Portland Public Schools – Deering High School
Website: https://dhs.portlandschools.org/Location: Portland, Maine
Country: United States
Description: Deering High School is the most diverse high school in the State of Maine and north of Boston. Our students speak over 50 home languages and come from over 30 countries across 5 continents.
Placement Type: Behavioral Health, Child Services, Schools
Portland Public Schools – East End Community School
Website: https://eastend.portlandschools.org/Location: Portland, Maine
Country: United States
Description: School was new in 2007. It has a strong based literacy program. Supports the Expeditionary Learning method. Each wing of the school has the characteristics of a small school. Students will remain in the same wing from grades 1-5.
Placement Type: Behavioral Health, Child Services, Schools
Portland Public Schools – Multilingual & Mulitcultural Center
Website: https://mlc.portlandschools.org/Location: Portland, Maine
Country: United States
Description: The Multilingual & Multicultural Center oversees language acquisition for K-12 language learners in Portland Public Schools who are learning English and those who are learning a world language such as Arabic, French, Latin, Mandarin, and Spanish. MSWO Students will learn about what is available district wide at the school level for immigrant, refugee, asylum seekers and unaccompanied minors and youth. The student will be given opportunities to conduct research and participate on Trauma Task Force as well as other local initiatives that address the various needs of unaccompanied refugee, immigrant and asylum seeking youth and their families. Opportunities for group work are also available.
Placement Type: Case Management, Child Services, Family Services, Immigration/Refugee, Public Health, Schools
Portland Public Schools – Portland High School
Website: https://phs.portlandschools.org/Location: Portland, Maine
Country: United States
Description: "1200+ high school students, 30% migrant, immigrant and refugee who are learning for their future - 38 different languages spoken. Practice is a brief treatment approach, very quick paced and sometimes crisis oriented. Need maturity, initiative, ability to problem solve and prioritize,broad spectrum of job tasks and responsibilities."
Placement Type: Behavioral Health, Child Services, Schools
Portland Public Schools – Reiche Elementary School
Website: https://reiche.portlandschools.org/Location: Portland, Maine
Country: United States
Description: Large urban school with very culturally diverse student body. Many immigrants and refugee students who are learning English as a second language. K-5 elementary school.
Placement Type: Behavioral Health, Child Services, Schools
Preble Street (Multiple Sites)
Website: https://www.preblestreet.org/Location: Portland, Maine
Country: United States
Description: The mission of Preble Street is to provide accessible barrier-free services to empower people experiencing problems with homelessness, housing, hunger, and poverty and to advocate for solutions to those problems. From a nutritious meal to crisis intervention, from clean clothes to health care, from showers to a permanent home, Preble Street programs not only meet urgent needs but also create solutions to homelessness and hunger.
Placement sites/options are:
Housing Services and Shelters: Elena's Way Wellness Shelter, Logan Place, Florence House, Huston Commons, Veterans Housing Services, and Rapid Re-Housing
Teen Services: Joe Kreisler Teen Shelter, Teen Center, Teen Housing, and Outreach
Advocacy Programs: Homeless Voices for Justice and Maine Hunger Initiative
Anti-Trafficking Services
MMC-Preble Street Learning Collaborative
Emergency Food Programs: Food Security Hub, Food Pantry, Soup Kitchens)
Street Outreach Collaborative
Placement Type: Community Planning/Development, Homelessness/Housing, Planning/Project Management, Policy/Advocacy, Public Health
PSL Service – Strive
Website: https://www.pslstrive.org/Location: South Portland, Maine
Country: United States
Description: PSL Services/STRIVE provides an in-home support program for individuals with intellectual disabilities that enhances our participants’ independent living skills. PSL Services/STRIVE offers two residential supported living programs for individuals experiencing a diagnosed chronic major mental illness and who have had a significant history of associated hospitalizations. PSL Services/STRIVE’s Community Support Program offers a wide range of community-based services specifically designed to meet the needs of participants. By working from an individualized plan, each participant takes an active part in determining the services that he or she will receive.
Placement Type: Adult Services, Behavioral Health, Case Management, Developmental Disabilities, Disabilities, Residential Care
Ramsey County (Saint Paul – Ramsey County Public Health Department)
Location: Saint Paul, MaineCountry: United States
Placement Type: Government City/State, Public Health
RiverRidge Center
Website: http://www.genesishcc.com/RiverRidgeLocation: Kennebunk, Maine
Country: United States
Placement Type: Family Services, Health/Medical
Riverview Psychiatric Center
Website: https://www.maine.gov/dhhs/riverview/Location: Augusta, Maine
Country: United States
Placement Type: Behavioral Health, Family Services, Health/Medical, Public Health
RSU #5 – Elementary School Support
Website: https://rsu5cp.myrec.com/info/default.aspxLocation: Freeport, Maine
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Placement Type: Behavioral Health, Child Services, Family Services, Schools
RSU 13 – South School
Website: https://ss.rsu13.org/Location: Rockland, Maine
Country: United States
Placement Type: Schools
RSU 14 Katahdin Program
Website: https://www.katahdinprogram.org/Location: Windham, Maine
Country: United States
Description: The Katahdin Program is a public alternative school serving students grades 7-12, whose needs have not been met in a traditional academic setting. Individual counseling, group counseling, adventure-based counseling, adventure therapy IEP development and implementation, career counseling, grant writing.
Placement Type: Behavioral Health, Child Services, Family Services, Schools
RSU 57 – Massabesic High School
Website: http://highschool.rsu57.org/Location: Waterboro, Maine
Country: United States
Description: Interns will work with special education high school students in a self-contained classroom to help student learn vocational skills, emotion regulation skills, social skills, and community integration skills. Interns will work with a multi-disciplinary team to support student in learning these skills and successfully accessing their educational program. Interns will be expected to do individual and group counseling, organize community activities, and support the milieu of the classroom.
Placement Type: Behavioral Health, Child Services, Family Services, Schools
Rumford Group Homes, Inc
Website: https://www.rumfordgrouphomes.orgLocation: Rumford, Maine
Country: United States
Description: Rumford Group Homes Inc serves children ages 5-18 in residential and community based programs. It is the mission of Rumford Group Homes, Inc to develop and administer programs to enhance the quality of life for children, youth, and families through quality, comprehensive continuum of care in the fields of social services, education, corrections, mental health, and housing. Off-Site Supervisor. For advanced year interns, a specialized treatment facility for latency age children with sexual aggression issues.
Placement Type: Behavioral Health, Child Services, Family Services, Residential Services
Saco School Department – Saco Middle School & Burns Elementary
Website: http://middle.sacoschools.org/Location: Saco, Maine
Country: United States
Description: A student would work at Burns School (3rd-5th) and Saco Middle School. They would be involved in a variety of ways with children, adolescents, school personnel and families with the goal of improving the clients social and emotional functioning she/he can perform more successfully in school. Students receive multiple opportunities to pursue interested areas of growth and learning with plenty of access to field instructor. Activities include: community networking, consultation, therapeutic horseback riding, adventure based counseling etc.
Placement Type: Behavioral Health, Child Services, Family Services, Schools
Saco School Department – Thornton Academy
Website: https://www.thorntonacademy.org/Location: Saco, Maine
Country: United States
Description: Serves high school students grades 9-12 with individual and group counseling, case management, safety assessments, school-wide programs and projects, and community meetings and corrections. Student learning opportunities include: case management, advocacy, assessments, individual counseling, case documentation, family work, group work, and opportunities to work on school wide issues (e.g. protocol development for new students).
Placement Type: Behavioral Health, Child Services, Family Services, Schools
Sacopee Valley Health Center
Website: http://svhc.org/Location: Porter, Maine
Country: United States
Placement Type:
Sacopee Valley Health Center
Website: https://www.svhc.org/Location: Porter, Maine
Country: United States
Placement Type: Behavioral Health, Health/Medical
Safe Voices
Website: https://safevoices.org/Location: Lewiston, Maine
Country: United States
Placement Type: Behavioral Health, Family Services, Policy/Advocacy, Women's Services
Safe Voices (formally AWAP)
Website: https://safevoices.org/Location: Auburn, Maine
Country: United States
Description: Safe Voices (formally Abused Women's Advocacy Project) works with over 2000 women and children a year. We offer placements for students interested in working with victims of domestic violence either in shelter, transitional housing, or outreach office settings School based prevention work and rural advocacy available. Staff of 23 works from a model that offers respect, non-violence, safety and quality while working to end domestic violence through services, prevention, community education and social change. Training is required of all interns and is offered two times per year. https://safevoices.org/get-involved/internships
Placement Type: Behavioral Health, Domestic Violence, Family Services, Policy/Advocacy, Women's Services
Safe Voices (formally AWAP)
Website: https://safevoices.org/Location: Rumford, Maine
Country: United States
Description: Safe Voices (formally Abused Women's Advocacy Project) works with over 2000 women and children a year. We offer placements for students interested in working with victims of domestic violence either in shelter, transitional housing, or outreach office settings School based prevention work and rural advocacy available. Staff of 23 works from a model that offers respect, non-violence, safety and quality while working to end domestic violence through services, prevention, community education and social change. Students are required to attend a training prior to working with clients. Multiple Locations.
Placement Type: Crisis, Domestic Violence, Family Services, Policy/Advocacy, Women's Services
Saint Andre Home
Website: http://www.saintandrehome.org/Location: Biddeford, Maine
Country: United States
Placement Type: Child Welfare/Adoption/Foster Care, Family Services, Women's Services
Sam L. Cohen Adult Day center (Progam: Southern Maine Agency on Aging Adult Day Centers)
Website: https://www.smaaa.org/Location: Biddeford, Maine
Country: United States
Placement Type: Aging, Behavioral Health, Family Services, Health/Medical, Policy/Advocacy, Public Health