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MSW Internship, Jewish Family Service of San Diego
2025-03-27 Jewish Family Service of San Diego San Diego,CA
Description:
Required Qualifications
About Jewish Family Service of San Diego
Jewish Family Service of San Diego is a client-centered, impact-driven organization working to build a stronger, more resilient community. For nearly 100 years, Jewish Family Service has been a trusted resource for the entire community, offering an array of services that are always life-changing, and often life-saving. At Jewish Family Service, we believe our employees are the backbone of our Agency. We strive to ensure that each employee is treated with dignity and respect. Our goal is your success. Come work at JFS and be our partner in Moving Forward Together. To learn more about JFS, please visit jfssd.org.
Position: Master of Social Work Internship
Description: Jewish Family Service is seeking a dynamic, highly motivated, and compassionate individual to work with clients to enhance their life skills, coping strategies, and interpersonal relationships. The Social Work Intern will receive in-depth training on assessment, treatment planning and intervention. Interns will receive individual supervision weekly.
Join us at Jewish Family Service of San Diego and take your first step towards building your career!
We are always accepting applications, but the start date depends on the semester and does not indicate that we have immediate openings.
Responsibilities:
Under the supervision of an MSW
- Provide clinical assessment of psychological, social, emotional, and behavioral needs
- Complete diagnosis, treatment planning and crisis intervention
- Provide outpatient psychotherapy (individual, family and/or group) to a caseload of 8 to 12 clients
- Develop and implement service plans and goals with clients
- Evaluate client progress toward service plan goals and follow up with clients to ensure goals are met
- Ensures all clinical documentation is timely and meets quality assurance standards
- Learn and maintain legal and ethical responsibilities
- Develop resource coordination and knowledge of local community providers
- Collaborate with relevant treatment providers
- Attend weekly individual and/or group supervision
Required Qualifications
- Must be enrolled in 2nd year of accredited Master of Social Work program
- Prior experience providing clinical or rehabilitation-oriented services, including clinical case management
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Creative in solving problems and meeting challenges
- Basic understanding of social, psychological, medical, economic, and legal factors that affect behavior
- Ability to work as a member of interdisciplinary team
- Strong analytical skills
About Jewish Family Service of San Diego
Jewish Family Service of San Diego is a client-centered, impact-driven organization working to build a stronger, more resilient community. For nearly 100 years, Jewish Family Service has been a trusted resource for the entire community, offering an array of services that are always life-changing, and often life-saving. At Jewish Family Service, we believe our employees are the backbone of our Agency. We strive to ensure that each employee is treated with dignity and respect. Our goal is your success. Come work at JFS and be our partner in Moving Forward Together. To learn more about JFS, please visit jfssd.org.