Building Skills. Delivering Hope.

HopeLink Behavioral Services offers clinical internships in its Psychosocial Day Programs and Outpatient Therapy.

The HopeLink Internship Program is intended to provide master’s level students in clinical programs opportunities to obtain clinical experience and develop clinical skills in a nonprofit agency setting. Under the direction of the internship or practicum supervisor on site, the Counseling or Social Work Intern will provide clinical counseling, clinical social work and/or psychosocial rehabilitation services to adolescent clients and/or adult clients as outlined by school requirements.

HopeLink only offers master’s level internships to students of social work, counseling, and related programs. HopeLink is not able to offer placements to bachelor’s or other levels of interns.

Psychosocial Day Program Internship

We seek passionate, dedicated master’s level students with an interest in learning about the field of psychiatric rehabilitation and a willingness to work side by side with individuals in our day programs engaged in tasks such as:

• • Psychoeducational group facilitation
  • Hands-on skills teaching to promote independent living, recovery, and wellness
  • Community outings and recreational activities
  • Individualized support, education, and training
  • Intake and assessment
  • Individualized recovery planning
  • Crisis intervention

What to Expect

We offer supervision by licensed or unlicensed staff, according to your degree program’s requirements. You can expect a rich learning experience within a collaborative, positive, and team-oriented environment.

At a minimum, interns are required to work within our core program hours of 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Outpatient Therapy Services Internship

Please note: Internships are only open to master’s level students.  Additionally, we are not able to accept one-semester, practicum only interns. The intern must be able to commit to at least two consecutive school semesters, and ideally the full academic year, in the same placement. 

As part of the Outpatient Therapy Services Internship, students will have the opportunity to learn a variety of clinical skills, including:

• • Diagnostic assessments
  • Developing and implementing treatment plans in collaboration with the client
  • Shadowing and independently conducting individual and/or group counseling sessions (in person and video telehealth) with adults and adolescents
  • Developing case conceptualization skills
  • Implementing clinically appropriate treatment interventions
  • Engaging clients in a warm, supportive, non-judgmental and person-centered fashion at all times.

What to Expect

We offer supervision by licensed staff, according to your degree program’s requirements. You can expect a rich learning experience within a collaborative, positive, and team-oriented environment.  Interns will gain experience with assessment and diagnosis, treatment planning and implementation, and discharge planning.

At a minimum, interns are required to work within our core program hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., some evening hours available.

The Application Process

We accept applications on a first-come, first-served basis. We do not have specific application deadlines and can only offer an internship if there is space available within one of our programs and a staff member is available to provide the required supervision.

Requirements for internship opportunities include background checks, finger printing, tuberculosis (TB) testing, and a confidentiality agreement.

HopeLink values diversity and considers interns based on their qualifications and without regard to race or any traits historically associated with race ‒ including hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles such as braids, locks, and twists ‒ color, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sex, national origin, age, marital status, religion, spiritual beliefs, socioeconomic status, political affiliation, genetic information, veteran’s status, disability, sensory conditions, sexual orientation, or any other protected class.