Intern Instructor - Bachelor Level Interns - PART TIME (20 Hours per Week)

Frontier Behavioral Health•Spokane, WA

14h•Hybrid

About The Position

Frontier Behavioral Health (FBH) is seeking an Intern Instructor to oversee, design, and implement a Bachelor’s-level internship program in community behavioral health. This part-time (.5 FTE, 20 hours per week) role involves collaborating with university faculty to ensure academic learning objectives are met, managing the recruitment and onboarding process for interns, and providing direct supervision and group facilitation. The Intern Instructor will also design seminars and activities to immerse interns in various aspects of community behavioral health services offered by FBH.

Requirements

Master’s degree in psychology, mental health counseling, social work, or related field
Two years of experience providing behavioral health treatment services
DOH Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Licensed Marriage Family Therapist or Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker

Nice To Haves

Experience teaching at the undergraduate level
Experience facilitating staff learning opportunities

Responsibilities

Collaborate with Supervisor of Clinical Education on design of bachelor’s-level internship program, to include activities/seminars that both satisfy university-required learning outcomes and immerse interns in all dimensions of community behavioral health.
Collaborate with Supervisor of Clinical Education to promote internship program at local universities, including participation in internship fairs, respond to individual student inquiries, or speaking in classes as requested.
Oversee and implement recruitment, application, and interview of applicants; to include emailing application materials to applicants, scheduling/conducting interviews, responding to successful and unsuccessful applicants.
With Human Resources staff, bring interns on board by completing required paperwork (e.g., NEW form, IT contact, etc.).
Collaborate with designated university faculty advisors and SCE to ensure internship program design and elements satisfy university academic requirements.
Collaborate with interns’ faculty advisors on design, application process, student learning contract writing, student evaluation and, as needed, conflict resolution.
Create schedule of intern activities in consultation with faculty advisors.
Complete each intern’s university Learning Contract, with faculty input.
Design internship seminars and other activities that promote learning in the comprehensive, multi-disciplinary nature of FBH (e.g., outpatient services for various age groups, medication management, partial hospitalization, crisis intervention, co-deployed teams, themes/models of practice, evidence-based care, etc.).
Collaborate with program directors to recruit hosts in various program areas to orient interns to their program’s work.
Provide individual supervision for each intern weekly and maintain log.
Provide group supervision or group case seminars on a routine basis.
Recruit CARE Model clinical staff for shadowing opportunities.
Provide opportunities for interns to learn and develop professional behaviors (e.g., role-playing, seminars, observation).
Support interns in reflection on their personal professional development.
Evaluate intern learning on a quarterly basis, in conjunction with faculty advisor.
Provide support and cross coverage with the training academy facilitators as needed.
Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

Paid Time Off – Employees accrue up to 26 days of PTO in the first year of employment!
9 Paid Federal Holidays!
Sick Leave – Extended Sick Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Time.
Some positions qualify for a Compressed Workweek option resulting in up to additional 26 days off per year.
Medical, Dental and Vision
Retirement – We offer an impressive 403b plan including standard 3% employer contribution plus an additional 3% employer match.
Flexible Spending Accounts
Life Insurance – Company paid coverage that starts the first of the month following 6 months from your date of hire.
Signing Bonus!
No-cost licensure supervision for those pursuing clinical licensure.
Federal and State Loan Forgiveness Program for qualifying Programs.
Reimbursement of License/Certification application fee that is required for the position.
Free Employee Assistance Program
Staff Discounts at various FBH partners throughout Spokane!