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MSW Field Placements Behavioral Health

Lincoln Academy

Website: https://www.lincolnacademy.org/
Location: Newclastle,
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Description: A small quasi-private independent high school that has 300 students from 7 local communities; starting in 2013 begin accepting boarding students from around the world. Provides crisis counseling, substance use counseling, limited therapeutic services and group counseling. Student learning opportunities include: advocacy, assessments, individual counseling, case documentation, family work, conflict resolution and group work.
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LLBean Employee Assistance Program – Fairwinds Counseling, Maine

Website: https://fairwindscc.com/
Location: Freeport,
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Description: Fairwinds Counseling and Consulting, PLLC provides clinical and consulting services to individuals and organizations. Areas of specialty include trauma informed care and evidence based trauma treatment, employee wellbeing and mental health, and mental wellbeing in the workplace. This MSW internship involves providing Employee Assistance Program services to employees of L.L.Bean online and at their corporate locations. EAP services involves providing short term solution focused clinical services to adults and students provide services as part of a small team of clinicians. Students also have the opportunity to engage in macro social work interventions through working in partnership with an organization around issues related to mental health and mental wellbeing and can also choose to work with groups if interested. There is a high degree of supervision and access to consultation with multiple clinical providers. Students will have significant opportunities to develop high quality assessment and treatment planning skills and can utilize a diverse set of clinical interventions to meet client needs. Students work with clients with diverse identities, demographics, and clinical presentations. Past interns have felt prepared to practice in more independent settings following this placement experience.

An ideal internship candidate will have experience in professional or corporate work settings and should be comfortable with independent learning and taking initiative to create desired learning opportunities. Students will have the opportunity to work with clients in person and using a HIPAA compliant telehealth platform. There is significant flexibility which allows for students to craft different types of learning opportunities and students are expected to use their creativity to explore areas of interest. Services are offered between 8-5pm M-F and students have flexibility in scheduling their placement hours within these timeframes.
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Long Creek Youth Development Center – Maine Dept of Corrections

Website: https://www.maine.gov/corrections/juvenile/Facilities/LCYDC/index.htm
Location: South Portland,
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Description: Long Creek Youth Development Center is a juvenile correctional facility (with an accredited high school) operated by the Maine State Department of Corrections. Long Creek functions as a total educational rehabilitative resource within the state-wide correctional setting. The Center provides care, custody and security for its residents (ages 13-21), holds for court evaluations/diagnostic services, education, physical education and recreation through the A.R. Gould School, volunteer services, social services, worship services, as well as medical services to its juvenile offender population. Learning opportunities include: case management, program development, program evaluation, advocacy, assessments, individual counseling, case documentation, milieu management, family work, conflict resolution and group work.
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Loranger Middle School

Website: https://loranger.rsu23.org/
Location: Old Orchard Beach,
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Description: The student population of greater than 475 students (4th-8th) is heavily influenced by the transient nature of the tourist economy. Much of the work the school social worker provides is case management, referrals, individual counseling and group counseling.
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Loretta B. Keelin Counseling, Inc

Location: Jacksonville,
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Description: Private counseling services. Focus on trauma, rape, PTSD, and couple/marital.
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