Graduate Therapist Internship - CIRC

***Effective October 15, 2021, all employees/contractors/interns/volunteers are required to provide our office with proof of COVID vaccination.***

Are you looking for an internship opportunity to learn, develop and expand your competencies for the assessment and treatment of adults and their families? COMHAR's Community Integrated Recovery Center Programs may be for you!

The Community Integrated Recovery Center(s) "CIRC" provides traditional Outpatient therapies and Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services (PRS) on site and in the community. We provide a community setting with groups and individuals' using a variety of Evidence Based Practices (EBP), providing individual PRS and Therapy, and group PRS and Therapy, teaching, psychiatric evaluation and medication management services.

There are 4 CIRC Programs specializing in different populations. Age group is 18 and over with a Serious Mental Illness (SMI) and a functional impairment in one of 5 domains: Living, Learning, Working, Socializing and Wellness.

• HOPE Latino - Bi-Lingual Spanish Culture - Mental Health
  • 215-769-2669 ~ 2600 N. American Street
• Community Living Room (CLR) - Mental Health & HIV/AIDS, LGBTQIA Affirming
  • 215-569-8414 ~ 100 South Broad St Suite 1430
• HOPE Beginnings - Mental Health and Substance Use
  • 215-427-0660 ~ 2055 East Allegheny Ave 4th floor
• HOPE For All - Adults and Seniors - Mental Health
  • 215-427-1010 ~ 2055 East Allegheny Ave 2nd floor

  Interns for this program will observe, co-facilitate and eventually facility PRS/Therapy Groups and individual services with a minimum caseload that is determined by the interns' schedule. This internship will include completing intakes which consists of health screenings (PHQ9, Audit C, PHQ9, PTSD checklist, Fagerstrom, WHOQOL, etc.) Release of information, Consents, Functional Assessment (Recovery Domain Assessment) within the program, providing clinical services, developing and implementing treatment plans, participating in multidisciplinary team meetings, and the potential for additional educational opportunities. Interns will receive supervision weekly from a Master's Level Staff, Certified Psychiatric Rehabilitative Specialist (CPRP), LPC or MSW may be available.

  For additional information about the program, please email Suzan Schwarz, CIRC Services at suzan.schwarz@comhar.org.

Internship Requirements

***This internship is unpaid***

• We offer flexibility for classes and internship possibilities within our organization. It is important to us that you enjoy a healthy work-school-life balance, and we will encourage you to have personal goals that focus on self-care.
• Must possess a minimum of a bachelor's degree in a mental health discipline from an accredited university and be in 1st or 2nd year of master's program/or advanced standing to participate.
• Pennsylvania State Police Criminal History Check
• Pennsylvania Child Abuse History Clearance
• FBI Criminal Background Check completed through the Department of Human Services (Only based on residency in the state of PA, must lived in PA for two (2) or more years uninterrupted)
• COVID Vaccination