Site Learning Activities and Requirements
Outpatient services
The intern will participate in a rotation in an outpatient setting, providing individual, couples, and family therapy, completing intake assessments, treatment planning, and case management activities. Interns will have the opportunity to complete psychological evaluations within the domains of DCS parenting evaluations, general psychodiagnostic evaluations, ADHD evaluations, cognitive functioning evaluations, and Autism Spectrum Disorder evaluations. Supervision of practicum students or case managers is possible in this rotation.
Inpatient services
Interns may participate in a part-time (2 to 2.5 days per week), full-year rotation on the Acute Care (inpatient) Unit. While on the ACU, the intern would be expected to complete psychological evaluations, provide individual and group therapy, family education, participate in multidisciplinary rounds, complete risk assessments, and may provide supervision to community mental health workers or practicum students who work on the ACU.
Culver Military Academy
An intern will be placed two days per week at Culver Military Academy (https://www.culver.org/) in Culver, IN. CMA is a private boarding school (grades 9 though 12) that is based on military structure. CMA attracts high-achieving students from around the country and world and approximately 20% of their student body are international students. The intern will provide individual and group therapy, psychological evaluations, and will participate as a team member in the health services program.
School-based therapy services
Interns will provide individual and group therapy to students across the grade spectrum (elementary, middle, high school). There are opportunities to work with school staff as well as case managers from Four County’s school based programs to meet the needs of students with behavioral and emotional challenges in the school setting.
Supported housing
The intern will provide individual and group therapy services, two to three days per week, to children and adults in two supported housing settings. The first setting is a permanent supported housing for families with a history of homeless and substance use. The intern will gain experience in working with the underserved as well as those with substance use complexities. The second placement is at a subsidized housing facility in which in the intern will provide individual and group therapy to children and adults.
Other training opportunities
As stated above, there are many training opportunities at 4C Health. Community Mental Health is a wonderful place to work as there are always different clinical and operational activities in which to participate. With this in mind, every attempt is made to address the training needs of our interns, depending on existing needs of our clients, communities, and stakeholders,
At the beginning of the training year, we will work together to assess your training strengths, growth areas, and goals to best prepare you to competently and effectively function as a psychologist in today’s changing behavioral heath landscape. Within this process, and throughout the year, we are open to training opportunities to which you might want to gain additional exposure.
Administrative Overview
Salary:
$37,500
Schedule:
Full-time (40 hours per week) generally 9:00 am – 5:00 pm from Monday – Friday with a lunch/paperwork hour from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm.
Overtime:
Interns are allowed to work over 40 hours per week (not to exceed 50 hours per week), but only under the prior approval of their site Training Director.
Nights/Weekends:
Some weekend work and/or evening hours and travel from the home office may be required.
Malpractice Insurance:
If an intern is not covered by their school, 4C Health will provide insurance for them.
Mileage:
4C Health provides mileage consideration for interns traveling between office locations in the same day.
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. 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. 4C health does not pay out unused PTO time at the end of the year.
Holidays:
This site observes the following holidays:
Holiday List
New Year’s 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. If the intern wishes to work on a given holiday in exchange for another day off of their choosing, that is permitted as long as it is approved and arranged in advance with his/her site director and/or supervisor. 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.
Additional Information
Interns will be expected to apply for licensure in Indiana.