Location
Sioux City, Iowa
Quick overview
Interns will gain experience in supportive, directive behavioral health interventions for children and adults in community or residential settings, focusing on improving functioning related to mental health diagnoses. Responsibilities also include providing assessment, treatment planning, various forms of therapy, psychoeducation, and discharge planning for mental health and substance use disorder clientele.
Requirements summary
This is an entry-level internship opportunity requiring no prior experience. Interns will participate in master's level internship activities including diagnostic assessments, case management, treatment plans, progress notes, and discharge summaries.
Job description
We offer internships in
Behavioral Health Intervention Services which are supportive, directive, and teach interventions provided in a community-based or residential group care environment designed to improve the individual’s level of functioning (child and adult) as it relates to a mental health diagnosis, with a primary goal of assisting the individual and his or her family to learn age-appropriate skills to manage their behavior, and regain, or retain self-control. Services may be center-based or school-based. Mental Health Therapists who are responsible for providing assessment, treatment planning, individual, couple’s, family, and/or group therapy, psychoeducation, referral, and discharge planning job duties are defined within core functions. Provide high-quality, compassionate family-centered therapy to individuals, couples, and families. Substance Use Disorder Counseling provides Substance Use Disorder Services to clientele, including individuals, couples, and families suffering from substance abuse and co-occurring disorders in an outpatient setting. Responsible for providing assessment, treatment planning, individual, couple’s, family, and/or group therapy, psychoeducation, referral, and discharge planning. Interns will gain experience in case consultations, agency-wide trainings, and additional learning opportunities for master's level internships, including diagnostic assessments, case management, treatment plans, progress notes, and discharge summaries.
