Internship (Outpatient Mental Health Clinics - Frederick OCS) 2026-2027 School Based Counseling/Social Work Fieldwork
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Sheppard Pratt
MD
Summary
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.
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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Sheppard Pratt is the largest private, nonprofit provider of mental health, substance use, developmental disability, special education, and social services in the country. A nationwide resource, Sheppard Pratt provides services across a comprehensive continuum of care, spanning both hospital- and community-based resources. Since its founding in 1853, Sheppard Pratt has been innovating the field through research, best practice implementation, and a focus on improving the quality of mental health care on a global level. Sheppard Pratt has been consistently ranked as a top national psychiatric hospital by U.S. News & World Report for 31 years.
www.sheppardpratt.org/careers
Company size
1,001-5,000 employees
Industry
Mental Health Care
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Baltimore, Maryland
Sheppard Pratt is the largest private, nonprofit provider of mental health, substance use, developmental disability, special education, and social services in the country. A nationwide resource, Sheppard Pratt provides services across a comprehensive continuum of care, spanning both hospital- and community-based resources. Since its founding in 1853, Sheppard Pratt has been innovating the field through research, best practice implementation, and a focus on improving the quality of mental health care on a global level. Sheppard Pratt has been consistently ranked as a top national psychiatric hospital by U.S. News & World Report for 31 years.
www.sheppardpratt.org/careers
Company size
1,001-5,000 employees
Industry
Mental Health Care
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Baltimore, Maryland
