MSW Level Clinical Internship Acute Response Family Child Program WARM
MSW Level Clinical Internship Acute Response Family Child Program WARM
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07-04-2025
Job Description
Washburn Centers Masters level Interns gain professional development and a solid foundation of clinical knowledge as they build careers in mental health therapy. Our unique program offers collaborative and direct field placements to graduate students exploring careers in childrens community mental health.
Use your internship to actively improve the lives of MN kids
Regardless of where Interns are placed each student will get firsthand experience working with children accessing mental health services and will support families alongside both peers and independently licensed Therapists and Case Managers.
Our field placements offer handson training in individual family and/or group therapy as well as case management and Interns will focus in on centerbased homebased or schoolbased therapy. While most placements stem out of Washburn Centers Minneapolis office majority of interns will spend much of their time in the community.
Gain knowledge youll use for the rest of your career
In addition to case consultations and inservice workshops learning opportunities for masters level internships include: diagnostic assessments case management development of treatment plans progress notes and discharge summaries. Internships are typically a nine month experience from Aug/Sept to May.
Pathways Fellowship for BIPOC Interns:
Washburn Center for Childrens Pathways Fellowship aims to support people of colorpursuinga career in the mental health field by reducing social economic and racial barriers. Pathways builds upon Washburn Centers clinical internship program and its longtime commitment to training professionals inchildrens mental health. This fellowship supports the pathway to independent licensure for interns pursuing their Masters degree in Social Work Professional Counseling Marriage and Family Therapy and Psychology.
Fellows receive:
mentoring with an experienced clinician of color
a cohort experience to build comradery and support with other Pathways Fellows (twice monthly 90 minute meetings)
a fellowship grant in the amount of $7500 to assist with expenses while pursuing graduate education or licensure
BIPOC Interns who are hired as interns for the 2025/2026 cohort can apply for a Pathways Fellowship during the Pathways Interview Process in Summer 2025.
The Washburn Acute Response Model focuses on children/adolescents referred through the emergency department or inpatient unit(s) at area Childrens hospitals. The purpose of this program is to assist in transitioning clients to less intensive services actively work on safety planning engage other service providers make referrals for longerterm care and improve or maintain children and families overall functioning to reduce future outofhome placements and improve stability over time. The program provides shortterm culturally based and individualized services in the clients home school community and/or hospital premises. The services provided are in person and include assessment for appropriateness of services crisis intervention care coordination case management bridging to other services therapy parent psychoeducation and skills trainings. 15 sessions are provided based on client/family needs. If shortterm services are not appropriate for the client the intern would assist the family in identifying other community resources to better suit the clients mental health needs.
Responsibilities
Clinical Treatment The Intern will educate support and empower families to selfadvocate and navigate various systems with more confidence and skill as well as provide specialized direct services to children and their families in their homes schools and communities. The following clinical services are included:
Conduct brief diagnostic addendums
Develop and implement treatment plans safety plans and goal setting based on the clients diagnosis and the needs of the family
Provide individual and family therapy designed to improve the childs functioning across settings. Some solutions the intern may provide could include the following:
o Enhanced family communication strategies
o Problemsolving strategies
o Home and family management
o Navigating available community resources
o Utilization of traumainformed practices
o Provide individual and family therapy designed to improve the functioning of the child in daily and community living
o Provide parent education and support
Care coordination of social and other services designed to help the child and family gain access to all service providers and interdisciplinary services and to make further referrals as needed including but not limited to the areas of volunteer services advocacy transportation and legal services
Provide consultation with school recreation and other community programs to encourage the childs successful participation
Provide therapy and teach families and others within the treatment team about traumainformed practices
Create a discharge plan
Documentation All interns are to ensure Minnesota and HIPAA data privacy requirements are followed. Interns will be expected to maintain documentation as specified in our Clinical Policy Manual including:
Diagnostic assessments
Treatment plans
Session progress notes
Child and Adolescent Service Intensity Instrument (CASII)
Documentation of all case activities
Discharge or transfer summaries
Collaborate with the billing department to maintain current timely authorizations for all therapeutic services from required insurance policies
Timely communication with the supervisor and program support team
Supervision and Professional Development Interns are expected to:
Attend weekly supervision to support clinical and professional skills development monitoring of client progress and treatment needs reflect on the therapeutic process and factors that contribute to progress or barriers and ensure documentation is completed and timely
Attend case consultation; identify questions for consultation and present case information; provide and receive support from other team members
Interns are welcome to participate in Agency trainings and inservices as their schedule permits
Attend team consultation/meetings held on Tuesdays from 9:00am 10:00am.
Requirements
Must be enrolled in a Masters program in Social Work
Must be earning academic credit for an internship placement
Applicants should be flexible resourceful and demonstrate knowledge of cultural diversity and the role of culture in the therapeutic process
Applicants should bring curiosity about family systems as well as an openness to learning different therapeutic approaches
Must be available at least two nights a week for home visits ending as late as 7:00 PM
Must have a vehicle in operating condition a valid drivers license and car insurance
Required Experience:
Intern
Employment Type
Intern
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