Life Skills Internship - Flexible Start Date
Life Skills Internship - Flexible Start Date
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Job Description
Seeking 2nd Year Master level interns to join the Life Skills team as a clinical intern currently pursuing their degree in Social Work Counseling or related field preferred!
Life Skills Center is a DMHfunded day treatment program for adolescents between the ages of 1218 with a range of mental health diagnoses that hinder their functioning in school and their community. Life Skills takes pride in providing individualized treatment with an enrollment of 8 youth maximum.
This program runs yearround MondayFriday from 93 and provides 3 therapeutic groups a day as well as seasonal field trips and community outings.
Schedule:
- Flexible MonFri 1624 hours per week)
Please note that this internship is unpaid.
As a clinical intern you will:
- Plan and cofacilitate 23 therapeutic groups a day that touch base on various interventions (i.e. CBT/DBT Expressive Art Movement Psychoeducation Socialskill building)
- Attend weekly staff meetings to discuss program updates
- Attend weekly clinical rounds to discuss youth updates and referrals
- Managing paperwork and completing daily progress notes
- Receive weekly 1:1 supervision
Our ideal candidate:
We are looking for someone who is creative openminded and has a desire to gain more experience and knowledge in working with adolescents and group work! Here at Riverside Community Care we take pride in our employees for being compassionate respectful and innovative. If you are ready to be part of a team that puts people first then you are strongly encouraged to apply!
Required Experience
- Currently enrolled as a 2nd Year Masters degree student
- Prior experience working with children adolescents and/or young adults
- Prior experience or knowledge of therapeutic group work
Riverside Community Care is dedicated to respect integrity and engagement of all individuals. We are committed to building an inclusive and culturally competent organization and we value the richness of having a diverse applicant pool. As an employer committed to equal opportunity all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race age color religion gender marital status sexual orientation military status national origin disability or any other characteristic as established by law.
Required Experience:
Intern
Employment Type
Intern
