Kenneth Young CenterClinical Internship ProgramBehavioral Health InternKenneth Young Center offers several different clinical opportunities and is now accepting applications for the August 2025- May 2026 academic year. We will begin to accept applications mid-December and will be doing several rounds of interviews January-February. We are proud to offer a stipend to our student interns. We are seeking interns for the following programs: Adult Outpatient, Child & Adolescent Outpatient, SASS/Mobile Crisis Response, Behavioral Health Recovery. Only one application is needed to be considered for all programs. Each program requires a minimum of twenty hours per week. Please contact your school's field coordinators or directors to see if Kenneth Young Center's internship fits with your program's requirements. You can also contact us directly at: ...@kennethyoung.org with any questions.
Job Scope: Join a diverse team of counselors and social workers providing mental health services in a collaborative and welcoming community outpatient setting. Engage clients in therapeutic and case management services aimed at increasing supporting clients in creating a life worth living, stabilizing and improving mental health symptoms, and functioning independently in the community. Behavioral Health Interns are required to intern a minimum of twenty hours per week; however, school programs may vary with this requirement. Internships run from August-May.
Primary Responsibilities - Engage clients in mental health assessment and treatment plan reassessments that identify service needs and recommend options for care.
- Share assessment findings with clients and their families.
- Involve client and their families in the development of treatment plan goals, objectives and interventions that address their assessed behavioral health needs.
- Provide individual, family and group therapy services. Some teams might require more of a specific therapeutic service/modality, depending on client and team's needs.
- Provide case management services to assist clients and their families with access to needed benefits and services
- Provide coordinated care by initiating or participating in client centered consultation with other internal and external providers involved in care or services.
- Assist the intake department with coverage and by assisting with opening clients to the agency and making referrals, when appropriate.
- Assist in establishing effective communication between the Center, other social agencies serving clients, and the community
Performance Requirements - Work cooperatively with behavioral health team members to assure clients timely access to quality services
- Meet agency quality and compliance standards by accurately completing clinical documentation and service reporting in a timely manner.
- Meet or exceed service productivity target.
- Implement evidenced based practices to ensure use of effective and efficient treatment that best address client needs
- Participation in Staff training and development seminars
- Working cooperatively with other Center teams and programs to maintain smooth continuity of care when cases are shared across teams
- Become familiar with and utilization of outside resources as needed to provide comprehensive services to clients
- Participate in individual supervision with direct supervisor and in regular performance appraisals as directed
- Participate in group supervision with intern cohort
Education and Experience - Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or University in Psychology, Social Work, or closely related discipline required.
- Must be in an accredited graduate program and in a Psychology, Social Work, or Counseling program, or closely related discipline
- Must have basic computer and keyboarding skills.
Schedule - Schedule will vary depending on program needs and interns' schedules, with two days being prime time (evenings and/or evening and a Saturday)
- Must intern a minimum of 20 hours per week, however, some school programs might have a higher requirement
Kenneth Young Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer