Counseling Clinic Intern
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Job Description
About Company
Family Services is a nonprofit organization deeply committed to its mission of “Protecting, Healing, and Caring” for children and families. Based in Northeast Wisconsin, the organization provides vital support during challenging life moments, aiming to help individuals heal, grow, and thrive. They emphasize caring for their team members as much as they care for the community they serve.
Job Description
This is an unpaid internship position for students pursuing a Master’s degree in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology, or other closely related mental health disciplines. The internship is located at the Counseling Clinic – Fox Valley in Menasha.
Interns are considered vital to the organization’s success and are expected to make a meaningful impact on the community.
Key responsibilities and opportunities for interns include:
• Observing therapy sessions.
• Eventually facilitating therapy sessions with therapists.
• Providing in-depth professional evaluations and assessments of children, youth, adults, and families.
• Assisting with clinical duties such as filing paperwork, inputting ACORN data, and writing progress notes.
• Helping develop treatment plans with SMART goals.
• Other clinic duties may include researching community resources for clients and/or other therapists.
• Participating in trainings for professional and personal growth.
The internship offers a supportive and collaborative work environment where students can gain knowledge of community resources and fulfill required field placement hours for graduation in a clinical setting.
Qualifications
• Education:
• Required: Currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology, or another closely related mental health discipline.
• Preferred: Not specified.
• Experience:
• Required: None.
• Preferred: None.
• Skills and Competencies:
• Commitment to the ethical treatment of clients.
• Knowledge of family dynamics, abuse, neglect, criminality, and social dysfunction.
• Respect for families of diverse socio-economic status, race, ethnicity, and ability to engage them in dialogue regarding personal issues.
• Ability to establish and maintain relationships within and outside the agency in a professional manner.
• Ability to express and transmit ideas and knowledge clearly with reasonable organization and conciseness.
• Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
