Volunteer/Internship Opportunities

The mission of The Family & Workplace Connection is to enhance the supply and quality of care and education for children and elders and to help families effectively manage their work and personal life responsibilities.

We have a need for on-going volunteer support. We also have projects where we could use help from an intern. Below are descriptions of our departments and projects that may be available:

Corporate Services
The purpose of the Corporate Services is to provide services and programs to corporations to help their employees effectively manage their work and personal life responsibilities.

  • Assist dependent care specialists with researching information for child care cases; calling service providers and gathering current information, data input and filing



    • Development Office and Public Relations Departments
    These two departments work together to create awareness and enhance the presence of FWC in the community. The Development Office concentrates its focus on increasing funds and other forms of support for our mission, vision and goals. The Community Public Relations Department’s major focus is to increase the marketability of FWC as a quality provider of programs and services.

  • Assistance with researching and contacting potential sponsors, and entering their data
  • Research and gather silent auction items for fundraisers
  • Assistance with researching and writing newsletter articles, and writing and distributing news releases, public service announcements, etc.
  • Help coordinate and publicize events

    • Elder Care Services Department
    The purpose of the Elder Care services department is to develop and implement new programs and services to meet the needs of the elder community. This Department oversees the ElderOnline elder care information system, which assists older Delawareans and their families in finding appropriate senior support services in the community. The Elder Service Department also works closely with other elder care community agencies to promote development of additional programs and services to better support the needs of Delaware’s older adults.

  • Assist in maintaining accurate information on the elder care programs and services by updating records for our ElderOnline database
  • Assistance in researching and identifying additional community programs to expand and enhance this valuable community service

    • Provider Services
    The Provider Services Department’s purpose is to increase the quality and capacity of early and school-age care and education programs.

    Current project (as of 1/25/2007): Assist in the area of child advocacy. Help is needed with research writing papers, and clerical duties.

  • Check resources in and out for child care providers who visit one of our lending libraries. There are 5 resource centers: three in New Castle; one in Kent County; and one in Sussex County. Depending on the location, the centers are open during the day, some evenings, and Saturdays. Work hours are flexible.
  • Assist one or more of the program coordinators with various aspects of their programs, from organizing events to designing developmentally appropriate activities for children.
  • Assist one of the program coordinators with various aspects of their programs, from organizing events to designing developmentally appropriate activities for children.
  • Work on technical assistance tip sheets and news letters, providing information on pertinent early childhood issues
  • Research information on Early Childhood systems and data entry.

    • We provide training, a relaxed friendly work environment and plenty of support.

    If you are interested in future information about internship or volunteer opportunities at FWC, please contact Debbie Renz at 302-479-1595.