What are the responsibilities and job description for the Mental Health Internship position at Columbia Community Mental Health?
Mental Health Internship
Job Description
Columbia Community Mental Health is a nonprofit agency and Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic that provides services to individuals with mental, addiction and developmental disabilities.
We uphold our values in authenticity and commitment to quality care. Members of our CCMH team have a daily opportunity to make a positive impact.
Position: Mental Health Internship
Shift: Our agency provides services Mon-Fri from 8:00am to 5:00pm. Our agency is able to work around school schedules, but general internship hours will be held during this time frame.
Salary Range: All internships at CCMH are unpaid.
Position Requirements: Our internships are for students who are enrolled in a master’s level clinical program, (with a focus on counseling) within an accredited university. All applicants who apply must be within the last year of their master’s program to be considered for an internship.
Summary: CCMH interns will support therapeutic services to adults, children, adolescents, and families as assigned. Duties may vary per location/department. The intern will also conduct comprehensive clinical assessments as a part of the diagnostic process, reviews ongoing delivery of services, identifies individual client needs and diagnoses substance use and/or mental health disorders. They will assist in conducting individual, family and group sessions to provide therapeutic treatment, and behavior modification using evidence-based practice to assist clients in reaching treatment goals. Duties will also involve case management and coordination of community resources to meet client needs.
Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: CCMH strives to address, explore, educate, learn about, and respond to the diversity of the human experience. We create an inclusive, equitable, culturally competent, and supportive environment where employees model behavior that enriches our community. We call our colleagues forward to take conscious and deliberate action to dismantle all systems of oppression by fostering an anti-racist, gender affirming, class conscious, disability aware environment where the innate humanity of others is recognized and celebrated.
Working conditions: This position works in an office environment.
Columbia Community Mental Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to building a culturally diverse workplace. As such, all qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and all will receive equal consideration without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, veteran/reserve/national guard, disability, or any other similarly protected status.
CCMH is Drugfree workplace.
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Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.