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Mid-Carolina Area Agency on Aging

Website: http://www.mccog.org/aging.asp
Location: Fayetteville, North Carolina
Country: United States
Placement Type: Aging, Behavioral Health, Community Planning/Development, Health/Medical, Policy/Advocacy, Public Health

Midcoast Humane

Website: https://midcoasthumane.org/
Location: Brunswick, Maine
Country: United States
Description: WHAT WE DO
Adoption Agency We find loving, ideal homes for nearly 3,500 animals per year, in Midcoast Maine and beyond.
Pet Surrenders We accept pets from distressed situations and from citizens in our contracted towns that can no longer care for their animals.
Transport & Rescue We partner with animal rescue organizations across the region and nation to help animals from overcrowded areas where adoption numbers are low and resources are scarce.
Stray Animals We accept stray and neglected animals from 39 communities.
Veterinary Care for our Shelter Residents We provide for all health needs of the animals in our care.
Foster Care We socialize and foster at-risk animals
Enrichment We make sure animals fill their minds as well as their tummies while they’re with us through enrichment activities and behavior training to keep their brains active.
Community Cats Program We care for feral cats, and practice TNR (trap, neuter, return) to prevent pet overpopulation and ensure that all homeless animals are healthy.
Barn Buddies We place feral and semi-feral “Barn Buddies” cat in suitable environments.
Educate our Community We offer training classes, workshops and seminars for pet owners.
Pet Care Assistance We offer low-cost vaccination and microchipping clinics, spay/neuter assistance, a pet food pantry, and some veterinary assistance for low-income households.
Placement Type: Community Planning/Development, Other

Mission St. Louis

Website: http://www.missionstl.org/
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Country: United States
Placement Type: Community Planning/Development, Family Services

Mount Prospect Academy

Website: https://www.mountprospectacademy.org/
Location: Rochester, New Hampshire
Country: United States
Description: Does the agency offer Specialization/ 2nd Year Advanced Clinical MSW practicum learning opportunities? - YES
Does the agency offer Generalist/1st Year MSW practicum learning opportunities? - NO

Description & Responsibilities:
Mount Prospect Academy - New Hampshire Community Based Services offers different community based programs: Project Connect In-Home Individual Service Option, Solid Foundations Home Based Therapeutic Services, and FAST Forward NFI. These programs operate with the goal of preventing and/or minimizing out-of-home placements and helping youth transition back to their home communities from residential care. With the right combination of supports, many youth, regardless of their presenting concerns, can remain safely in their natural environment without long term residential placement.

MPA - NH Community Based Services provides individual counseling, family counseling, group counseling, educational counseling, case management and service coordination, psychoeducation and parent training, substance abuse counseling and education, anger and behavioral management, trauma informed care, preparation for independent living, role modeling and applied learning in the community, pro-social community based groups, GROW curriculum, ARC Framework, trauma based treatment, Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Adventure therapy groups for latency and adolescent aged youth, and NH SAU additional service options for students.
MPA’s Community Based Services are intended to provide short term support and stabilization. As such, services provided by the PS intern and their teams should generally be focused on helping clients and their families identify and utilize long-term community supports and natural supports as well as agencies in the community. Within that framework, the PS intern role is to provide overall leadership on the case in terms of permanency and family and youth guided treatment. The PS intern is responsible for establishing clear treatment goals and clinically appropriate recommendations for treatment and interventions. The PS intern directs the activities of other team members (EG. Permanency Coaches) to ensure client and family interactions are goal oriented and clinically appropriate. The PS intern will provide case management and clinical (individual, family, group) support to children and their families.
The PS intern will perform some or all of the following services: provide clinical support for individuals and their families to overcome obstacles, identify strengths and develop support networks that will help them overcome barriers; provide support, education and guidance to assist in developing structure, routines, effective parenting skills, positive communication, safety and behavioral plans, as well as hygiene plans. Other services provided are based on individual and family needs (i.e., nutrition and meal
planning, household budgeting, etc.)

Responsibilities:
• Complete tasks associated with client intake process
• Create and update treatment plans including student and caregiver treatment goals
• Provide individual and family therapy as indicated in the treatment plan
• Provide case management, including but not limited to employment outreach, housing
outreach, acquisition of household goods and other resources, community service coordination
• Collaborate with referring contacts and other case collaterals including therapists, guidance
counselors, physicians, psychiatrists, probation officers and attorneys.
• Ensure proper filing of all documentation using Extended Reach medical records system protocol.
• Prepare for periodic treatment review meetings by completing progress reports and updated treatment plans.
• Support, coordinate, and co-facilitate groups, including prosocial recreational activities
• Provide transportation to clients and families in appropriate situations according to treatment plan goals, ie. to attend group or register for food stamps
• Attend regular office meetings, including weekly faculty meetings and case reviews
• Shadow Permanency Specialists and Permanency Coaches in various meetings, including family therapy sessions, school meetings, treatment review meetings, and case reviews
• Complete and file documentation in accordance with MPA timelines, including SOAP notes,
monthly reports, and weekly reports
• Attend supervision as requested by supervisor, at a minimum of weekly
• Complete other miscellaneous tasks to support overall functioning of designated office as
determined by supervisor

Qualifications:
• Master’s degree in progress in social work, human services, psychology or related field
• Valid driver’s license, insured transportation, ability to transport clients in personal vehicle. Position requires satisfactory completion of background and other record(s) checks.

Operates Monday through Friday 9:00am to 5:00pm

Supervisor: Senior Permanency Specialist, Clinical Supervisor
Type of Employment: At-Will, Part-Time, Unpaid
Physical Demands & Work Environment:
The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an intern to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the intern is regularly required to talk or hear. The intern frequently is required to stand, walk, and sit. The intern is occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The intern may rarely lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this internship include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, extreme heat or cold. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate
Interns have access to MPA Employee Wellness Benefits after 90 days, which include reimbursement for mileage, reimbursement up to $100.00 for oil changes and car detailing, as well as self-care. Reimbursement for self-care includes $100.00 per quarter for:
- Health club and gym membership
- Yoga, meditation and other fitness classes
- Holistic alternative treatments not covered by insurance such as massage, acupuncture,
reflexology
-Copays for counseling
-Nutrition or health coaching
-Nail Salon services such as manicure and pedicure

Reimbursement for services or costs not included in the categories above may be requested. Preapproval by the Clinical Operations Director or Human Resources Manager for reimbursement for any item not on this list is required. A clear wellness benefit must be demonstrated for approval.

Additional Qualifications:
Holding a valid driver's license and insured vehicle. Ability to drive and transport clients in the community for individual counseling in the community. Mondays are required to be at placement to participate in Team Meeting and Peer Supervision. Work independently and collaboratively within a team environment, flexibility and adaptability, excellent communication, consultation with clinical supervisor, and the ability to start learning opportunities quickly within the first month.
Placement Type: Behavioral Health, Child Services, Community Planning/Development, Family Services, Home Health, Protective Services, Youth Advocacy

Muskie Institute

Website: https://usm.maine.edu/muskie/research
Location: Portland, Maine
Country: United States
Description: Muskie offers a variety of opportunities working with various populations - please see website and reach out for available opportunities.
Placement Type: Community Planning/Development, Planning/Project Management, Policy/Advocacy, Public Health

Mustard Seed Ministries

Website: https://www.mustardseedslc.org/services
Location: Fort Pierce, Florida
Country: United States
Placement Type: Community Planning/Development, Family Services, Health/Medical, Public Health

NAMI Wake County

Website: https://nami-wake.org/
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
Country: United States
Placement Type: Administration, Behavioral Health, Community Planning/Development, Planning/Project Management, Policy/Advocacy, Public Health

Nasson Health Center – York County Community Action

Website: https://yccac.org/health-care/
Location: Springvale, Maine
Country: United States
Description: Nasson is a community health center providing medical, dental & mental health services to a low income, public housing, & homeless population and is part of York County Community Action Program that offers wide range of services including heating, transportation, legal, head start, WIC etc to individuals and families in need. Mission is to increase access of client-centered integrated, strength based services.
Placement Type: Behavioral Health, Community Planning/Development, Family Services, Health/Medical, Homelessness/Housing, Policy/Advocacy

National Association of Social Workers – MA

Website: https://www.naswma.org
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Country: United States
Placement Type: Administration, Community Planning/Development, Foundation/Grant, Planning/Project Management, Policy/Advocacy

National Multiple Sclerosis Society

Website: http://www.nationalmssociety.org/chapters/NCT/index.aspx
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
Country: United States
Description: Provide support programs that help people with MS and their families cope with the changes and challenges that MS presents.
Placement Type: Administration, Behavioral Health, Community Planning/Development, Policy/Advocacy, Public Health

Neighborhood House

Website: http://neighb.org/
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
Country: United States
Description: Neighborhood House provides the tools needed to move from "survive to thrive," working to help break the cycle of poverty through four main programs: basic needs, youth leadership, adult and family education, and community building.
Placement Type: Behavioral Health, Community Planning/Development, Family Services, Planning/Project Management, Policy/Advocacy, Public Health

Nevada Senior Services

Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Country: United States
Placement Type: Aging, Behavioral Health, Community Planning/Development, Family Services, Policy/Advocacy, Public Health

New Beginnings

Website: https://newbeginmaine.org/
Location: Lewiston, Maine
Country: United States
Placement Type: Community Planning/Development, Family Services, Homelessness/Housing, Policy/Advocacy, Public Health, Youth Advocacy

New Day Behavioral Health

Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Country: United States
Placement Type: Aging, Behavioral Health, Community Planning/Development, Family Services, Policy/Advocacy, Public Health, Residential Services

New Hampshire Women’s Foundation

Website: https://nhwomensfoundation.org/
Location: Concord, New Hampshire
Country: United States
Placement Type: Community Planning/Development, Policy/Advocacy, Public Health, Women's Services

North Carolina Dept. of Public Safety – District 10 (Wake County) – Juvenile Court

Website: https://www.ncdps.gov/juvenile-justice/about-juvenile-justice/employment/court-services
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
Country: United States
Placement Type: Behavioral Health, Community Planning/Development, Forensic/Criminal Justice, Policy/Advocacy, Public Health, Youth Advocacy

Old Colony YMCA

Website: https://www.oldcolonyymca.org/locations/brockton
Location: Brockton, Massachusetts
Country: United States
Placement Type: Child Care/Early Intervention, Community Planning/Development, Family Services, Public Health, Youth Advocacy

Onslow County Community Outreach

Website: http://www.onslowco.org/
Location: Jeffersonville, North Carolina
Country: United States
Description: Onslow Community Outreach resides in Jacksonville, North Carolina and coordinates the local homeless shelter, soup kitchen and free medical clinic.
Placement Type: Community Planning/Development, Health/Medical, Homelessness/Housing, Policy/Advocacy, Public Health

Opportunity Alliance

Website: https://www.opportunityalliance.org/
Location: South Portland, Maine
Country: United States
Placement Type: Behavioral Health, Community Planning/Development, Family Services, Poverty

Our Father’s House

Website: http://www.ofhshelter.com/
Location: Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Country: United States
Description: Homeless shelter/services.
Placement Type: Community Planning/Development, Homelessness/Housing, Policy/Advocacy, Residential Care, Substance Abuse

Partners for Inclusive Communities

Website: https://uofapartners.uark.edu/
Location: North Little Rock, Arkansas
Country: United States
Description: Supports individuals with disabilities and families of children with diablities to fully and meaningfully participate in community life, effect systems change, prevent disablities and promote healthy lifestyles.
Placement Type: Community Planning/Development, Developmental Disabilities, Disabilities, Family Services, Planning/Project Management, Policy/Advocacy, Public Health, Youth Advocacy

Pee Dee Healthy Start Inc.

Website: https://www.pdhs.org/
Location: Florence, South Carolina
Country: United States
Placement Type: Adult Services, Community Planning/Development, Family Services, Policy/Advocacy, Women's Services

Pine Street Inn

Website: https://www.pinestreetinn.org/
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Country: United States
Placement Type: Community Planning/Development, Forensic/Criminal Justice, Homelessness/Housing, Policy/Advocacy, Substance Abuse

Pitt County Council on Aging

Website: http://www.pittcoa.com/
Location: Greenville, North Carolina
Country: United States
Description: Senior services.
Placement Type: Aging, Community Planning/Development, Family Services, Health/Medical, Policy/Advocacy, Public Health