Internship Program

 

Internship Program Overview

The Internship Program at Meta House offers a wide variety of opportunities for those pursuing degrees in Human and Social Services and Professional Counseling. Internship placements are designed to fit student interests, meet curriculum objectives and achieve proficiency in core competencies identified by colleges and universities. In order to be eligible for an internship placement at Meta House, applicants must be enrolled in and have the support and approval from an accredited college or university.

Examples of internship experiences offered at Meta House include:

  • Community outreach and stigma reduction

  • Triage and initial screening, prevention and early intervention, crisis assessment and intervention

  • Participation in a multi-disciplinary team

  • Counselor/Social worker professional identity, roles, and boundaries

  • Ethical decision-making and principles of autonomy, beneficence, justice, fidelity, veracity, privacy, confidentiality

  • Cultural competence, bias reduction, and working with diverse populations

  • Core counseling skills and interventions including developing at therapeutic relationship, active listening, empathy, and rapport-building

  • Group counseling including group counseling techniques, managing group dynamics, facilitation, and process

  • Introduction to and facilitation of evidence-based practices

  • Legal responsibilities, informed consent, and limits of confidentiality 

  • Clinical documentation and record keeping

  • Case management and complex care coordination

  • Collaboration with professionals at other agencies, such as adult and family drug treatment courts and other case management teams

  • Linkage and referral to additional community programs and supports

  • Clinical assessment and diagnosis and individual, family, and group therapy (MSW only)

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undergraduate-level internships

  • A minimum of two semesters for at least 15 hours per week.

  • Paid internship as a Residential Support Specialist in our Residential program.

graduate-level internships

  • A minimum of two semesters, three semesters preferred.

  • Ideal for students in pursuit of their LPC, LCSW, or SAC-IT.

  • Placement as a substance use disorder therapist intern or position within our child and family department.