We are looking for motivated Ukrainian and/or Russian speaking interns who are interested in supporting krisenchat Ukrainian in our journey with a minimum of 15 hours per week for at least 8 weeks. Since we are a platform for psychological counseling, this position is highly applicable for psychology students.

• Chat counseling
• Supporting the counselors with content-related questions
• Supporting the psychological management in conceptual work regarding trauma, PTBS,the topic of refugees and more
• Participation in internal meetings and supervisions
• Translations
• Administrative tasks
• Development of a task (tool) that can be used in the chat consultation
• Holding a workshop accompanying the developed excercise

• Confidence in speaking and writing in Ukrainian and/or Russian
• Enrollment or Degree in psychology
• Clinical knowledge of problems and psychological disorders
• Interest in supporting people affected by the ongoing war with a high sensitivity for this topic
• Feeling for sensitive communication and knowledge of resonance
• Ability for self-reflection
• Flexibility, fun and curiosity in testing digital support services
• Ability to work in a team and independently, digitally
• Important: Please check beforehand whether the internship can be recognized by your university or college. For administrative reasons, we focus on applications from within Germany.

• Accompaniment by a clinical psychologist (M.Sc.) of the psychological lead team
• Certificate at the end of the internship (usually applicable for universities)
• Exciting work in a great, dynamic team
• Supervision/Intervision offer
• Flexible working hours possible with far ahead planning
• remote work / home office
• Close connection to the psychological management team

krisenchat is a nationwide, free support service for children and young adults in need. We offer children and young people professional psychosocial counselling - every day, 24 hours a day, via WhatsApp or text message. krisenchat has been available 24/7 since the beginning of May 2020 - since then, the many crisis counselors have been able to help in over 120.000 crisis situations. Since 1 March 2022, krisenchat Ukrainian has also been providing confidential crisis counseling in Ukrainian and Russian for people affected by war at any age - with over 23.000 consultations provided. In addition to crisis counseling, krisenchat reaches many millions of young people every year through psychoeducation via social media platforms. 

We are an interdisciplinary and agile non-profit organization and work flexibly from our beautiful office in Berlin or from home.