ADMINISTRATION |
Evaluation and Research, 4141 E Dickenson Place
Program Description: Gathers outcomes data to evaluate the agency performance with regard to contract, grants and other payors. |
Title and Min Hrs/Wk |
Min Qualifications
(# of Openings) |
Supervisor Credential |
Duties and Misc Info |
| Research Student, 20 hrs/wk, 1 academic year |
Doctoral Student (1) |
PhD |
Design and development of evaluation studies; quantitative and qualitative analysis of clinical and other types of data; participation in grant writing and presentations/manuscripts for publication. |
Website Development and Management, 4141 E Dickenson Place
Program Description: Create, manage, and maintain internet sites and intranet. |
Title and Min Hrs/Wk |
Min Qualifications
(# of Openings) |
Supervisor Credential |
Duties and Misc Info |
Web Design Student, 8-12 hrs/wk, at least one semester commitment |
Undergrad Student (1) |
MSCIS |
Provide support to web designer in upgrades and updates on intranet and internet. Must have at least six hours of web design class work and experience in Dreamweaver. Good grammar and editing preferred. |
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ADULT RECOVERY SERVICES |
This opportunity has been filled for summer 08 and 08/09 school year.
Access Center, 1555 Humboldt Street
Program Description: Makes initial contact with consumers and refers to teams for services. Completes intakes and clinical assessments.
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Min Qualifications
(# of Openings) |
Supervisor Credential |
Duties and Misc Info |
| Intake Student, 16+ |
Grad Student (1) |
MSW |
Completes intakes including diagnosis and assessment; does outreach, referral and follow-up |
Adult Spectrum Care
This opportunity has been filled for summer 08 and 08/09 school year.
Nursing Home Services, 4141 E Dickenson Place
Program Description: Individual group and case management services are provided by clinicians who visit consumers at multiple nursing homes. Many consumers are certified to receive services.
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Min Qualifications
(# of Openings) |
Supervisor Credential |
Duties and Misc Info |
| Clinical Case Manager |
Grad Student (1) |
LCSW, LPC |
Providing individual therapy and case management services Co-facilitating groups Assisting with community outings |
This opportunity has been filled for summer 08 and 08/09 school year.
Clermont Wellness Center, 4353 East Colfax
Program Description: Provides: Individual and group therapy to consumers with major mental illness and Dual Diagnosis treatment of co-occurring substance abuse and mental illness.
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Min Qualifications
(# of Openings) |
Supervisor Credential |
Duties and Misc Info |
Clinical Student, 16-20 hrs/wk, 9-12 month commitment |
2nd Year Masters or Doctoral Student (2) |
Masters Level/ MSW Licensed Clinician |
Intake, assessment, and diff diagnosis; brief, solution-focused and evidenced-based therapies; case management; facilitate or co-facilitate process or psycho-educational groups. |
This opportunity has been filled for summer 08 and 08/09 school year.
Humboldt Street Wellness Center, 1555 Humboldt Street
Program Description: Large Adult Outpatient clinic offers office-based and community-based treatment and interventions that are designed to enhance independence, dignity and self-sufficiency through: Intakes, including diagnosis and assessment, individual group psychotherapy.
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Min Qualifications
(# of Openings) |
Supervisor Credential |
Duties and Misc Info |
| Clinical Student, 16 hrs/wk, 1 year commitment |
Undergrad Student (1) |
Masters Level Clinician |
Student intern interested in group therapy, program development, and research. |
| Clinical Student, 16 hrs/wk, 1 year commitment |
Undergrad Student (3) |
Masters Level Clinician |
Training task are individually designed relative to the trainer's goals and abilities. Tasks may include: Intake and Assessment; brief, solution-focused and supportive therapies with consumers with a serious and persistent mental illness and co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse. |
Intensive Case Management Services
These programs provide case management services to persons with severe and persistent mental illness primarily in the community. The teams are multi-disciplinary, psychiatrists, nurses, medical assistants, social workers, licensed clinicians and case managers working together to assist MHCD consumers in their recovery process. Each treatment plan is individualized predicated on what the consumer desires. Services provided routinely address symptom management, housing, finances, legal issues, employment and education, medical and dental care, substance use, family life, and other basic needs and meaningful life activities. Students will work individually with MHCD consumers, as group co-facilitators, in crisis intervention situations, and as team members. MHCD intensive case management teams provide treatment using the Evidence Based Practices of Assertive Community Treatment (ACT,) Integrated Dual Diagnosis Treatment (IDDT,) Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT,) and Trauma Recovery and Empowerment Model (TREM.)
Downing Treatment Location: 1634 Downing (No student placement opportunities this year.)
Special programming for persons with co-occurring mental health and substance abuse treatment needs
Humboldt Treatment Location: 1555 Humboldt (No student placement opportunities this year.)
Special programming for person with mental health issues and criminal justice involvement
Vine Treatment Location: 1733 Vine
Special programming for persons with mental health issue and criminal justice involvement, for homeless persons under the Denver’s Road Home Project and GROW (Gaining Recovery Opportunities for Women) SAMHSA grant and offer a full Dialectical Behavior Therapy program.
There are no opportunities available in this program.
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Residential Services, Multiple locations |
This opportunity has been filled for summer 08 and 08/09 school year.
Program Description: Provides housing and basic needs for consumers. Provides teaching of daily living skills such as cooking, showering, etc. Fa ciliates groups including psycho-educational, symptom management, and recreational groups. Individual work with consumers.
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Title and Min Hrs/Wk |
Min Qualifications
(# of Openings) |
Supervisor Credential |
Duties and Misc Info |
| Residential Counselor, 20 hrs/wk, 9-month commitment |
Undergrad Student |
MA, NCC |
Intake and assessment Group development and facilitation program development. Some case management. Development of behavioral plans. Charting and clinical paperwork. |
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CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES
Case Management Services, 1405 Federal
Program Description: Provides community-based case management services to families. Helps families identify and connect to needed community resources. Works closely with clinical and psychiatric staff in meeting the consumer’s treatment goals. Also provides case management for youth transitioning into adult services. |
Title and Min Hrs/Wk |
Min Qualifications
(# of Openings) |
Supervisor Credential |
Duties and Misc Info |
Mental health or nursing student
16+ hrs/ wk |
Student (1)
Must be enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program and have access to a car. Fluency in Spanish an asset. |
Ph.D. |
Duties are individually designed relative to trainees goals and abilities. Activities may include identifying and contacting community resources, working with assigned families to connect them to needed community resources, working with clinical staff in developing treatment goals, and helping youth transitioning from child and family services into adult services. |
Clinic-Based Outpatient Services, 1405 Federal or 4141 E. Dickenson Place
Program Description: Provides intake, assessment and evaluation, individual, family and group therapies; crises intervention, case management, care coordination and referrals and youth transition to adulthood; medication evaluations and management. |
Title and Min Hrs/Wk |
Min Qualifications
(# of Openings) |
Supervisor Credential |
Duties and Misc Info |
Mental health or nursing student
12-20 hrs/ wk |
Grad Student (2) |
LCSW/LPC |
Training tasks are individually designed relative to the trainee’s goals and abilities. Tasks may include: Intake and assessment, group, individual and family therapy, case management, milieu management, parent outreach, co-facilitation of parenting or multi-family groups, set-up for parenting/ family groups, support and monitor safety plans, link parents to community resources. Take a strengths-based ecological approach. |
This opportunity has been filled for summer 08 and 08/09 school year.
El Centro de las Familias, 75 Meade St.
Program Description: El Centro de las Familias is a multi-cultural clinic which provides culturally competent outpatient mental health care to the Latino/Hispanic community and to the South West community in Denver. The clinic strives to provide culturally competent, Spanish/bilingual recovery-oriented services to children, adults and families by focusing on individual strengths and natural community resources. With an emphasis on Spanish speaking and bilingual consumers, the El Centro staff focuses on actively engaging consumers to use the strengths of their culture, values, and existing resources for optimum recovery. Latino traditions, customs, and values are examined and integrated into the treatment process. |
Title and Min Hrs/Wk |
Min Qualifications
(# of Openings) |
Supervisor Credential |
Duties and Misc Info |
Grad Clinical Students:
20 hrs/ week, 1yr commitment
Undergrad Case Management:
16 hrs/ week |
Grad Student 2nd year students preferred (1):
Fluent in Spanish; Clinical training in family, couples, and individual therapy; Group and drug and alcohol experience preferred.
Undergrad 3rd or 4th year of bachelor's program (Case Management): Fluent in Spanish. |
LCSW/Master’s
Level Clinicians |
Grad: Training tasks are individually designed relative to the trainee’s goals and abilities. Tasks may include: Attending staff meetings, coordinating care with the multidisciplinary team, performing intakes and assessments, group facilitation, providing individual and family therapy, consultation, case management and outreach.
Undergrad Case Management: Training tasks are individually designed relative to the trainee’s goals and abilities. Tasks may include: Attending staff meetings, coordinating care with the multidisciplinary Team, providing case management to help client’s access shelter, basic resources, financial assistance, and coordination of medical care. Case managers are required to have business insurance so that they may provide transportation for clients at times. |
This opportunity has been filled for summer 08 and 08/09 school year.
Outpatient/Gilliam Youth Services Center, 1634 Downing
Program Description: Provides assessment, referral, recommendations, and short-term stabilization to youths in the youth correction system. |
Title and Min Hrs/Wk |
Min Qualifications
(# of Openings) |
Supervisor Credential |
Duties and Misc Info |
Social Work Students,
16 hrs/wk |
Grad Student (2) |
LCSW/LPC |
Duties depend on year in program but may include assessment, making recommendations, providing focused interventions, and courtroom and trial experience. |
Intensive Day Treatment Program, 4141 E. Dickenson Place
Program Description: Provides clinical services including intake, assessment, individual, family, group, milieu and animal assisted therapies, consultation and case management.
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Title and Min Hrs/Wk |
Min Qualifications
(# of Openings) |
Supervisor Credential |
Duties and Misc Info |
Social Work, Psychology or Counseling Students
Grad students 16-20 hrs/wk
Undergrad students 12-15 hrs/wk |
Grad Student (2)
Undergrad (3) |
LCSW/CACIII |
Grad Student Duties: Intakes, assessments, individual, family, group, milieu, animal assisted therapy, case management, documentation, participation in clinical and team meetings and collaboration with outside agencies.
Undergrad Student Duties: Milieu management including: de-escalating students, facilitating groups and participating in client activities. Attending team meetings. |
Intensive In-Home Family Therapy Services,
Community based, minimal office based - 1405 Federal
Program Description: Provides clinical services addressing the needs of families in their home. This program serves youth with serious emotional disturbance or serious disruptive or delinquent behavior who are at risk for out-of-home placement, juvenile detention, or hospitalization. Focus is on helping families develop effective coping skills to deal with their child and reinforcing them to develop a network of community supports. Involves working with families 3-10 hours per week. |
Title and Min Hrs/Wk |
Min Qualifications
(# of Openings) |
Supervisor Credential |
Duties and Misc Info |
| Clinical Graduate Student |
Grad Student (2)
Enrolled in a graduate level program, experience working with families. Access to a car. Fluency in Spanish an asset. |
Ph.D.
LCSW/LPC |
Training tasks are individually designed relative to trainee’s goals and abilities. Tasks may include working with clinical team in develop treatment plans, case management, outreach, and family therapy. |
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Parent/Provider Effectiveness in Early Learning Environment (PEARL), 4141 E Dickenson Place
Program Description: Focused on early childhood prevention and early intervention; provides community based mental health consultation in child care agencies.
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Title and Min Hrs/Wk |
Min Qualifications
(# of Openings) |
Supervisor Credential |
Duties and Misc Info |
| Clinical Student, 16 hrs/wk |
Grad Student (2) |
LCSW |
Duties depend on year in program but may include: Play Therapy; Consultation to parents and teachers; facilitating social skills groups for children; training child care staff; facilitating parent information and support groups. |
School-Based Services, 4141 E Dickenson Place
program Description: Provides clinical services in 14 elementary, middle and high schools that include: intake and diagnostic assessment, treatment planning, individual family and group therapy; case management; case consultation and mental health education. Accepts referrals from school personnel and school-based health clinic staff. |
Title and Min Hrs/Wk |
Min Qualifications
(# of Openings) |
Supervisor Credential |
Duties and Misc Info |
Social work/ Counseling Students Minimum 16 hrs/ wk |
Grad Student (1-4)
2nd year students
preferred
1. Basic interviewing and counseling skills.
2. Basic understanding of treatment process, as well as child & adolescent development.
3. Rudimentary understanding of cognitive-behavioral approaches and techniques.
4. Experience with ethnic minority population is an asset. |
LCSW |
Training tasks are individually designed relative to the trainee’s goals & abilities, and will include those clinical services mentioned above. |
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REHABILITATION SERVICES |
This opportunity has been filled for summer 08.
2Succeed in Education, 456 Bannock Street
Program Description: 2Succeed in Education is a comprehensive program of academic, career, and personal development. “We help our consumers get an education, a job, and a life,” says Scott Utash, Program Manager of 2Succeed in Education. The program is open 365 days a year serving over 600 people.
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Title and Min Hrs/Wk |
Min Qualifications
(# of Openings) |
Supervisor Credential |
Duties and Misc Info |
| Human Services, 10-40 hrs/wk |
Undergrad Student
(no limit)
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Bachelor Degree |
Provide skill training in educational, vocational, social/recreational and community integration working with adults in a Rehabilitation program. |
| Tutors |
Good one-on-one relationship and
teaching skills (5) |
Bachelor Degree |
Assist consumers in living skills and academics.
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This opportunity has been filled for summer 08.
2Succeed in Employment, 456 Bannock Street
Program Description: 2Succeed in Education is a comprehensive program of academic, career, and personal development. “We help our consumers get an education, a job, and a life,” says Scott Utash, Program Manager of 2Succeed in Education. The program is open 365 days a year serving over 600 people.
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Title and Min Hrs/Wk |
Min Qualifications
(# of Openings) |
Supervisor Credential |
Duties and Misc Info |
Vocational Counselors,
5 hrs/wk |
Undergrad Student (1)
Grad Student (1) |
BA |
Provide skill training and supported employment |
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TESTING SERVICES, 4141 E Dickenson Place |
This opportunity has been filled for summer 08 and 08/09 school year.
Program Description: Provides psychological testing and assessment services to children, adolescents and adults including behavioral, personality and cognitive testing and neurological screening for differential diagnosis and treatment and placement issues, and forensic testing. |
Title and Min Hrs/Wk |
Min Qualifications
(# of Openings) |
Supervisor Credential |
Duties and Misc Info |
| Testing Practicum Student, 12hrs/wk |
Must be enrolled in third or fourth year doctoral program or completed all assessment coursework; must have good interviewing skills and good report-writing skills; must supply a sample report. (2) |
PhD, Licensed Clinical Psychologist |
Appropriate test selection, test administration, medical record review, report writing, providing testing feedback to providers and/or consumers. |
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UNIQUE SERVICES |
This opportunity has been filled for summer 08 and 08/09 school year.
Deaf Counseling Services, 1555 Humboldt Street
Program Description: Interdisciplinary team provides outpatient services to children, adults, and families who are deaf or hard of hearing or have a family member that is deaf or hard of hearing. Provides individual, group, family and case management services.
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Title and Min Hrs/Wk |
Min Qualifications
(# of Openings) |
Supervisor Credential |
Duties and Misc Info |
| Mental Health Therapist Student,12 hrs/wk, 9-12 month commitment |
Grad Student (1) |
LCSW |
Provide and array of outpatient services including individual, family, group and case management. |
This opportunity has been filled for summer 08 and 08/09 school year.
El Centro de las Familias, 75 Meade St.
Program Description: El Centro de las Familias is a multi-cultural clinic which provides culturally competent outpatient mental health care to the Latino/Hispanic community and to the South West community in Denver. The clinic strives to provide culturally competent, Spanish/bilingual recovery-oriented services to children, adults and families by focusing on individual strengths and natural community resources. With an emphasis on Spanish speaking and bilingual consumers, the El Centro staff focuses on actively engaging consumers to use the strengths of their culture, values, and existing resources for optimum recovery. Latino traditions, customs, and values are examined and integrated into the treatment process. |
Title and Min Hrs/Wk |
Min Qualifications
(# of Openings) |
Supervisor Credential |
Duties and Misc Info |
Grad Clinical Students:
20 hrs/ week, 1yr commitment
Undergrad Case Management:
16 hrs/ week |
Grad Student 2nd year students preferred (1):
Fluent in Spanish; Clinical training in family, couples, and individual therapy; Group and drug and alcohol experience preferred.
Undergrad 3rd or 4th year of bachelor's program (Case Management): Fluent in Spanish. |
LCSW/Master’s
Level Clinicians |
Grad: Training tasks are individually designed relative to the trainee’s goals and abilities. Tasks may include: Attending staff meetings, coordinating care with the multidisciplinary team, performing intakes and assessments, group facilitation, providing individual and family therapy, consultation, case management and outreach.
Undergrad Case Management: Training tasks are individually designed relative to the trainee’s goals and abilities. Tasks may include: Attending staff meetings, coordinating care with the multidisciplinary Team, providing case management to help client’s access shelter, basic resources, financial assistance, and coordination of medical care. Case managers are required to have business insurance so that they may provide transportation for clients at times. |
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