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UHS · 3 months ago

Spring 2026 Partial Hospitalization Internship

FRANKLIN, Massachusetts

Internship

Onsite

Intern

Start in 2026 Spring

UHS is one of the nation’s largest providers of hospital and healthcare services, and they are excited to offer Clinical Internship opportunities in their Partial Hospitalization Program starting in Spring 2026. The internship aims to provide high-quality training and supervision to students, allowing them to gain clinical experience in a multidisciplinary Behavioral Healthcare System.

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Responsibilities

Experience with Groups, Intakes, Case Management, and Crisis Management

By the time you leave our full year program, you will successfully be able to lead a group, conduct an intake, manage a case and deal with a variety of crisis situations

In-Services on a regular basis discussing various topics including; legal issues within a mental health setting, the ins & outs of the various systems we work with, ethics in mental health, resume writing, job search, and more

Lots of Supervision! Weekly supervision with an LMHC as required for graduation and licensure. In addition, you will have easy access to additional on the spot supervision by supervisor as well as other clinicians

Professional Development including your development as a clinician as well as support with work/life/school balance during your placement and beyond

Conducting clinical assessments and diagnosing a variety of mental health and substance use disorders

Individualized treatment planning

Group Therapy: Psychotherapy, Expressive Therapy, and Psychoeducation including Stress-Management, Anger Management, DBT, Relationship Issues, Self Esteem, and more

Individual therapy interventions

Case management and aftercare planning/referrals

Administration and execution of the programmatic daily operations for a higher level of care

Collaboration with professionals in a variety of capacities

Working on a multidisciplinary clinical treatment team

Insurance authorizations, level of care assessments, and medical necessity justification

Crisis management, Risk Assessments and Safety planning

Presenting cases with diagnostic conversations and education

Qualification

Clinical assessmentsIndividualized treatment planningGroup therapyCrisis managementCase managementCollaboration with professionalsCommunication skillsTeamworkTime management

Required

2nd Year Master Students/2nd Internship (or equivalent)

1st Year Master Students with some experience will be considered

Available 24 Hours/week – Three days a week 8:30am-5pm

Dates determined by Director to assure best clinical experience

Staff Meeting: Required day dependent on location

Orientation Session – Date TBA

Agency wide Intern Workshops required

PHP only closes for major holiday days – New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. We are open days before and days after holidays. Holiday schedule is done in October. Please note that interns are not guaranteed days before and after holiday off

Interns are able to take up to 4 weeks' vacation during the course of the year, however all dates need to be run by the Director, to assure that not all interns are taking the same days off

Candidate must possess appropriate citizenship work documentation

Candidate must pass a CORI and drug test, as well as other pre-employment documentation