Bilingual School Based Therapist Intern

Essential Responsibilities

• Provide strengths-based, client-centered, and trauma-informed clinical services to children and adolescents with mental health diagnoses and co-occurring substance abuse disorders.
• Provide comprehensive bio-psychosocial assessment services to children, adolescents, and their families.
• Develop individualized treatment plans with the input of the client and their team, which includes providers and natural supports.
• Collaborate with members of the client’s school team to ensure quality of treatment and coordination of care.
• Serve as an advocate for clients, linking them to needed community services; assess client’s personal, medical, social, emotional, and environmental situation to plan for linkage and treatment course.
• Maintain documentation and chart in compliance with Medicaid, Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Services (CARF), and agency standards.
• Perform other related duties and/or projects as assigned.

Qualifications

• Completed Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work, Psychology, or Counseling required.
• Experience working with children, adolescents, and their families.
• Availability to attend weekly Team Meetings and Group Consultation, currently held on Tuesday mornings.
• Availability to attend biweekly Bilingual Intern Clinical Consultation group, currently held on Monday mornings.
• Must pass IM+CANS exam within one month of start date.
• Spanish/English fluency, required.