Clinical Intern

Wayside Youth & Family Support Network • Waltham, MA

9d • Hybrid

About The Position

Wayside’s Waltham Community Based Services Site is accepting Graduate Level interns. We provide 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, ARC, and Courageous Conversations. 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.

Requirements

• Graduate Level student.
• Final year graduate students preferred, though strong first year students with relevant experience will be considered.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Reliable car.
• Permission from school to transport clients.
• CORI Check required.

Nice To Haves

• Clinical and/or academic exposure to family work is recommended.
• Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole and Mandarin speaking interns may receive an increased stipend.

Responsibilities

• Provide individual, couples and family therapy.
• Conduct comprehensive assessments and goal formulation.
• Provide therapeutic intervention.
• Offer case management.
• Provide advocacy and concrete services such as transportation to appointments, assistance with accessing services, and referrals.
• Participate in agency-wide initiatives such as Motivational Interviewing, ARC, and Courageous Conversations.
• Co-facilitate Department of Mental Health activity-based groups for youth (for final year interns).

Benefits

• Stipend: $5,000.00/year for final year MA students with an additional $1,000.00 for language differential.
• Travel Reimbursement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Intern