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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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Luke-Dorf Inc.

Website: http://www.luke-dorf.org/
Location: Tigard,
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Description: A private, non-profit community mental health agency that provides services for individuals with psychiatric disabilities.
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Maine Behavioral Health

Website: https://mainehealth.org/locations/maine-behavioral-healthcare/rockland-12-union-street-04841-4093
Location: Rockland,
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Description: A comprehensive mental health center with possible placements in Outpatient Counseling, Community Support Services, Day Treatment and Elder care. The Rockland location has two residential locations, a crisis program and day treatment.
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Maine Behavioral Health – Center for Autism and Developmental Disorders

Website: https://mainehealth.org/maine-behavioral-healthcare/services/autism-developmental-disorders/cadd
Location: South Portland,
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Description: The CADD Clinic provides a coordinated, multi-disciplinary approach for children and adolescents 5-20 years old, with behavioral or mental health challenges living at home. Offering child psychiatry, case management, behavioral analysis, and individual and family therapy, the clinic seeks to provide most of what a child needs under one roof. The clinic performs new evaluations and treatment, as well as providing follow-up services to continue the plan of care for children who have been served in the developmental disorders program’s more intensive hospital or day treatment programs.
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Maine Behavioral Healthcare – Adult Assertive Community Treatment (ACT)

Website: https://mainehealth.org/locations/maine-behavioral-healthcare/springvale-474-main-street-04083-1598
Location: Springvale,
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Description: Adult Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is a team treatment approach designed to provide comprehensive, community-based psychiatric treatment, rehabilitation, and support to persons with serious and persistent mental illness such as schizophrenia. Among the services ACT teams provide are: case management, initial and ongoing assessments; psychiatric services; employment and housing assistance; family support and education; substance abuse services and other services and supports critical to an individual's ability to live successfully in the community. Persons served by ACT often have co-existing abuse problems, or involvement with the judicial system.
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Maine Behavioral Healthcare – Community Counseling Center

Website: https://mainehealth.org/locations/maine-behavioral-healthcare/portland-165-lancaster-street-04101-222
Location: Portland,
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Description: "Maine Behavioral Healthcare provides an array of services at our outpatient practices for adults, adolescents and children challenged with mental health, developmental disorders, co-occurring and/or substance use issues. Specifically, our Portland location provides these services: Adult Assertive Community Treatment (ACT), Case Management and Behavioral Health Homes, Counseling, and Psychiatry."
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Maine Behavioral Healthcare – Elderworks Program

Website: https://mainehealth.org/maine-behavioral-healthcare/services/counseling-therapy-services-adult-child/elder-day-support
Location: Portland,
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Description: The Elderworks program in Portland offers individualized treatment within a supportive and therapeutic group environment. Adults 50 years or older with long-term mental health needs. The Elderworks program: Promotes a supportive community, encouraging engagement in healthy behavior, emotional awareness, improved life skills, and self-care. Helps individuals maintain their ability to live as independently as possible, and provides increased socialization and management of health conditions by offering wellness activities and programming focused on overall well-being.
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Maine Health Access to Care

Website: https://www.mainehealth.org/healthy-communities/access-care
Location: Portland,
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Description: Multiple Opportunities for BSW/Generalist MSW Students and 1 Opportunity for Specialization Year MSW Students
Can accommodate Traditional, BLOCK, and SOS model practicums at Spring, Summer, or Fall start dates

BSW/Generalist Year Opportunities

Portland locations (22 Bramhall Street and 241 Oxford Street) - primarily supports non-english speaking, new Mainers who are walk ins or "warm hand offs" from outpatient clinics. Students provide case management services including triaging and assessing needs related to basic and healthcare needs, providing general emotional and supportive care, and making resource referrals.

Portland 241 Oxford Street location only - option to provide primarily telephonic health coverage support.
Additional option to carry a caseload and provide case management support to walk-ins (primarily New Mainers) needing assistance with basic needs (clothing, food, transportation and healthcare). This support includes assessing needs, providing general emotional support, and making resource referrals.

Oncology Practices - student works within medical setting to assist patients with gaining access to medication, assisting with applications for co-pay foundations, and referring to other relevant resources.

Biddeford location - student has the opportunity to provide case management services primarily to asylum seekers. Opportunities to collaborate, interact with, and advocate for patient needs for the legal, education, housing, and medical systems

Specialization / 2nd Year MSW Opportunities

Multiple Locations in Greater Portland Area - students work with a diverse population of under resources clients to provide on-going counseling and case management services. Opportunity to work with individuals and families.

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Maine Medical Center – NICU

Website: https://mainehealth.org/locations/mmc-acute-psychiatry-unit/portland-mgb-5623-22-bramhall-street-04102-3700
Location: Portland,
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Description: MMC's acute psychiatry area, part of the emergency department (ED), is a 6 bed secure area for the treatment of patients who present to the ED with a chief complaint that is primarily psychiatric in nature. This is staffed 24/7 by a licensed clinical social worker and a registered nurse and often with a psychiatric resident or physician assistant. It can be challenging due to the high acuity, high patient volume, and number of people and systems that impact the time-limited work we do with patients. The appropriate candidate for an internship in the acute psych area is mature, can handle a fast-paced and sometimes pressured environment, has a strong interest in clinical work with individuals with serious mental illness and substance abuse issues, and, ideally, has prior experience in working with the mentally ill and/or in a hospital setting. Students will develop clinical skills in engaging patients, establishing rapport quickly, crisis intervention skills and completing a thorough bio-psychosocial assessment.
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Maine Medical Center Care Coordination

Website: https://mainehealth.org/locations/mmc-care-coordination/portland-22-bramhall-annex-c-26159a-04102-2754
Location: Portland,
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Description: Case Management Social Worker. Serving adults and pediatrics inpatients. Discharge planning, psychosocial assessment for discharge barriers, guardianship, financial assistance. Student learning opportunities include: program development, program evaluation, advocacy, conflict resolution, legislative advocacy.
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Maine Medical Center Inpatient Medical & Geriatric Psychiatry Unit/P6

Website: https://mainehealth.org/maine-medical-center/services/psychiatry/inpatient-medical-geriatric-psychiatry-unit
Location: Portland,
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Description: P6 is the only inpatient psychiatric program providing multidisciplinary care to geriatric and medically complex patients in the State of Maine. The unit is an extraordinary learning opportunity for advanced year MSW students interested in geriatric mental health and in the interplay of physical and mental illness. Students have the opportunity to facilitate family meetings, provide psycho-education and information about community resources, and make referrals. The student, working closely with the team, refers the patient to the appropriate level of care (e.g., outpatient therapy, partial program, home health services, assisted living, skilled nursing facility, nursing home) and communicates with these after care providers, patient, and family to ensure a successful transition from the hospital.
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