Clinical Intern

Trauma Intervention Services - Milford

Wayside Youth and Family Support Network

10 Asylum St.

Milford, MA 01757

Contact Person: Alex Wilson [email protected] 

CORI check: Yes. Mandatory preservice training will include CORI paperwork. 
Car needed: Yes.  
Stipends:  $3,000.00/year for final year MA students with an additional $1,000.00 for language differential. 
Home visits: No
Travel reimbursement: Yes 
Language skills: Spanish, Portuguese, and ASL desirable, not required. 
Mandatory meetings: Staff meetings Tuesdays 10 am -11:30 am; Team Meetings Thursdays 12 pm - 1:30 pm. 
Other schedule requirements: Expectation is 16-20 hours per week over at least three separate days; some evening hours required. More hours can be accommodated per internship requirements.

Description of program and training opportunities:

Seeking first year, or second year master’s level interns. Trauma Intervention Services Program is located within Wayside’s Blackstone Valley Community Services Program in Milford, MA.  It is a victim service program offering support and advocacy to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.  Interns working for TIS would participate in providing hotline coverage, individual and group supportive counseling and advocacy services to clients ages 12 and up in our Sexual Assault and ages 5 and up for our Child Witness to Violence Programs. Services are free and confidential and offered to both victims and their non-offending significant others.

Referrals typically come from DCF, area police, schools and pediatricians, as well as other medical professionals, with a focus on improving safety and overall functioning following their victimization. In addition to counseling services, interns gain experience in providing brief assessments, case management, safety planning, crisis intervention, and provide information and referrals. This site is a placement for interns who want to increase their skills and knowledge in working with families experiencing domestic violence and sexual assault, and who are interested in working on a team. Interns are supported by licensed supervisors and an experienced clinical team. A 40-rape crisis/domestic violence training is required and will be provided.

About Wayside: Founded in 1977, Wayside Youth & Family Support Network is a non-profit, nationally accredited human service agency headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts dedicated to building strength, hope and resiliency in youth, families and our local communities. Wayside is one of Massachusetts’ most respected child and family serving agencies with 19 program locations across Central, Eastern and Northeastern Massachusetts serving more than 6,000 children, young adults and families each year.

Wayside staff and clinicians provide community trainings in schools, to mental health providers and in collaboration with community partners. Wayside is a teaching and training facility that provides graduate and undergraduate students with internships and clinical placement.