What are the responsibilities and job description for the Intern position at Easterseals PORT?
Spring 2025 internship
Easterseals PORT Health, is a non-profit service provider in North Carolina & Virginia. We are seeking a compassionate, caring, and dedicated intern to join our collaborative, multidisciplinary team for a Spring internship.
What You’ll Do
Easterseals’ Therapy services provides one-on-one, group, and/or family counseling for clients with emotional and/or behavioral issues. As an intern, you will participate on a team to coordinate initial assessment and the development of the Person-Centered Plan (PCP). You will maintain clinical documentation according to program and Medicaid standards regarding service provision, assessment, and progress reports.
The internship could be on one of many teams to include Outpatient, Multi-systemic, Intensive In-home, Community Services Treatment or Assertive Community Treatment depending on your program supervision requirements and/or population preference.
How You’ll Benefit
This internship is designed to be both educational and practical. In this position, you will learn how to use skills acquired in school and apply them in a professional setting to gain a better understanding of a Therapy service provider.
What We’re Looking For
To join our team, you must be currently enrolled in a clinical mental health undergraduate or graduate program. We are also seeking interns with the below skills:
- Proficient use of Microsoft Office and internet applications
- Strong interpersonal skills; excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to carry out assigned projects to completion
- Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality
If you’re a kind professional seeking a rewarding opportunity where you can make a huge difference in the daily lives of the people you will help, please apply at our website at https://eastersealsport.com
About Easterseals PORT Health
Easterseals PORT Health is a trustworthy, compassionate partner providing exceptional disability, behavioral health and addiction treatment services to help our neighbors live their best lives. Purpose, dedication and empathy drive our in-person and telehealth service delivery. Our diverse and inclusive 2,600-member team provides more than 10.2 million hours of meaningful support to 40,200 kids, adults and families in 11,000 home, facility and community locations across North Carolina and Virginia.
Our working environment supports employee and client health with a ‘no tobacco’ use policy (tobacco free and smoke free) in all offices, client facilities, properties, and agency vehicles.
We believe that by leveraging the unique strengths and perspectives of our workforce, we can advance our just cause, while building a healthy, sustainable organization. That’s why we listen, seek to understand & act to make ESPH an Inclusive, Diverse, Equitable, Authentic & Learning (IDEAL) organization.
Applicants of all abilities are encouraged to apply!
