The International Rescue Committee's primary function is to help people affected by humanitarian crisis rebuild their lives. We serve refugee, asylee, and parolee populations from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ukraine, Afghanistan, Syria, Colombia, El Salvador, and Cuba. Our clients range from newborns to the elderly. The role of social work here is to assist the clients with assimilating to Western, United States culture, applying for as much help as they can receive financially and mentally, and ensuring their overall wellbeing in the United States.
The International Rescue Committee's primary function is to help people affected by humanitarian crisis rebuild their lives. We serve refugee, asylee, and parolee populations from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ukraine, Afghanistan, Syria, Colombia, El Salvador, and Cuba. Our clients range from newborns to the elderly. The role of social work here is to assist the clients with assimilating to Western, United States culture, applying for as much help as they can receive financially and mentally, and ensuring their overall wellbeing in the United States.
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihood are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future.  
The IRC Tallahassee office provides critical programs and services to refugees and asylees that help them rebuild their lives and become thriving community members.  
IRC Tallahassee primarily resettles refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Syria.  
The ages of clients vary between the ages of newborn and 65.  
The office resettles families, which range from 5-9 members per family unit.  
IRC staff and interns provide psychosocial support to all refugees.  IRC engages with refugees as soon as they touchdown at the airport.  Within three months, IRC staff help refugees secure housing, attain access to health insurance, enroll in English classes or school, complete cultural orientation, connect to critical services based on client needs, and find their very first jobs in the U.S.  IRC staff offer job training, assistance with resumes and interviews, vocational ESL classes, and other programs and services to build the self-sufficiency and economic empowerment of refugees. 
Upon completion of services and each client interaction, progress and case notes are required to be completed by staff and interns.  All data is entered into the IRC's web software, ETO.  
Staff and interns work jointly in providing the best services to clients in order for them to attain economic self-sufficiency and community integration.

Special placement information:

The Agency is accepting MSW 1st year students, MSW 2nd year and Advanced Standing Clinical Students, Social Leadership, clinical, Part-time MSW.  The student would need their own transportation and travel is not reimbursed by the agency. There are stipend's available through Florida State University. Student's do not need liability insurance and video/audio taping is not permitted in any instance without every individual in the photo's consent. The IRC in Tallahassee is open 9am-5pm, Monday through Friday. There are not many weekend or evening hours available for working students and the agency is available by bus, and we have had many students work here and take the bus from student living to here.