Mental Health Intern

About this role

Consultants for Children, Inc. is a unique company striving to meet the individual and varying needs of children with autism and other developmental disabilities, as well as their families. We believe that with effective help, each child can have a happy and fulfilling life.

This Mental Health Internship at Consultants for Children includes but is not limited to the following Duties/Responsibilities/Tasks:

• Provide therapeutic counseling services in conjunction with your counseling supervisor to families and individuals within your scope
• This may include individual and group counseling
• Assess the needs of clients and develop individual programs accordingly
• Learn about the Wraparound facilitation model and how to use the training to apply social work skills in group settings with the team as well as individually in working with the Wraparound families as the intern follows existing Wraparound cases.
• The intern will have an opportunity to attend High Fidelity Wraparound training from the state as they are scheduled and become available during the duration of the internship.
• The intern will make it a priority to attend all Wraparound related weekly staff meetings.
• Support the intake process for Wraparound clients
• Market the Counseling Department/Attend events
• Complete a time off request form for any reason a session is missed, before or after the missed session
• Provide staff training ideas as they come up in regards to providing quality, specific training; forward these thoughts to your supervisor as you have them
• Enter any required data and notes within 24 hours.
• Answers all company emails within 2-business days.
• Complete assignments and participate in required meetings as instructed by the Internship Supervisor

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Patient and supportive when working with clients.
• Ability to work collaboratively with other counseling staff, ABA staff on multi-disciplinary teams, Counseling Supervisor, and other CFCI staff.
• Ability to work well independently.
• Required to work a minimum of 10 hours per week.
• Effectively receive and communicate detailed information, both oral and written
• Excellent time management, punctuality, and readiness to work
• A positive attitude, willingness to take direction from senior staff members, and ability to accept feedback
• Ability to continually improve therapeutic skills.
• Ability to use Google Suite (Gmail, Google Drive, Google Calendar, etc)
• Basic computer knowledge
• Ability to manage multiple priorities

Position

Requirements

• Clean background check
• High levels of professionalism including no insubordination on the job or off the job
• This position may require travel time for trainings
• Sitting and/or standing, keyboarding, reading, grasping, mousing, handwriting for 8.0+ hours per day, and lifting a maximum weight of 20 lbs are essential requirements of the position.
• This position handles confidential client information and must adhere to HIPAA laws and company policies for privacy.
• Completion of the initial company required training and yearly training requirements.
• Adhere to all company policies regarding time off, cancellations, communication, etc.
• Minimum of one year professional experience required.
• Education Experience:
• Be at least 18 years of age
• If Master’s degree program has been completed then must be registered with DORA and actively working toward licensure as one of the following:

- Lpc

- Lcsw

- Lmft

• If currently enrolled in a Master’s degree program in a Counseling related field, then must have a Bachelor’s degree in one of the following:
• Psychology
• Education
• Special Education
• Counseling
• Speech
• Or other related field

Compensation

• This is an unpaid internship.