Purpose and benefits of the EFRJ internship

For interns - The EFRJ internship is a meaningful opportunity for anyone showing interest in restorative justice and willing to offer their time and skills to the organisation. It is beneficial:

• to gain work experience in one of the largest and most prominent restorative justice networks  in Europe, 
• to gain insight into at least one of the key strategic areas and challenges the EFRJ is working with and into its approach to addressing these,
• to learn and develop additional skills and knowledge in the field of restorative justice and related areas, 
• to get practical experience on producing work materials and on the digital tools and platforms the EFRJ uses,
• to better shape one’s career path and understanding what job could fit one’s interests, 
• to have networking opportunities with international professionals working in the restorative justice field, 
• to have free access to (one of) the paying events of the EFRJ (in agreement with the EFRJ Secretariat),
• to have access to the EFRJ’s restorative justice resource centre in Leuven (for interns based in Leuven) and get support and advice for their individual research,
• to attain credits to complete studies (if agreed with your educational institution), and
• most importantly! to taste what it means working in a flexible and hospitable international team, collaborating and getting constructive feedback from an individual assigned mentor. 

For the EFRJ - The organisation benefits from the diversity, various skills and new ideas interns represent and bring to the organisation. In practice, interns are a valuable source of creativity and time commitment, supporting the work of the Secretariat by completing some tasks, proposing new ideas and involving new people in the EFRJ’s work. In the past, internship programmes served also to identify future employees: indeed, some staff members of the Secretariat started to work at the EFRJ (or at the KU Leuven, or with EFRJ members) thanks to their internship at the EFRJ. Note that no future employment with the organisation is assured.