Site Learning Activities and Requirements #
All interns will participate in the internship learning activities as specified in the manual. Specific site activities/rotations/requirements above and beyond what is listed in the manual are provided below:
Experiences for Traditional interns:
- Develop the ability to utilize screening instruments to triage patients and provide comprehensive clinical assessments for those appropriate for specialty behavioral health care
- Develop additional knowledge and skills in evidence-based practices
- Provide individual, family, group, and crisis services
- Work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary and integrated care team
- Demonstrate competency in the provision of services remotely through telemedicine technology
- Participate in two 6 month rotations (8-12 hours/week):
- Substance Use Disorders – Interns will develop competency in facilitating substance use disorder best practices, as well as demonstrate understanding of medically-assisted treatment and the associated behavioral health practices. Interns will develop and hone their understanding of American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) criteria to conceptualize cases and make treatment recommendations.
- Behavioral Health Consultant (within the FQHC) – Interns will demonstrate the ability to construct a case conceptualization that incorporates a client’s medical diagnoses/treatment. They will provide brief behavioral medicine consultations and interventions with clients receiving primary health services.
- Specific interests in working with youth, home and community-based services, and adult residential treatment may also be incorporated into the training experience.
While there are specific differences in focus between the types of internships, all interns will have the opportunity to work with multi-disciplinary teams, join integrated care staffings and attend grand rounds.
It is expected that the internship and training activities come first and any other roles/duties are secondary to the completion of the internship program.
Administrative Overview #
Annual Pay: $36,000
Schedule: Full-time (40 hours per week) generally 8:00 am – 5:00 pm from Monday – Friday with some variations based on rotation. Within reason, Aspire is flexible with scheduling.
Overtime: Interns are allowed to work over 40 hours per week (never to exceed 50 hours per week), but only under the prior approval of their site Training Director.
Nights/Weekends: Traditional interns are expected to work a minimum of one evening each week to accommodate clients who work during the day.
Malpractice Insurance: If an intern is not covered by their school, Aspire Indiana will provide insurance for them.
Mileage: Interns will be reimbursed for travel between sites and for attendance to didactic training.
Benefits: Interns are eligible for benefits offered to other site employees. Benefits will be discussed in detail during site orientation.
Leave Time #
Paid Time Off (PTO): 14 days (112 hours) combined vacation and sick leave available from your first day.
Professional Development Leave: 3 days (24 hours) of professional development leave.Professional Development time is not considered PTO time. To use this time, interns will coordinate their schedules with their Primary Supervisor and Training Director, and track the hours as hours worked in their local system and as “Professional Development Leave” in the NPTC time tracking portal.
In an effort to promote self-care, interns are encouraged to utilize all leave time. Interns leaving the agency at the end of their internship year will be paid out any unused PTO time. Since Professional Development time is not considered a type of PTO, unused Professional Development will not be paid out at the end of the year.
Holidays:
New Year’s Day
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Thanksgiving Day
Day After Thanksgiving
Christmas Eve
Christmas Day
When a scheduled holiday falls on a weekend the observed holiday is assigned according to individual site policy.
Site Directors/Supervisors cannot require an intern to work on any holiday listed above that the site does not observe. Also, if a site observes additional holidays or is closed for other reasons and the intern is unable to work, the intern cannot be forced to use their vacation time or sick days.