Internship Opportunities
Fortitude Counseling Associates, PLLC
Position Description for Clinical Internship:
The clinical internship candidate will receive extensive training and supervision in Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Treatment (TFCBT), under the supervision of a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) and/or LCSW. The intern will conduct clinical assessments, TFCBT assessments, treatment plans, and psychotherapy primarily for children, adolescents, and young adults. Candidates must have interest in providing TFCBT and be passionate about working with the foster care population in a multidisciplinary team setting. The right candidate must have demonstrated competence in working directly with clients and possess working knowledge and understanding of individual and group practices.
Responsibilities Include: We expect the intern to engage in clinical practices for approximately 60-70% of time, while other 20-30% will be focused on administrative work, meetings, training and supervision.
- Under the supervision of a licensed mental health professional, develops, implements, coordinates, specialized treatment plans for individuals enrolled in Fortitude Counseling Associates, PLLC.
- Provides outpatient psychotherapy and clinical assessment and treatment planning.
- Provides appropriate support to individual’s family. May develop and conduct psychoeducational classes and groups.
- Conducts TFCBT and clinical evaluations and risk assessments, including test administration, interpretation, and recommendations.
- Prepares intake summaries, case summaries and maintains ongoing confidential records.
- To maintain program documentation as required
- To represent the agency as needed in the community (i.e. serving on committees, making presentations on our programs, etc)
- To participate in agency clinical meetings, team meetings and staff meetings as well as participate in in-service training.
- Maintain agency documentation as required
- Ongoing communication with referral sources
- Attend trainings, conferences, and workshops
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications Include: The candidate must be currently enrolled in an accredited MSW, Ed., or MA program in Clinical Counseling or Social Work.
- Ability to organize and run a treatment group with children and adolescents
- Ability to learn methods of CBT and provide CBT in group and individual settings
- Ability to produce accurate and complete assessments formulated from knowledge of the consumer and collateral sources.
- Ability to write effective case notes and report on data from files
- Ability to work independently; but relate issues to manager appropriately
- Ability to work effectively when under extreme pressure
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to manage difficult client discussions
- Ability to maintain effective working relationships with peers, supervisors, and outside agencies
- Dedication to preventing further victimization, promoting positive progression, and ability to address difficult issues with a challenging populations
- Proven track record of reliability and consistency of high performance
- Strong desire to learn and grow professionally
Supervision Information
Requirements
Supervisees agree to maintain active liability insurance, and will provide a copy to their supervisor indicating coverage of the supervisor as an "additional insured" on the policy.
Supervisees agree to abide by their Code of Ethics and by the licensure code outlined by the North Carolina Board of Licensed Professional Counselors.
Supervisees agree to maintain a log of their direct and indirect hours, including a list of clients seen, and agree to maintain documentation as outlined by their licensure board.
Cancellation Policy
Scheduled supervision times are reserved especially for you and without 48 hours’ notice, it is difficult for us to fill your time slot with another appointment. If an appointment is missed or cancelled with less than 48 hours’ notice, you will be billed according to the scheduled fee policy, at the full cost of the scheduled session.
Definitions
We highly encourage you to review and completely understand the licensure requirements regarding clinical supervision. We strongly advise that you to read over the documents that can be found on the North Carolina Board of Licensed Professional Counselors’ website: www.ncblpc.org.
If you are an LCMHCA working toward full licensure, you will need 100 hours of clinical supervision (1 hour per 40 hours of clinical work).
75 of those 100 hours need to be individual supervision.
"Individual" supervision can include one or two supervisees, meeting for 1 hour/week.
"Group" supervision can include up to 12 supervisees, but must meet for 2 hours/week.
There are 3 options for doing supervision:
- individually,
- in pairs (but still counting toward the 75 of 100 individual hours needed),
- in groups (but only 25 of the 100 hours can be group so the majority must be "individual"--whether by yourself or in a pair).
Clinical Supervision
Licensed Associate Professionals
We provide supervision services for Licensed Professional Counselor Associates and Licensed Clinical Social Worker Associates. Our services also provide you with a supportive professional relationships with your supervisor, relevant knowledge and clinical skills, and a commitment to providing high quality supervision. Trust Fortitude Counseling Associates for your clinical supervision needs. We care about your professional growth.
Individual Supervision
(1 Supervisee)
$100 Per Session Paid Weekly
"Pre-Paid Monthly" Discount Rate
$360 (Up to 4 sessions included)
Individual Supervision "Partner Up"
(2 Supervisees)
"Partner Up" Discount Rate
$85 Per Session Per Participant
Group Supervision
(Minimum of 4 Supervisees /Maximum of 6)
$75 Per Session Per Participant