Clinical Intern

Clinical Intern - Graduate   Address: 10 Asylum St., Milford, MA Contact person: Anna Spencer, LICSW  Phone: 508-469-3188 anna_spencer@waysideyouth.org Field Instructors: LICSWs, LMHCs, LMFTNumber of Site Trainees: 4CORI check: Yes. Mandatory preservice training will include CORI paperwork.Pre-service Orientation: Yes.Home visits: RequiredTravel reimbursement: YesLanguage skills: Spanish, Portuguese, and ASL desirable, not required. Stipends: $5,000.00/year for final year MA students providing in-home services with an additional $1,000.00 for language differential. Mandatory meetings: Staff meetings on Tuesdays at 10am Other schedule requirements: The expectation is 24 hours per week over at least three separate days; some evening hours required.  Description of program and training opportunities: Wayside’s 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 more.Clinicians 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 Interviewing, Courageous Conversations and ARC as 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 community.Clinical and/or academic exposure to family work is recommended. Flexibility is required.Internship Requirements:    3 days a week, one of which must be Tuesday. Minimum 24 hours. Availability to see families at least two evenings per week. Second/final-year interns only. Intern must have strong communication skills both written and verbal. Intern must have strong time management skills. Intern must be comfortable in a variety of settings including office, home visits and community meetings. Driving in the community is a requirement of this position; please ensure you have a valid driver's license and access to a reliable vehicle. School must allow intern to transport clients. We are not a taxi service, but sometimes there is clinical need to transport. Perform intakes, assessments, treatment plans, follow up care and on-going treatment. Weekly attendance and participation in staff meeting and intern seminar. About 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 6,000 children, young adults, and families each year.Wayside 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 with internships and clinical placement.