Master's Level Internships/Practicums

Description

Are you looking for a strong clinical experience in a multi-service agency that offers extensive training, supervision, and growth opportunities?

We are looking for passionate and committed interns who are open and ready to learn. If you are interested, please send your resume and a cover letter that briefly tells us about your experience and your goals for your internship. Additionally, please include the following information in your cover letter.  

­ - Name

­ - Address

­ - Preferred Geographic Area (Plymouth/Quincy)

­ - School, Degree, Year Graduating If 

­ - # of Hours Required

­ - Length of Internship

­ - Type of Supervision required

­ - # of Hours of Supervision

­ - # of Face-to-Face Contacts Required

­ - If you have a Car and are able to drive

Please review internship opportunities below and specify your interest. You may select up to 3 and please order by preference by marking 1 (first choice) 2, 3.  

Potential Internship Opportunities- Please note some of these internships are paid depending on program and level of the students training. This will be discussed during the interview process. 

Behavioral Health for Justice Involved (BHJI) Program 

The Behavioral Health for Justice Involved (BHJI) program is a wraparound direct care service that supports individuals who are justice involved. BHJI Navigators work with individuals while incarcerated and in the community to navigate identifying and accessing resources related to substance use, mental health, physical health. Navigators can also work to connect individuals to state aid, employment opportunities, job training and education supports, and housing resources. 

Internship Overview: Interns’ primary responsibilities include: Managing a small individual caseload (intake, assessment, treatment plan, safety plan, referrals, follow-ups), completing required documentation.  

C.R.E.W (Create, Respect, Empower and Wellness)

The CREW program offers a structured, strength-based, recovery focused year-round therapeutic after-school day program designed to meet the emotional and behavioral health needs of children and adolescents ages 6-18 who are involved with the Department of Mental Health.

Internship Overview: Interns’ primary responsibilities include: provide individual and group support to participants focusing on the areas of social skills, family dynamics, peer relationships, and progress towards DMH determined treatment goals. 

Coastal In-Home Services 

Home-based services provide intensive family clinical support in the home and community. In-Home Therapy Services (IHT) is a structured, consistent, strengths-based therapeutic intervention that includes improving the family’s ability to provide effective support for the youth to promote their healthy functioning within the family. Interventions are designed to enhance and improve the family’s capacity to improve the youth’s functioning in the home and community and may prevent the need for the youth’s admission to an inpatient hospital, psychiatric residential treatment facility, or other treatment setting.

*Services are provided in the following towns: Abington, Avon, Braintree, Bridgewater, Brockton, Canton, Cohasset, East Bridgewater, Easton, Hingham, Holbrook, Hull, Milton, Norwell, Quincy, Randolph, Stoughton, West Bridgewater, Weymouth, and Whitman. 

Internship Overview: Interns will work on a team and complete diagnostic assessment, treatment plans, and develop clinical intervention in the families’ homes. 

Community Behavioral Health Outpatient Clinic 

The Community Behavioral Health Outpatient Clinic offers a range of individual and group-based services to address mental health and substance use needs. In addition to individual psychotherapy for children, adolescents, and adults, the clinic offers a Structured Outpatient Addictions Program (SOAP) for adults.

As a community-based safety net agency, many of our clients present with co-occurring psychological, psychosocial, and systems-involved needs.

Internship Overview: Intern’s primary responsibilities include: managing an individual psychotherapy caseload of 3-5 clients (intake, assessment, treatment planning, ongoing therapeutic treatment, and discharge), developing and facilitating weekly group therapy sessions in the SOAP program, and completing all requirement documentation. <