Site Learning Activities and Requirements
All interns will participate in the internship learning activities as specified in the manual. Supplementary activities/rotations/requirements above and beyond what is listed in the manual are listed below. Due to the size of our organization, not all interns will be able to participate in the same learning experiences or supervision opportunities. Some of the possible opportunities include:
- Intervention
- Individual therapy across the lifespan (core experience)
- Crisis and triage services
- Integrated behavioral health services
- DBT Skills Groups
- Therapy groups (social skills, substance use, coping skills)
- School-based behavioral health in local schools
- Co-therapy with supervisor
- Supervision & Staffing
- Utilization of one way mirrored suite to observe testing/therapeutic intervention
- Weekly staffing for Navig8 program
- Weekly office-based group supervision with other trainees
- Monthly outpatient staffing meeting with other therapy providers
- Integration meetings with case management and psychiatry
- Ongoing collaboration with psychiatric and primary care teams
- DBT case consultation team meetings
- Weekly 1-hour group supervision via telehealth (IHC & OP groups)
- Intern supervision of practicum students (limited availability)
- Assessment (core experience)
- Clinical interviews
- Assessment administration & scoring
- Psychological report writing
- Assessment feedback
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:
$37,500
Schedule:
Full-time (40 hours per week) generally 8:00 am – 5:00 pm on Monday – Friday. (Dual-track interns may have a different schedule.)
Overtime:
Interns are allowed to work over 40 hours per week, but only under the prior approval of their site Training Director (exceptions to be made for crisis issues). Interns will be supported in adjustments necessary to remain under 40 hours, and are never to exceed 50 hours per week.
Nights/Weekends:
No weekend work or after hours on-call is required for full-time outpatient or grant-funded IHC interns. Dual-track interns may have different expectations per Royal Oaks guidelines.
Malpractice Insurance:
If an intern is not covered by their school or independent policy, Compass Health will provide insurance for them.
Mileage:
Compass Health follows the NPTC Travel Policy regarding intern travel reimbursement for didactic travel, and will provide travel reimbursement for didactic training. Some interns will also provide services at two Compass Health locations within driving distance of each other. Interns are reimbursed for mileage after the 20 mile mark both to and from the two locations. It should also be noted that there are no meal reimbursements during regular schedule hours. Meal reimbursement is an option when a trainee is engaged in approved trainings that occur outside regular schedules.
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 leaveProfessional 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. Compass Health will not pay out unused PTO or Professional Development Leave at the end of the training year. However, if an intern remains with Compass Health for post-doctoral residency, any remaining PTO does roll over for use during continued employment. Professional Development Leave does not roll over.
Holidays:
This site observes the following holidays:
Holiday List
New Year’s Day
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Thanksgiving Day
Day After Thanksgiving
Christmas Eve
Christmas Day
1 Personal Holiday (after first 6 months)
When a scheduled holiday falls on a weekend the observed holiday is assigned according to individual site policy. The Personal Holiday may not be available until after 6 months of employment, consistent with other Compass Health staff. The day after Thanksgiving is not a holiday granted to dual track interns due to the inpatient nature of the ROH facility, and therefore they are granted an additional personal holiday.
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
COVID-19 Addendum
Compass Health is strongly invested in ensuring both a quality training experience as well as the physical health and well-being of our trainees. These are the changes that might be made to the training experience:
- Interns will be provided with any needed technology to work from home, including a laptop with a webcam, wireless mouse, etc.
- Client contact is likely to include telehealth contacts utilizing approved platforms. This may include:
- Shadowing/observation/co-therapy
- Individual and/or group therapy
- Clinical/Diagnostic interviews
- Primary supervision may also take place over telehealth, though is not intended to be the primary modality of primary supervision over the course of the year.