Mental Health Intern, Clinical

Vibrant Emotional Health • New York, NY

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About The Position

Vibrant Emotional Health Mental Health Internship Program Fall 2026-Spring 2027 Organization Overview: For more than 55 years, Vibrant Emotional Health has been at the forefront of transforming mental health care in the United States. What began as a small initiative in New York City has grown into one of the nation’s most trusted and innovative behavioral health organizations, reaching millions of people each year through a diverse portfolio of crisis intervention, community-based mental health programs, and peer-driven services. Vibrant is widely recognized as a national leader in crisis response. We are the administrator of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline and deliver cutting-edge mental health solutions that ensure people receive immediate, life-saving support whenever and wherever they need it. Our expertise in behavioral health innovation has positioned us as a key partner to federal, state, and local governments, as well as leading health organizations, who rely on us to develop and implement high-impact programs that strengthen mental health care nationwide. Beyond crisis intervention, we have spent decades building deep trust within communities by delivering accessible, culturally responsive, and evidence-based mental health services for youth, families, and older adults. We have consistently led the way in creating compassionate, community-centered solutions for individuals facing complex mental health challenges. Vibrant has earned the trust of communities, policymakers, and healthcare leaders alike—not just by delivering services, but by reimagining what mental health support can be. With every program we build, we reaffirm our commitment to ensuring that all people, regardless of their circumstances, have access to the care they need to thrive. Internship Overview: Vibrant Emotional Health is offering a year-long mental health counseling internship program for up to 8 Masters level Interns from Mental Health Counseling and Social Work programs. The interns will be placed for 5-month rotations within our Adolescent Skills Centers, Family Youth and Peer Support Services, and optional 2-month rotations through Direct Service Community Based teams. The overall clinical focus of our internship is to integrate clinical supports in community based, peer friendly programs. Most New Yorkers most in need of mental health supports are hindered by insurance, long waitlists, and laborious intake procedures to access services. Our model infuses mental health and clinically informed practices in innovative community centered models. The hope is that we can provide services that prevent the need for ongoing traditional psychiatric support. The model offers supports to youth and families, who are dealing with emotional, social concerns and are challenged by traditional systems. Our goal is to provide psychoeducation and access to supports, and where able to integrate more clinical supports where access is limited. Clinical interns will learn to work holistically with families dealing with mental health challenges. Interns will be placed at one of our Adolescent Skills Center sites to learn unique approaches to educational and vocational supports for youth between the ages of 16-22, who are looking to get additional training and education to accomplish their own goals. Interns will rotate to our Family Youth Peer Support programs, where the focus is empowering families and caregivers of these children to better understand mental health systems and concurrent supports available. The focus of this rotation is to support families dealing with the difficulties inherent in advocating for services for their youth across a variety of clinical presentations. All interns are also eligible for optional 2-month rotations with Direct service teams, a Child and Family Treatment Support Service, and a Child and Adolescent Care Coordination Team. These programs provide direct therapeutic services in the community, where interns will shadow services with families and learn about diagnosis and development of interventions for families in the community. The internship program is based on a 16-20 hour week at minimum. Individual supervision, group supervision, and didactics will be offered on a weekly basis by the shared faculty present at all sites and additional colleagues representative of the wide array of programs offered at Vibrant.The internship will begin in September and will end by August.

Requirements

• Qualified interns must be enrolled in a Masters Level Mental Health Counseling Program, and be in good educational standing to dedicate at minimum 16-20 hours per week on site.

Responsibilities

• Complete assessments, service plans, intakes, facilitate groups
• Provide crisis intervention, counseling, conflict resolution and tutoring.
• Assist youth/families with securing essential documents (e.g., social security cards, photo- ID, drivers’ licenses, etc.) in addition to concrete services, and provide referrals and linkages to health, mental health, substance use, preventive and other support services as well.
• Meets weekly with supervisor to discuss issues and concerns and provide suggestions and resolutions; reports and documents all incidents to immediate supervisor and/or Program Director with 24 hours; carries out all tasks and additional assignments as delegated by supervisor.
• Participates in and attends meetings/seminars/trainings geared towards improvement of self and organization as a whole.
• Responsible for accurate caseload entries and other assigned record keeping (i.e. tracking time and attendance for all assigned students).
• Assist in initial intakes, and working with the staff on supporting the student toward achieving their identified goals.

Benefits

• Full time employees will be eligible for excellent comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, supplemental income insurance, employer paid disability insurance, employer paid life insurance, pre-tax FSA for medical and dependent care, and 401K available.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern