WellPower envisions a community where every person’s mental health is fostered through strength, resilience and hope. We empower people to overcome barriers and achieve lasting well-being through collaborative behavioral health care and comprehensive support.  

Our Guiding Principles: 

• Person Centered. We honor people’s identities, lived experience and journeys and treat every person with the dignity we all deserve.   

• Exceptional Care. We offer compassionate, innovative services that meet people where they are, from immediate support to long-term recovery. 

• Integrity. We operate from a deep foundation of ethical, accountable practices in all we do. 

• Organizational Resilience. We meet the moment and adapt to changing contexts with collaborative creativity, agile business processes, and financial stewardship. 

Position Summary:  

Join WellPower’s Intensive Treatment team and gain hands on clinical experience providing trauma informed, culturally responsive mental health services to children, adolescents, and their families. This internship is embedded within Homebased and STAY SAFE services, which provide short term, stabilization focused interventions for youth experiencing acute mental health needs, including suicidal ideation or recent suicide attempts. Services are primarily delivered in homes, clinics, schools, and other community settings. We are seeking a Master’s level intern in Social Work or Counseling who is interested in intensive family work, crisis stabilization, and community based mental health.

The intern will have the opportunity to provide individual therapy, family therapy, crisis support, safety planning, psychoeducation, and case management services under close supervision.

Compensation & Benefits: 

• This is a NON-PAID student intern opportunity 

Duties & Functions:  

Following an initial period of orientation, training, and shadowing, the intern will participate in core clinical services provided by the Homebased and STAY SAFE programs. Duties may include:

• Conducting biopsychosocial assessments and contributing to diagnostic formulation under supervision
• Providing individual and family therapy in home, clinic, and community settings
• Supporting youth and families experiencing suicidal ideation or recent suicide attempts
• Participating in safety planning and crisis stabilization interventions
• Delivering psychoeducation related to mental health, coping skills, and family systems
• Engaging in case management and coordination with schools, medical providers, and community partners
• Collaborating with a multidisciplinary treatment team
• Completing clinical documentation in accordance with WellPower standards
• Attending team meetings, case consultations, and internal trainings

The intern will receive a minimum of one hour per week of individual clinical supervision and may participate in group supervision, case consultation, and agency wide trainings. Training in evidence informed approaches, including specific suicide interventions, will be provided as appropriate to the intern role.

• Maintain a trauma informed environment of wellbeing.  
• Perform other duties as assigned.  

Requirements & Qualifications:  

• Master’s level students in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology, Marriage and Family Therapy, or a related clinical field.
• Second year students preferred.
• Interest in child, adolescent, and family mental health required.
• Spanish speaking Intern required

Hours

• Minimum of 10 hours per week, with 15 to 20 hours preferred, along with a 9-to-12-month commitment aligned with the academic calendar.

How to Apply  

• Submit your application: Fill out our online application form with your details and experience.  

• Interview & practice screening: Participate in an interview  WellPower staff..  

• Background check: Complete a background check as part of our standard process.  

Learn more about WellPower:

WellPower is committed to fair and equitable hiring with salaries based on relevant factors, such as work experience, education, and certification/licensure (rather than wage history). Toward the principle of equal pay for equal work, we post and hire within defined hiring salary ranges. We ask all applicants to carefully review the hiring salary range for each posted job opportunity, as we will not hire outside the predetermined range. 

WellPower is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, transfer, or promotion opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. 

For a complete overview of our robust benefits, visit: https://wellpower.org/workplace-of-choice