Clinical Intern

Wayside Youth & Family Support Network • Framingham, MA

9d • Onsite

About The Position

Show your passion by empowering youth and families when joining the Wayside team! Wayside is one of Massachusetts' most respected youth and family-serving agencies, supporting more than 6,000 youth and families annually across Central, Eastern, and Northeastern regions. Wayside offers a learning environment – free trainings, CEUs, and individual/group supervision. We provide a teamwork atmosphere and career development support – a great place to grow your career!!! Final year grad students are eligible for a stipend! PHP (Partial Hospitalization-Acute Treatment) Graduate Openings available - Summer and Fall of 2026 Wayside Campus 1 Frederick Abbott Way Framingham Massachusetts 01701 Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone] Contact: Penny Russell, Vice President, [email protected] Field Instructors: LICSW, LMHC Number of site trainees: 3 CORI check: Yes Car needed: Yes (site is not on public transportation) Home visits: No Travel reimbursement: No Language skills: Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole desirable, not required. Stipends: $3,000.00/year for final year MA students with an additional $1,000.00 for language differential. Schedule: Preservice orientation is required prior to start of internship. Final year graduate interns only. Hours are 24 hours a week over three separate days. Acute Treatment hours are 8-4 and interns must be present on Monday or Thursday mornings. Program description and training opportunities: The Wayside Acute placement serves the adolescent population (12-18), who struggle with a myriad of mental health issues and are seeking services due to a mental health crisis. Acute services are offered through the Day Center and provides services to youth who are struggling with acute mental health symptoms and are seeking more intensive therapeutic services to stabilize and resume baseline functioning. It is a voluntary program, lasting approximately two weeks, comprised of psychiatry services (1x/week), individual therapy (2x/week) and therapeutic groups (4 groups/day). Interns can expect to gain experience in providing diagnostic assessments; individual therapy; group therapy and family therapy; case management, treatment planning; utilization review; crisis intervention, and aftercare planning. Interns are expected to facilitate individual & family therapy as well as facilitate group therapy. This site is a placement for interns who want to increase their skills and knowledge in assessment and crisis intervention. Interns are supported by licensed supervisors and an experienced clinical team. Internship Requirements: Seeking final year Master Level interns Work 24 hours per week and attend rounds on Thursdays Strong written and verbal communication skills A background in health and human services or related field preferred Interest in working in a fast-paced environment 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.

Requirements

• Seeking final year Master Level interns
• Work 24 hours per week and attend rounds on Thursdays
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• CORI check: Yes
• Car needed: Yes (site is not on public transportation)

Nice To Haves

• A background in health and human services or related field preferred
• Interest in working in a fast-paced environment
• Language skills: Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole desirable, not required.

Responsibilities

• facilitate individual & family therapy
• facilitate group therapy
• providing diagnostic assessments
• individual therapy
• group therapy and family therapy
• case management
• treatment planning
• utilization review
• crisis intervention
• aftercare planning

Benefits

• free trainings
• CEUs
• individual/group supervision
• career development support
• Stipends: $3,000.00/year for final year MA students with an additional $1,000.00 for language differential.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees