Intern at the reception, orientation and support center – operational support and communication (M/F) – Paris At Doctors of the World

Do you want to join an activist association and develop a career that makes sense? Join us! When you work at Médecins du Monde, you know why you get up in the morning: great causes to defend, a friendly professional environment, a work-life balance and also great prospects for development! The wide variety of our projects opens up many opportunities for internal mobility with access to individual and group training, to support everyone’s career path.

You know us without knowing us: Médecins du Monde is a militant medical association for international solidarity present in nearly 30 countries and through 15 regional delegations in France. For over 40 years, we have been committed to treating the most vulnerable populations and to bearing witness to the obstacles observed regarding access to care. You are not a doctor? Don’t panic, 84% of employees hold non-medical positions.

We have more than 500 employees under French law, but also 1,700 employees in the field internationally and nearly 1,600 volunteers in France. Civic engagement and volunteering are at the heart of our associative model. At Médecins du Monde, volunteers and employees have a common commitment: solidarity. We invite you to embody this value by working alongside us!

The “CAOA” (Reception, Orientation and Support Center) program of Médecins du Monde in Paris has been working since 1986 with people in precarious situations who encounter difficulties in accessing care and health rights for multiple reasons (lack of knowledge of their health rights, complexity of procedures, saturation of systems in the medico-social sector, unsuitability of services for certain precarious people, etc.).

To improve access to care and health rights for people in precarious situations, the program implements:

• Weekly medical-psycho-social support at the center in the 12th arrondissement;
• Collective awareness-raising and training activities;
• Networking with medical-social stakeholders (institutions, associations, collectives);
• Advocacy actions with institutions and the general public.

The internship

Supervised by the program coordinator, you will be integrated into a team of 3 employees (project manager, social worker, program coordinator) and 45 volunteers (social receptionists, doctors, psychiatrists/psychologists).

More specifically, your missions will be as follows:

Participation in actions to defend access to health for foreign people in precarious situations and to support the program’s advocacy:

• Documenting difficulties in accessing care and health coverage (particularly state medical aid – AME)
• Accompany users to medical-social structures (hospitals, health centers, health insurance, etc.)
• Collection of testimonies

Development of the program’s communication tools

• Research the communication channels used by the people concerned
• Meet the partners
• Create and distribute communication materials on access to care and program activities

Contribution to the development of the “sexual and reproductive health rights” (SRHR) component of the program

• Participate in discussions on the integration of DSSR into activities
• Create and distribute tools on the theme

As part of your internship, you will develop:

• Your knowledge of the health system, health rights and the Parisian medical-social sector;
• Your ability to support people in precarious situations in the field to access their rights;
• Your knowledge of how a medical-social project works at MdM with its advocacy dimension.

Required profile

• Training in political science, communication, sociology, public health
• Good interpersonal skills, good analytical and writing skills, ability to make suggestions
• Appetite for the field, animation, teamwork
• If possible, experience with people in precarious situations and volunteers
• You are a motivated, dynamic and rigorous person

Internship conditions

• Internship of 4 to 6 months
• Start of internship: September 2024
• Position based in the 12th arrondissement in Paris
• Mandatory internship agreement
• Full time
• Teleworking possible
• Compensation of 4.35 euros/effective hour
• Lunch vouchers worth 5.40 euros
• 50% reimbursement of public transport tickets
• Working on screen / in open space / Sitting posture

NO APPLICATIONS WILL BE PROCESSED BY TELEPHONE

Médecins du Monde reserves the right to close recruitment before the deadline for submitting applications.

MdM is committed to the integration of people with disabilities and fights against all forms of discrimination.