[Hiring] Clinical Intern @Child and Family Services of Erie County, Inc.

Role Description

As a Clinical Intern at C+FS Family Mental Health Clinic, you will have the opportunity to develop skills, knowledge, and an understanding of providing counseling and mental health services to a diverse population, including children, adults, and families. Throughout the internship, you will work closely with licensed mental health professionals, including counselors and psychiatric providers, to gain valuable field experience.

• Utilizing trauma-informed modalities such as play therapy, TF-CBT, MI, EMDR, PC, and DBT.
• Participating in clinic programs like Anger Management and the Sexual Abuse Prevention Program.
• Receiving weekly individual supervision from an assigned supervisor.
• Participating in group supervision, specialty consultations, in-house training, and monthly clinic meetings.
• Gaining insight and hands-on experience working in a team approach.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and current enrollment in an accredited master's level program (Social Work, Mental Health Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy) that will qualify you for a NYS Education Department license to practice counseling upon graduation.
• Must be receiving school credit for internship hours.
• Ability to demonstrate cultural competence in working with disadvantaged/minority populations in community-based programs in both urban and suburban settings.
• Must be able to complete a minimum 4-hour shift per workday.
• Flexible schedule to accommodate client needs, including evening availability.
• Availability during clinic hours of operation is required.
• Onsite opportunity with remote options available on an as-needed basis.
• Reliable transportation required.
• Computer literacy with excellent written and oral communication skills.

Requirements

• This internship offers a gradual training and onboarding process, which includes training in EMR systems, clinic protocols, and agency procedures.
• Interns will first observe client psychotherapy services and then begin to provide interventions under the supervision of agency clinicians and clinical supervisors.
• As the internship progresses, interns will start to independently provide mental health assessments, diagnoses, treatment planning, and psychotherapy services to a small caseload of clients.
• Gaining experience in client advocacy, linkage, and referral services to community resources.
• Exposure to regulatory oversight, best practices in quality assurance, and more.
• Opportunity to shadow other clinical programs and gain experience in settings such as in-home services.

Benefits

• This is an unpaid internship.

Company Description

Child and Family Services provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran or familial status, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Child and Family Services complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment.