Clinical Internship/Field Education Practicum

About the role

Volunteers of America Alaska's Bachelor's and Master’s-level Clinical Internship provides students with a wide range of clinical experience through Behavioral Health Continuum of Care programs for adolescents, Transition Age youth and families.

Responsibilities

• Attend orientation meeting
• Participate in Evidence-Based Practice (EBPs) training required for the program of placement
• Receive individual and group supervision
• Manage a small caseload
• Engage in various clinical activities including screening, integrated behavioral health assessment, individual, group and family psychotherapy, skill teaching, crisis intervention, service referral, coordination of care, incident reporting, and participation in weekly case conferences with a multidisciplinary team

Qualifications and Expectations

• Show support and recommendation from a practicum instructor
• Hold liability insurance through the University
• Show interest in working with the persons served
• Have no history of offenses that would prohibit working with minors
• Pass a background check conducted by Volunteers of America Alaska in accordance with State requirements and agency policies
• Provide written applications supplemented by interviews, fingerprinting, reference checks, and background checks including law enforcement or government agency checks
• Be checked in the List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE) or Exclusions Database through the Office of Inspector General (OIG) before internship begins
• Be rechecked annually on an intern basis in the Exclusions Database

Expectations/Duties

• Establish a learning contract and set achievable goals and objectives for their Internship
• Attend new hire orientation and training specific to the program they are placed into, including training on HIPAA privacy and security rules and 42 CFR part 2
• Follow agency policy and procedures and represent the agency in a professional manner at all times
• If eligible, provide services directly to clients under appropriate supervision

Supervision Plan

Attend weekly supervision meetings with their assigned supervisor, who will be determined by availability and University requirements. This in addition to the performance evaluation is a mechanism to provide feedback to enhance knowledge and skills.

Assessment of Performance

Performance will be evaluated against the established learning contract at the end of each semester. Performance of the student will be assessed through the University evaluation process and using University forms.