Application/Selection Process

Recruitment for potential interns/trainees begins at the end of January each year.  The Student Intern Program accepts qualified students enrolled in an accredited university/college training program. Two required orientation/informational meetings will occur in February for MFT Trainees and in late February and very early March for MSW Interns. Application/selection process will be discussed.  Please contact the Intern Coordinator by email to confirm date/time/location.

MFT Trainees are interviewed in February and MSW Interns in March each year.  Contact the Student Intern Coordinator by email initially regarding all internship opportunities.  Complete and mail the application packet (application, resume, letter of intent, statement of purpose, two letters of recommendation, and Fall Semester Evaluation for MSW students) to Coordinator.  After receipt, informational interviews are arranged. Following these interviews, interviews to individual clinic sites are arranged. Although most graduate-level students begin in the fall of each year and follow the academic year, other time frames are possible depending upon the availability of a Clinical Supervisor.

We participate each year in the Bridging the Gap Event: Internship and Career Fair sponsored by the Career Center at SJSU. This usually takes place in late January or early February in the Student Union Building on campus. Contact the SJSU Career Center website for information regarding this annual event: www.careercenter.sjsu.edu. 

IF you are a POST-GRADUATE PhD, MFT or MSW, please read carefully: 

We DO NOT place MFTIs, ASWs nor post-grad PhDs as volunteers for licensing hours.   Please review the county employment site at: www.sccjobs.org for information regarding positions and list formation for either Psychiatric Social Worker I/II; Marriage and Family Therapist I/II for unlicensed/licensed positions or for Clinical Psychologist for post-grad PhDs.
PhD/PsyD Students: Please contact CHARLES PRESTON, PhD, at charles.preston@hhs.sccgov.org regarding possible internships.

Internship Eligibility Criteria

• Be enrolled full-time as a MSW or MFT graduate level student in an accredited  college or university for the entire academic year.  Consideration is given to part-time  students enrolled in a 3 year graduate program.  (Undergraduate students are  considered on a case by case basis.)
• Be enrolled in a graduate degree program related to the field of mental health.
• Commit to an intern placement for the entire academic year. 
• Commit to attend the weekly Seminar Training Program.
• Be in “good academic standing” during full-time enrollment.
• A minimum of 16 hours per week are required for 1st year graduate students.
• A minimum of 24 hours per week are required for 2nd year graduate students.
• Submit a completed application with requested documents by February 26, 2010  5:00pm.

 
How to Apply
                                           

• Email the Student Intern Program Coordinator initially regarding internship opportunities.
• Submit entire application to the Student Intern Program Coordinator.
• Only completed applications with the following will be reviewed:

1. Letter of Interest
2. Current Resume    
3. Two Letters of Recommendations (1 academic and 1 non-academic professional who is familiar with your field related work)
4. Statement of Purpose (included in the application packet)
5. Supplemental Questions (included in the application packet)
6. Fall Semester Field Evaluation (for MSW Students)
7. Indicate if you are requesting a stipend.

Interview/Selection Process
                                                                                          

• Attend orientation/informational meeting.  
• Review of completed application packet for qualified student intern.
• Qualified student intern will interview with Student Intern Coordinator.
• Qualified student intern will interview with potential Clinic Intern Supervisor.
• Placement decisions are made for MFT Trainees in March and MSW Interns in April.

• Student Intern Application