Internship Opening: Research Assistant

Join a research project that seeks to ensure that home-care workers and other long-term Care workers are treated fairly.

Internship Opening: Research Assistant Start

Date: September 21 or until the position is filled

End Date: December 31, 2020

Work Location: Remote

Join a research project that seeks to ensure that homecare workers and other Long-term Care workers are treated fairly.

About the project: California will need an estimated 600,000 additional caregivers by 2030 to support our state’s seniors and people with disabilities. (CA Future Health Workforce Commission). In order to meet the growing need, we need to understand the ways long-term care in California does and does not work for consumers and workers.

To do this, we’re conducting a study of the industry by surveying workers, employers of caregivers and personal attendants, long-term care facility residents, and their families all across the state. We want to understand how Californians are making decisions about long-term care and support services for themselves and their loved ones.

This project is a collaboration with National Domestic Workers Alliance,The UCLA Labor Center, the California Domestic Workers Coalition, the Pilipino Workers Center and the Golden Gate University’s Women’s Employment Rights Clinic. Learn more about the research project on our website. 

About Hand in Hand: Hand in Hand is a national network of individuals and families who depend on domestic workers and believe that dignified and respectful working conditions benefit worker and employer alike. We honor the care work that happens in homes across our country, and seek to ensure that care is accessible and affordable for all families and that the jobs we create bring fairness and dignity to the workers.

About the Internship: This is a 10 hour/week unpaid internship that will provide the student with experience with survey-based research as well as research for social justice movement work.

Specific duties may include:

• Outreach to survey participants & verification of survey responses
• Opportunity to conduct interviews with workers, seniors, and people with disabilities employing homecare workers
• Support on transcription of interviews
• Weekly check ins with supervisor

Other benefits: access to research team meetings, connections to Bay Area and LA based social justice organizations focused on domestic worker rights and rights for elders and people with disabilities.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Interest in learning about research
• Interest in supporting elder, disability and worker rights
• Ability to work well with others and communicate effectively
• Well organized
• Have access to one own’s computer and phone

Compensation, Benefits and Work Schedule: None. Hours are flexible- based upon student’s availability. Letter of recommendation furnished upon request or completion of internship.

To apply: Please write a paragraph about why you are interested in the position and submit a recent resume or short work history to kayla@domesticemployers.org by September 21st.

Hand in Hand: The Domestic Employers Network is a project of and fiscally sponsored by Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice.

Bend the Arc and Hand in Hand: The Domestic Employers Network value a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture. Bend the Arc provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, marital status, citizenship, disability, veteran status, record of arrest or conviction, or any other legally protected status. Women, people of color, differently abled people, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and gender non-conforming individuals are strongly encouraged to apply.

This job description is intended to convey information essential to understand the scope of the position. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of skills, efforts, duties, or responsibilities associated with the position.