home city through unique growth activities including museums, arts, culture, and outdoor adventure!