Lafayette, Indiana United States
WHAT IS VISION OF HOPE?
Vision of Hope is a Christ-centered residential environment that serves women struggling with
• eating disorders
• habits of self-harm
• unplanned pregnancy and other sexual issues
• addictions of all kinds including drug and alcohol addiction
Our staff team is comprised of ACBC certified biblical counselors. We also utilize volunteers and mentors who have a
desire to serve women in need. While we serve hurting souls, we also train future leaders in the Body of Christ through
our internship program. Every January and July, we hire new female interns who desire an opportunity to gain valuable
ministry experience by committing to serve our residents and staff for one year.
INTERN RESPONSIBILITIES
Duties:
• Supervise residents through the normal activities of their day during normal scheduled shifts
• Act as a liaison between residents and Senior Staff
• Intervene in minor crisis situations
• Demonstrate the love of Christ while assisting the residents to understand Biblical authority structures
and the benefits of being disciplined
Benefits:
• Excellent experience putting God’s word and Biblical Counseling truths into practice in a real
environment
• Close proximity to the world class Biblical Counseling training at Faith Church, including regular Biblical
counseling training with our executive director, Dr. Charles Hodges
• Opportunity for further training through Faith’s biblical training conference.
• Access to the excellent resources and the experienced staff at Vision of Hope on a daily basis
• Ability to sit in on counseling with the residents and staff in order to practically learn what biblical
counseling looks like
• Opportunity to work on ACBC certification and practical experience.
• Ministry training in growth in leading others as you grow in leadership.
• We encourage you to raise funds or seek financial support from family church for your year of serving.
• Free housing, meals, and access to laundry facilities
• Fitness Membership at Faith Community Center
Responsibilities:
First 6 months of Internship
• Supervise five consistently scheduled day shifts per week
• One consistently scheduled security shift per week. During the night shift you are expected to sleep
unless needed to assist a resident. Security duties include supervising the security system, answering
middle of the night phone calls from residents, and acting as a liaison between incidents happening in
the house on your shift and the senior staff if needed.
• Supervise Sunday mornings and holidays on a rotating schedule determined at the beginning of the
internship.
• One consistently scheduled reclaimed hope shop shift per week, totaling approximately 5 hours/week
• Attend bi-weekly Personal Supervision, totaling approximately ½-1 hour/biweekly
Second 6 months of Internship
• Supervise five consistently scheduled day shifts per week
• Act as an assistant for assigned On Duty staff in duties that will enhance your strengths and prepare
you for future ministry.
• One consistently scheduled security shift per week. During the night shift you are expected to sleep
unless needed to assist a resident. Security duties include supervising the security system, answering
middle of the night phone calls from residents, and acting as a liaison between incidents happening in
the house on your shift and the senior staff if needed.
• Supervise Sunday mornings and holidays on a rotating schedule determined at the beginning of the
internship.
• One consistently scheduled reclaimed hope shop shift per week, totaling approximately 5 hours/week
• Attend weekly Staff and Intern meetings, totaling approximately 2 ½-3 hours/week
• Attend weekly Personal Supervision, totaling approximately ½ -1 hour/biweekly
• Help with the behind the scenes of running the ministry: fundraising, office tasks, organizing and
character-building tasks.
Commitments / General Information:
• New interns begin every January and July. It is our preference to work with interns that
desire training for future ministry leadership.
• Because our desire is to work with women desiring future ministry leadership our preference is that
interns would not need to work outside of their VOH position. However, we realize there may be a
need for gainful employment. In the event that you will be required to work outside of your internship
we prefer that it be no more than 15 hours per week. All employment outside of Vision of Hope must
be approved by the Intern Coordinator. There are many additional training opportunities, and we
would like each intern to be able to take advantage of as many as possible during their time with us.
• Interns may attend college/seminary locally or online (at their own expense) or participate in Biblical
Counseling training/certification (at their own expense) during their free time. If college credit is
desired either during or for the internship, advance arrangements must be made with the Intern
Supervisor.
• Two weeks of vacation is provided. These weeks consists of 8 shifts off that reflect their normally
scheduled duties. Consistent with the strong team dynamics that exist at VOH, each intern may be
requested to periodically cover shifts for other interns on vacation. Each intern planning to use
vacation time must plan to cover other intern’s vacation shifts at some point. As such, we require
ample notification of vacation requests in order to be able to plan our schedules in a way that shows
care for our interns and sensitivity to our resident’s needs. There may be times when an intern’s
vacation request must be denied or reorganized in order to best serve the needs of the ministry
Application for the internship can be found here: https://www.faithlafayette.org/voh/get-involved/internship-opportunities
For further inquiries, email [email protected]