Internship (Outpatient Mental Health Clinics - Frederick OCS) 2026-2027 School Based Counseling/Social Work Fieldwork
Sheppard Pratt
Location
Frederick County, Maryland
Quick overview
Interns provide individual, group, and family counseling services to students in grades 1-12 with mental health diagnoses. They are responsible for managing a caseload, creating treatment plans, and completing clinical documentation.
Requirements summary
Applicants must be advanced-year Master's students in Social Work or Mental Health Counseling. The position is for those seeking a semester or full academic year internship, excluding those seeking practicum only.
Job description
Opportunity Summary
Interns will provide counseling services for students in grade 1- 12 with a mental health diagnosis. Clients receive regular individual, group, and/or family counseling. Interns will co-lead group therapy sessions with a licensed social work or professional counselor as well as provide individual counseling to an assigned caseload. Weekly clinical supervision is provided by LCSW-C or LCPC.
Opportunity time frame
Internships last either one semester or a full academic year. Applicants are not accepted for Practicum only.
Eligibility requirements
Advanced year Master’s of Social Work students or Master's of Mental Health Counseling students.
Learning model
Individual supervision, group consults, clinical review meetings, role play, observations of employees and observation of student.
Student expectations
- Provide individual, group and family therapy
- Collaboration with school staff
- Work with diverse populations
- Be assigned a minimum caseload of 4-6 students
- Create individualized treatment plans
- Engage in case management and discharge planning
- All interns will receive weekly clinical supervision as well as trainings that employed clinicians receive to enhance learning experience
Student tasks
- Co-lead group therapy sessions
- Conduct individual and family therapy sessions
- Complete clinical documentation
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