Program Information Program approved for: MSW 1st-Year [X] MSW 2nd Year [ X]
Description updated: 02-04-09
Parent Agency Name: Alum Rock Counseling Center
Agency Phone Number:408-294-0500
Website:alumrockcc.org
Agency Name:Alum Rock Counseling Center
Agency/Program Address:
1245 E. Santa Clara St. San Jose, CA 95125
Program Name: Counseling Internship Program
Name of Internship Contact Person:
Anne Sarrat, MSW, LCSW
Contact‘s E-mail:asarrat@alumrockcc.org
Contact’s Phone Number:408-294-0500 x157
County Agency is in:__________.
Program Description: ARCC’s Mental Health Services are at the heart of everything we do. In addition to providing linguistically & culturally sensitive outpatient counseling for underserved youth & their families, we also offer two specialized programs. VAP is a Victim Assistance Program, which aids survivors of traumatic experiences. Additionally, ARCC sponsors a family preservation program which is designed to keep families intact by teaching them the skills they need to reduce family conflict, communicate better, work together & co-exist as a healthy family unit.
Clientele Served:ARCC provides a continuum of services-from prevention education to crisis intervention to after-care – to meet the individual needs of youth and their families who are at high risk for incarceration, educational failure, runaway behavior, substance abuse, violence, & other delinquent behavior. It serves youth (ages 0-17) and their families throughout Santa Clara County, but it places primary emphasis on the geographic area of East/Central San Jose, CA, a low-income urban community of great cultural diversity- approximately 65% Latino, 12% White, 10% Asian, 5%African American and 8% Other.
Issues Program Addresses: Mobile Crisis Response & Counseling services volatile family conflicts.24 hours/day, 7 days/week, MCRC is there to help. Serving youth (ages 6 to 17) who are habitual truants, runaways, curfew violators or behaviorally beyond the control of their parents/guardians, MCRC offers immediate face-to-face crisis counseling as well as post-crisis care and follow-up care. This may include 3 counseling sessions up to 24 counseling sessions. By assisting youth in restoring family stability & by giving them the tools they need to maintain it, MCRC helps keep thesehigh-risk youths at home, in school, and out of jail.
Intern Assignments: One-on-one individual counseling (ages 6 to 17), family counseling, crisis intake via phone, and co-facilitation with psycho-educational groups such as substance abuse prevention, law related education, violence & gang prevention, and community service learning.
Intern Training & Educational Opportunities: Weekly individual & group supervision with a licensed mental health clinician (LCSW and LMFT), weekly in-service presentations, i.e. domestic violence, gangs, assessment, crisis intervention, play therapy, substance abuse, confidentiality, law & ethics and 30 other topics.
Intern Benefits: (Include stipend, conferences, car, food, etc.) Working with energetic & diverse people that love the work they do; staff meetings and training with food, low-cost or no-cost counseling offered to our clients, solid training and supervision to prepare tomorrow’s mental health practitioners to better understand & support the special needs of high-risk, disenfranchised populations we serve, & opportunities to work with larger systems, i.e.probation, schools, & other community-based non-profit organizations.
Other Special Placement Procedures or Requirements (Including Dates of Internship, Special Application Forms and Deadlines): Resume’, late August 2009 to mid-May 2010. Deadline: May 15, 2009.
Keywords:
2nd-Year MSW, individual therapy, family therapy, crisis intervention, group work, mental health, substance abuse, legal services, violence preventin, Stipend