About the role#
This is a part-time, temporary, and educationally-focused internship for students in a behavioral health graduate program. You will work at least 24 hours per academic week, though this is negotiable based on your academic requirements. You will receive clinical and administrative supervision as required by your university and your appointment letter. This is a paid position.
What you'll do#
- Provide direct services to clients and perform community services as permitted by policy.
- Conduct point-in-time assessments for behavioral health issues.
- Construct global assessments of strengths and needs with recommendations.
- Create and maintain relationships with community resources.
- Conceptualize, initiate, and modify individualized treatment plans.
- Document consumer encounters and capture session content through narrative notes.
- Manage a typical practitioner daily schedule.
- Recognize when a consumer's needs exceed your skill level and manage those situations.
- Implement termination processes, after-care planning, and construct termination summaries.
- Demonstrate professional ethics and sound judgment to protect consumers and colleagues.
- Pass the FRBH Structured Clinical Practitioner Interview.
What you'll need#
- Enrollment in an accredited behavioral health graduate program.
- Completion of graduate coursework in behavioral health assessment, diagnostics, ethics, and treatment theory.
- Endorsement from an Interview Team.
- A valid driver's license and an insurable driving record.
- Ability to pass all required background checks.
Location & details#
- Location: Paducah, Kentucky.
- Work Modality: On-site.
- Term: Rolling.
About Communicare Official
Communicare Official operates as a nonprofit mental health center. It provides behavioral health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse services. The organization serves eight counties within the Lincoln Trail ADD District of Kentucky. Founded in 1973, the company maintains its headquarters in Elizabethtown. It employs between 501 and 1,000 people.
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