Internship/Externship Rotation

UHS • Oak Park, IL

14h • Onsite

About The Position

This is an unpaid internship/externship rotation focused on mental health services. The role involves performing mental health assessments, developing appropriate service goals, and providing individual and group psychotherapy. Interns will participate in supervision, team meetings, and in-service training sessions. Collaboration with various social service agencies, schools, hospitals, courts, probation, corrections, and public mental health organizations is required for referrals and case-related information. The position also entails collaboration with caseworkers to discuss client progress and obtain case information. Maintaining supportive documentation, including written reports, case-notes, and other paperwork, within established timeframes is essential. Interns are expected to learn new knowledge through facility-sponsored training and supervision. The work environment requires direct contact with clients and the use of CPI and physical intervention techniques.

Requirements

• Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary setting
• Is open and respectful of cultural and socioeconomic characteristics of clients and is willing and competent to work with a diverse client population.
• Demonstrates sensitivity to special populations and ability to interface with the community
• Culturally competent
• Ability to learn and use crisis prevention and behavioral management techniques that may include restraining clients.
• Understands trauma-informed practice
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work both independently and a part of a high functioning team.
• Experience and ability to use computers for data entry, communication and report writing

Responsibilities

• Performing mental health assessments of referred clients: interviewing clients and significant individuals and collateral contacts.
• Assessing clients’ needs and developing appropriate goals for services.
• Providing individual and group psychotherapy.
• Participating in supervision, team meetings and in-service training sessions.
• Collaboration with other social service agencies, schools, hospitals, courts, probation, corrections, and public mental health organizations to make referrals or obtain case-related information.
• Collaboration with caseworkers assigned to client or client’s family to discuss progress of client and obtain case related information.
• Maintaining supportive documentation of case file, including written reports, case-notes and other paperwork related to the case within established timeframes.
• Learning new knowledge through participation in facility sponsored training and supervision.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees