BH Graduate Student Intern 2nd Year - VRP (Sept 2026)

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Job Type

Internship

Description

The Violence Recovery Program (VRP) is a grant-funded program within the Behavioral Health department offering services to aged 18+ survivors of Intimate Partner Violence, Sexual Assault, and anti-LGBTQ+ Hate Violence.

Under the direct supervision of an Intern Primary Supervisor and existing leadership within the Behavioral Health Department, the Violence Recovery Program Student Intern provides counseling, support groups, advocacy, and referrals services to those being served by the VRP within the Behavioral Health Department, 24 hours per week for the academic school year from September 8th, 2026 through May 15th, 2027, exact dates depending. Additional hours for onboarding and orientation will be required between the dates of August 31st and September 4th, 2026.

Representative Duties :

Provides direct clinical services to clients :

• Using established therapeutic processes, provides short-term therapy for VRP clients and co-facilitates 1-2 therapy / support groups for VRP / BH clients
• Assists clients in accessing the criminal justice system and / or securing counseling and social services by giving client information and / or contacting service providers directly. Accompanies clients to Court and / or law enforcement appointments, as appropriate.
• Develops and maintains contacts in other assistance agencies; maintains updated referral lists, conducting outreach to service providers and community organizations about VRP services
• Builds a caseload of 10-12 clients overall
• Offers at least one clinical hour in the morning between 8-10 am, or at least 1 clinical hour in the late afternoon / evening (5 or 6 pm), dependent on client need
• All clinical hours must be provided from on-site at 1340 Boylston St., though some of these sessions may be conducted via telehealth
• Adheres to NASW Code of Ethics

Performs and completes clinical documentation / administrative tasks accurately and in a timely manner :

Participate in Intern Programming :

Meets Agency Participatory Expectations

Performs other related duties as required

Requirements

Preferred Qualifications :

Physical Requirements :

Documentation to be Submitted with Application :

For the Writing Sample : Please submit a paragraph or two setting up a case consultation on a hypothetical client in a multidisciplinary team meeting. Include descriptive demographic and diagnostic details of your client, frame their presenting symptoms, relevant history, dynamics of the treatment, and the question(s) you're bringing to the team for discussion.

PLEASE NOTE : All required documentation must be submitted with the application for consideration.

LGBTQIA+ identified persons, Black, Indigenous, and other people of color (BIPOC), and individuals from other historically underrepresented communities are strongly encouraged to apply.