Clinical Intern

Clinical Intern - GraduateAddress:10 Asylum St. Milford MAContact person:Anna Spencer LICSWPhone: Instructors:LICSWs LMHCs LMFTNumber of Site Trainees:4CORI check:Yes. Mandatory preservice training will include CORI -service Orientation: visits:RequiredTravel reimbursement:YesLanguage skills:Spanish Portuguese and ASL desirable not :$5000.00/year for final year MA studentsproviding in-home serviceswith an additional $1000.00 for language meetings:Staff meetingson Tuesdays at 10amOther schedule requirements:The expectation is 24 hours per week over at least three separate days; some evening hours of program and training opportunities:Waysides Community Based Services Site is accepting Graduate Level interns. The site provides a range of in-home community-based services designed to protect preserve and reunify families within a wide geographical area. Community-based clinicians provide individual couples and family therapy. Treatment is generally intensive in nature and delivered using a strengths-based resiliency-focused philosophy. Clinicians work with clients referred from the Department of Children and Families the Department of Mental Health and a variety of insurance companies to address such issues as mental health symptom management family systems dynamics behavior management substance abuse budgeting household management parent education and provide comprehensive assessments and goal formulation therapeutic intervention case management advocacy and concrete services such as transportation to appointments assistance with accessing services and referrals. Interns are fully integrated into the team and will participate in agency-wide initiatives such as Motivational InterviewingCourageous Conversationsand ARCas well as site specific learning including monthly case presentation and diagnosis review. This is an excellent internship for confident self-starters who will receive ample support from a strong clinical team and will also function autonomously in the and/or academic exposure to family work is recommended. Flexibility is Requirements:3 days a week one of which must be Tuesday. Minimum 24 to see families at least two evenings per interns must have strong communication skills both written and must have strong time management must be comfortable in a variety of settings including office home visits and community in the community is a requirement of this position; please ensure you have a valid drivers license and access to a reliable must allow intern to transport clients. We are not a taxi service but sometimes there is clinical need to intakes assessments treatment plans follow up care and on-going attendance and participation in staff meeting and intern Wayside: Founded in 1977 Wayside Youth & Family Support Network is a non-profit nationally accredited human service agency headquartered in Framingham Massachusetts dedicated to building strength hope and resiliency in youth families and our local communities. Wayside is one of Massachusetts most respected child and family serving agencies with 19 program locations across Central Eastern and Northeastern Massachusetts serving more than 6000 children young adults and families each staff and clinicians provide community trainings in schools to mental health providers and in collaboration with community partners. Wayside is a teaching and training facility that provides graduate and undergraduate students withinternships and clinical placement.