Master’s Level Clinical Internship: School-Based Program

The School-Based Program at Washburn Center for Children supports children, teens, and their families by offering individual therapy to help with a wide range of concerns, including school adjustment problems, depression, anxiety, difficulty dealing with loss or family changes, abuse, traumatic events, attention problems, parent-child conflicts, and acting-out behaviors. Our counseling focuses on building on a child’s strengths and supporting them in gaining skills to be successful at home, in school, and in the community.

The School-Based Program intern will provide mental health assessment, treatment, and prevention services to children and their families as well as consultation to school staff. Their primary role includes individual and family therapy to a caseload within a school setting. This placement provides opportunities for learning outpatient therapy skills, including diagnostic assessments, treatment plans, and treatment strategies. The intern will develop collaborative relationships within the school setting and participate in school meetings where appropriate to help students succeed.

Clinical Treatment – Clinicians will provide a combination of the following school-based services within the school, clients’ homes, and across the community, as agreed upon with the school staff and the Washburn Center supervisor, including:

· Conduct diagnostic assessments

· Develop and implement a treatment plan with the family based on the client’s diagnosis

· Provide individual and family therapy

· Participate in IEP meetings

· Care coordination, including collaboration with psychiatrists and other professionals working with the child

· Create a discharge plan

Ancillary Services – Clinicians will also provide ancillary services as agreed upon with the school staff and the Washburn Center supervisor, including:

· Provide care coordination, including collaboration with parents, school staff, and other agencies

· Participate in classroom observations

· Provide teacher consultation and training

· Attend collaboration and planning meetings with school staff, program directors, and grant coordinators to review the status of the program and manage referrals in order to facilitate program development and the coordination of the program at the school

Documentation – All interns are to ensure Minnesota and HIPAA data privacy requirements are followed. Interns will gain experience with and be expected to maintain documentation as specified in our Clinical Policy Manual, including:

· Diagnostic assessments

· Treatment plans

· Session progress notes

· Child and Adolescent Service Intensity Instrument (CASII) and other outcome or assessment measures as needed

· Documentation of all case activities

· Discharge or transfer summaries

· Timely record keeping of all clinical activities and grant-related services as defined

· Timely communication with the supervisor and program support team

Supervision and Professional Development – Interns are expected to:

· Attend weekly supervision to support clinical and professional skills development, monitoring of client progress and treatment needs, reflect on the therapeutic process and factors that contribute to progress or barriers, and ensure documentation is completed and timely

· Attend case consultation; identify questions for consultation and present case information; provide and receive support from other team members

· Interns are welcome to participate in Agency trainings and in-services as their schedule permits

· Attend team consultation held on the 2nd Tuesday of every month from 2:30 – 4:00 PM

· Must be enrolled in a Master’s program in Counseling Psychology, Professional Psychology, or Marriage & Family Therapy

· Must be earning academic credit for an internship placement

· Applicants should be empathetic, self-reflective, and have the ability to stay regulated in difficult situations

· Knowledge of trauma informed practice is desired

· Demonstrated knowledge of cultural diversity and the role of culture in the therapeutic process