Program Information Description updated: 2-09-09
Contact updated: 2016
Program approved for: BASW [ X ] MSW 1st Year [X ] MSW 2nd Year [x ]
Parent Agency Name:
Mount St. Joseph, St. Elizabeth
Agency Phone Number: 415-567-8370
Agency Name: Epiphany Center
Agency/Program Address: 100 Masonic Ave. Sf, Ca. 94118
Program Name: Epiphany Center
Name of Internship Contact Person: Sister Estela Morales, MSW.
Contact‘s E-mail: sisterestela@msjse.org
Contact’s Phone Number: 415-351-4045
County Agency is in:___SF_______.
Program Description: Residential drug treatment for women.
The Epiphany Center provides the following services:
- Residential drug treatment programs for women and children;
- A licensed therapeutic child development center for children 0 to 3 years;
- In-Home Services program that works with families who are identified by Child Protective Services as having serious risk factors;
- A children’s mental health clinic that provides individual or family therapy;
- Epiphany Residential Extension, a clean and sober independent living program where graduates may live for up to 2 years;
- A pediatric clinic that serves birth and foster care parents with high risk infants and children.
Clientele Served: Adult women with children 0-3, or without children. Families with risk factors such as substance abuse, homelessness, domestic violence, and mental illness.
Issues Program Addresses: Substance abuse, mental health, homelessness
Intern Assignments: Group work and case management
Intern Training & Educational Opportunities: Group supervision with PHD. In –Service trainings
Intern Benefits: (Include stipend, conferences, car, food, etc.) Agency car
Other Special Placement Procedures or Requirements (Including Dates of Internship, Special Application Forms and Deadlines):
4. Student Field Travel (please mark all appropriate items):
a. Public transportation available and possible: Yes X No _____
b. Agency car available for students: Yes X No _____
c. Agency pays mileage for use of personal cars: Yes _____ No X
d. Personal car required: Yes _____ No X
If yes, any specific insurance requirements: _________________________________
5. Please indicate any specials skills that you desire in a student, such as fluency in a
foreign language, sign language, computer literacy, etc.
Fluency in Spanish is desirable.
6. How many students do you feel your agency can adequately supervise? One BASW and one MSW student
7. What attitudes/aptitudes/characteristics do you consider desirable for students placed in your agency?
Experience in the recovery field, maturity, integrity, self-starter, and good communication skills.