Natchaug Hospital (Inpatient Care)
Why Us? We provide internship supervision to both undergraduate and graduate level students, as well as practicum placements to Doctoral psychology students. We place a strong investment in our students with a goal of fully preparing them for working within the field as a full-time independent clinician. Emphasis is placed on both skill and career development. Skill set development focuses on individual, group, and family therapy modalities within an acute care setting, as well as case management and cross-agency collaboration. There is a unique opportunity within this setting to be a member of a multidisciplinary treatment team, where crucial skills are learned around collaboration, communication, and leveraging separate realities within multiple disciplines. Supervision is provided based on program requirements, but typically involves both a primary and secondary supervisor with opportunities for group supervision as well including both didactic and process-based sessions. Training goals are developed in collaboration with the student, with hopes of creating an individualized experience that focus on the long-term goals of the student as they progress in their education and training. The site is a best fit for advanced students, but can also be considered for first year students with a specialized focus and comfort in working with a fast-paced acute setting.
Natchaug Ambulatory (Outpatient Care)
Natchaug Hospital has an Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) and Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) at five locations that support adult and young adult behavioral health care. We also have six Joshua Center locations that provide IOP and PHP care to children and adolescents (typically ages 6-18).
Rushford Center
Why Us? Rushford Center provides an internship experience in Residential and Ambulatory services. Students who are interested in alcohol and drug counseling should consider our Cheshire, Avon, and Glastonbury facilities. Our Portland location has residential services for adult men and women while our Durham campus provides residential treatment for adolescent males. Meriden hosts our comprehensive behavioral health treatment in an outpatient capacity for all ages, while our Middletown site offers residential and outpatient services for adult men and women.
Institute of Living
Why Us? Hartford Hospital Institute of Living (IOL) is a teaching hospital that is committed to training multidisciplinary healthcare professions including social workers. Our MSW placement program offers unpaid internship opportunities to master level social workers allowing them to gain practical clinical experience in our various child, adolescent and adult inpatient and outpatient treatment programs. A prospective MSW intern will receive training, guidance and supervision from a licensed clinical social worker and gain the necessary skills, knowledge and abilities to carry out the activities and assignments of a professional social worker.
The prospective MSW intern will be required to fulfill at least 20 placement hours per week which includes training, seminar and supervision, while fulfilling the requirements of their affiliated educational institution. The candidate must submit their resume and statement of interest (submitted by the educational institution) and complete the interview process, if eligible. Our placement duration begins fall semester through spring with a preference for advanced or second year placements, although not required.
Backus Hospital
(coming soon!)
Charlotte Hungerford Hospital
Why Us? We provide internships for Master’s level students focusing in the areas of Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, and Counseling. We have a wide variety of services, programs and evidence-based models and we tailor the internship to meet a wide range of personal and academic goals. Some services include outpatient, inpatient, crisis, Partial Hospitalization Program, and Adolescent Intensive Outpatient Program. Our staff is comprised of an interdisciplinary team, including professionals from various areas such as LCSW’s, LMFT’s, and LPC’s.
Our Center for Youth and Families: Child Advocacy Center offers outpatient therapy services for children, adolescents, and families. Services include: family, individual, play, group, and medication therapies. Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TFCBT) and Child and Family Traumatic Stress Intervention (CFTSI)
Hospital of Central Connecticut
Why Us? For interns on the Inpatient unit for HOCC, the focus is on learning and implementing clinical skills such as how to facilitate group therapy (with evidenced-based practices such as CBT, anger management skills, skill building, etc), 1:1 therapeutic intervention, case management skills, learning co-occurring disorders/diagnoses and how they manifest. They will also learn the discharge process and setting up follow up care. They will also learn proper documentation skills as well as review policies and procedures which are best practice for social work.
Outpatient Care: facilitating groups, EPIC documentation, completing initial assessments, process of documentation (treatment planning, DC summaries, transfer forms) and timeframes for compliance, assessing risk, management of high-risk patients in OP clinic, crisis management.
Midstate Medical Center
Why Us? At Midstate ABU (Acute Behavioral Unit- emergency room) and the HOCC ABU (Acute Behavioral Unit-emergency room), interns learn to effectively assess and triage patients for next level of care or discharge, work with insurance authorizations as needed, document appropriately in EPIC, and work with the team to determine care. Assessments are completed on those who are experiencing mental health symptoms including depression, anxiety, suicidality, substance use, psychosis, and more.
St. Vincent’s Medical Center
(coming soon!)