Mental Health Therapist internship at Abreast Therapeutic Center Inc., (“ATC”) provides opportunity for students in master’s level related programs to gain practical work experience in counseling, behavioral health and human services. ATC is a Maryland base for-profit organization committed to providing comprehensive mental health services to individuals within its jurisdiction.
The intern position supports and promotes individual growth in consumers seeking mental health support at ATC. The intern position includes training opportunities and ability to advance within the organization (intern to hire).
Essential Functions,
- Provides outpatient behavioral health treatment (requires guidance of the university and placement supervisor), to include individual, family and group therapy (caseload determined by hours needed to fulfill internship)
- Work with individuals being serviced in a compassionate, culturally responsive and trauma informed manner
- develop effective treatment plans that reflect the individual's specific needs
- Completes intakes, diagnostic assessments, and mental status exams on consumers entering services and thereafter every 90 days or as medically necessary
- Implements medically necessary treatment services and clinical determination of Level of Care for all consumers
- Provides assessment and treatment to consumers in crisis, in conjunction with other clinical staff to include providing support and safety planning
- Participates in care coordination through collaboration with consumers, family, other treatment team members and community agencies around treatment planning
- Collaborate with different departments within ATC to learn about different services offered and tools implemented in a variety of areas to provide high quality mental health treatment
- Articulates all service provisions through timely and quality record documentation
- Completes necessary trainings and competency reviews as assigned
- Participates in individual and/or group supervision on a weekly bases with an assigned placement supervisor and maintains contact in between supervision with other needs
- Demonstrates an ongoing commitment to the development of therapy skills and evidenced-based practices
- Other duties as assigned.
MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS REQUIRED
- Knowledge of various theoretical treatments and practice applications.
- Ability to work with a wide range of ages and life circumstances
- Professional verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to learn, understand and utilize various telehealth and documentation software