UNE Oral Health Center
Location: Portland, MaineCountry: United States
Placement Type: Health/Medical
United Way of Androscoggin
Website: https://www.unitedwayandro.orgLocation: Lewiston, Maine
Country: United States
Placement Type: Administration, Community Planning/Development, Foundation/Grant, Planning/Project Management
United Way of Midcoast Maine
Website: https://www.uwmcm.org/Location: Bath, Maine
Country: United States
Placement Type: Community Planning/Development, Homelessness/Housing, Planning/Project Management, Policy/Advocacy
United Way of York County
Website: https://www.buildcommunity.org/Location: Kennebunk, Maine
Country: United States
Placement Type:
University of Maine Center on Aging
Website: https://mainecenteronaging.umaine.edu/Location: Bangor, Maine
Country: United States
Placement Type: Aging
University of Southern Maine Health and Counseling Services
Website: https://usm.maine.edu/uhcsLocation: Portland, Maine
Country: United States
Description: The mission of University Health and Counseling Services (UHCS) is to support and enhance the health and psychological well-being of the USM community through clinical services, student training and outreach. Counseling Services provides comprehensive psychological services which include mental health evaluations, counseling, crisis intervention, consultation, outreach, workshops, and training/service learning. Portland and Gorham Locations.
Placement Type: Behavioral Health, Colleges/Universities, Crisis, Family Services, Health/Medical, Policy/Advocacy, Public Health
Violence No More
Website: https://www.violencenomore.org/Location: Biddeford, Maine
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Description: Generalist year placement opportunities include group facilitation using curriculum based domestic abuse intervention program, participating in coordinated community response efforts, community partnerships, and community outreach, policy review, participation is standards and staff meetings, and other agency projects as available.
Placement Type: Domestic Abuse, Domestic Violence
Violence No More, Inc.
Website: https://www.violencenomore.org/Location: Biddeford, Maine
Country: United States
Description: Maine Certified Domestic Violence Intervention Program (CDVIP) and a social-activist organization seeking to prevent domestic violence by offering education and community training, outreach to local organizations and the public to raise awareness about domestic violence.
Placement Type: Adult Services, Domestic Violence
Waban Projects
Website: https://waban.org/Location: Sanford, Maine
Country: United States
Placement Type: Adult Services, Child Services
Wabanaki Health and Wellness
Website: http://www.wabanakihw.org/Location: Bangor, Maine
Country: United States
Placement Type: Behavioral Health, Family Services, Health/Medical, Policy/Advocacy, Substance Abuse
Waldo County Home Health Care
Website: https://mainehealth.org/waldo-county-general-hospital/services/home-care-hospiceLocation: Belfast, Maine
Country: United States
Placement Type: Behavioral Health, Family Services, Health/Medical
Waterville Public Schools
Website: https://wtvl.aos92.org/Location: Waterville, Maine
Country: United States
Placement Type: Behavioral Health, Child Services, Family Services, Schools
Wayfinder School
Website: https://www.wayfinderschools.org/Location: New Gloucester, Maine
Country: United States
Placement Type: Behavioral Health, Child Services, Family Services
Wayne County Department on Aging
Location: Portland, MaineCountry: United States
Placement Type: Adult Services, Aging, Behavioral Health, Family Services, Policy/Advocacy, Public Health
Wellpath – Maine State Prison – Warren
Location: Windham, MaineCountry: United States
Placement Type: Behavioral Health
Wellpath – Maine State Prison – Windham
Location: Windham, MaineCountry: United States
Placement Type: Behavioral Health
Wellspring, Inc.
Website: https://www.wellspringmaine.com/Location: Bangor, Maine
Country: United States
Description: Mental health and addictions counseling.
Placement Type: Behavioral Health, Family Services, Health/Medical, Residential Care, Substance Abuse
West Bath Elementary School
Website: https://westbathschool.org/Location: West Bath, Maine
Country: United States
Description: Provides classroom, small group and individual serivces in two elementary schools. MSW student will be working with children, K-5. Student learning opportunities: Assessments, individual counseling, family work, group work.
Placement Type: Behavioral Health, Child Services, Family Services, Schools
Westbrook Housing -the Housing Authority of the City of Westbrook
Website: https://westbrookhousing.org/Location: Westbrook, Maine
Country: United States
Placement Type:
Westbrook Housing Authority
Website: https://westbrookhousing.org/Location: Westbrook, Maine
Country: United States
Placement Type: Homelessness/Housing, Residential Services
Westbrook School Department
Website: https://www.westbrookschools.org/Location: Westbrook, Maine
Country: United States
Description: Internship split between two social workers for District and High School. Working with the High School working primarily with students who receive special education services. This position would include learning about IEPs, having the opportunity to provide individual and group counseling for students both with an IEP and students who do not receive special education services. Working with the District social worker would allow the intern to work with students K-12 primarily those who are displaying challenging behaviors, creating behavior plans, working with families, attending IEP meetings, consulting with teachers and BCBA’s, attending CPPC meetings and working with outside providers. Grant writing for programs/services for students who are homeless.
Placement Type: Behavioral Health, Child Services, Family Services, Schools
Westbrook Schools
Website: https://www.westbrookschools.org/Location: Westbrook, Maine
Country: United States
Description: This would be a shared position splitting time at Saccarappa Elementary School working with the regular education social worker doing small groups and restorative work with students and working with the District McKinney veto liaison to support students who are homeless with access to education. Field student would also be part of threat assessment teams and assist with truancy.
Placement Type: Crisis, Family Services, Immigration/Refugee, LGBTQ+, Schools, Youth Advocacy
Winthrop Public Schools (Maine)
Website: https://www.winthropschools.org/Location: Winthrop, Maine
Country: United States
Description: Generalist and Specialization Year Opportunities
Fall Start - Traditional Practicum ONLY (32 weeks)
Social work services are provided to the district at the Grade School (K-5), Middle School (6-8), and High School (9-12) to assist students and their families as needed to address personal, social or emotional maladjustment related to their educational and/or social progress. Responsibilities may include but are not limited to:
Client/Constituent Contact: Studying, intervening, and assessing students in settings that include the classroom, individual sessions, small group work, family systems, and the school-wide community; the collection of biological, psychological and sociological assessment data related to planning, intervening and goal attainment for children with adjustment problems; triaging students with emergencies/crisis’ as needed; providing unbiased and supportive counseling, education, and referrals as required with respect to client’s unique race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, ancestry or national origin, or disability.
Administrative Tasks/Case management/Support: Case management style services may include assistance with the intake process; arranging, coordinating, monitoring, evaluating and advocating for multiple services that meet a student/family’s complex needs; performing casework services with families as part of an integral task of helping students; increasing the knowledge and use of appropriate resources available to the school community; research regarding local resources and potential partnerships for ongoing use, file/record reviews, etc.
Meetings/trainings/conferences: Meet weekly with LCSW to complete case studies, reflect on CSWE competencies, micro/mezzo/macro interventions, and outcomes with specific attention to how values, ethics, and bias impact performance and how healthy self-care aids retention; attend a variety of interdisciplinary meetings; participate in applicable school-wide workshops/trainings.
Miscellaneous: Contribute to strategies utilized in school-wide interventions that support the mental health, social and emotional needs of students and the school community on an ongoing basis while ensuring respect to all client’s unique race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, ancestry or national origin, or disability; plan and apply interventions that will assist students to meet academic/social milestones that eventually lead to graduation. Intern will have the opportunity to shadow the district social worker and school counselors, the school nurses since they often support students who are struggling with mental/emotional/social needs, as well as the Special Education teachers and Behavioral Interventionist, the Title IX Coordinator and Affirmative Action coordinator, and McKinney-Vento homelessness liaison. Specific support may also be provided around students experiencing food insecurity.
Additional Info: It would be important for the student to feel comfortable working with a wide age range since there will be opportunities to work with grades K-12. Multiple techniques and approaches are necessary with each student/client in a variety of settings. Specifically, play therapy techniques are key at the grade school for helping students with lower communications skills process trauma and build socialization skills, group work is imperative at the pre-teen/young teen level to build interpersonal and empathy skills, and individual counseling sessions for older students are vital to help process complex challenges and emotions so they can reach their goal of graduating. These interventions, paired with district-wide prevention/intervention/crisis management approaches, case management services, mediation techniques, collaboration with interdisciplinary team members, work to build community resources, and building advocacy skills for vulnerable, oppressed and other high risk groups are just some of the opportunities an intern would need to be excited about.
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