About the role#
As a Clinical Intern, you will gain hands-on experience providing mental health services to children, adults, and families. You will work alongside licensed counselors and psychiatric providers to build your skills in a community mental health setting. This internship involves a gradual onboarding process that includes training in clinic protocols and electronic medical record systems.
What you'll do#
- Observe client psychotherapy sessions before moving into supervised interventions.
- Independently conduct mental health assessments, perform diagnoses, and develop treatment plans.
- Provide direct psychotherapy services to a small caseload of clients.
- Perform client advocacy and connect individuals with community resources.
- Participate in weekly individual supervision, group supervision, and specialty consultations.
- Attend in-house training sessions and monthly clinic meetings.
What you'll need#
- A bachelor's degree and current enrollment in an accredited master's program for Social Work, Mental Health Counseling, or Marriage and Family Therapy.
- You must receive school credit for your internship hours.
- Ability to show cultural competence when working with disadvantaged or minority populations.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills plus computer literacy.
- Reliable transportation.
- Flexibility to work at least a 4-hour shift per day during clinic hours, including some evenings.
Location & details#
- This position is based in Buffalo and Cheektowaga, New York.
- Work is primarily on-site, with remote options available as needed.
- This is an unpaid internship.
- The term is rolling.
About Child and Family Services of Erie County, Inc.
Child and Family Services of Erie County operates as a nonprofit agency based in Buffalo, New York. Founded in 1873, the organization provides human services to children and families throughout Western New York. It manages over 30 programs including foster care, adoption, mental health counseling, and domestic violence support. The agency serves more than 10,000 clients each year.
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