Foundations Family Therapy Therapy Intern Fuquay Varina, NC · Clayton, NC · Wake Forest, NC · Intern Company website

For master's students completing their programs needing practicum or internship hours

About Foundations Family Therapy

Come join a professional, collaborative and supportive team of therapists in a growing practice. We offer a modern and comfortable furnished office space, coffee and snacks, iPads for client intakes, supervision for professionally licensed therapists, responsive management and much more. We accept private insurance but are not contracted with medicare or medicaid. If you are looking for a place that feels like home with co-workers that feel like family, while doing rewarding work we might be the right fit for you. We take care of the administrative and billing stuff so that you can do what you're best at; caring for your clients. We have a variety of services including therapy services, group therapy, psychological testing, and medication management. Our team also includes our billing and client care team.

Description

Intern Description and Expectations


Our Moto: Stop surviving, start thriving.

We believe that you were created for more than just surviving each day, You were made to thrive.


Our Mission Statement:

To help families thrive, by providing HOPE through education, support, and excellent and compassionate clinical care.


How Our Values Reflect our Mission:

  • Service: With a servant's heart, we lead, teach, care for, support, and challenge each other, our clients, and our community.


  • Support: We thrive in a team culture, where discussions happen between sessions, care packages are sent when you're sick and team members look out for one another and offer a helping hand.


  • Transparency: We are transparent in our written and verbal communication, expectations and practices.


  • Honesty: We are honest in our interactions with our team, clients and community. We are ethical in our decision-making and in our treatment and communication. If have an issue, we address it directly and do not gossip.


  • Respect: We are show respect to everyone, in how we talk, behave, agree and disagree. We control our tongues and lead with our hearts.


  • Excellence: We strive for excellence, not perfection. We provide clinically sound services to our clients.


  • Stewardship: We believe in being good stewards of all we have been entrusted with, and we do that through using our resources wisely, seeking wise counsel and putting our mission first.


  • Grace: We extend grace and offer support to our team and to our clients.


Internships are unpaid non-employee positions for students currently enrolled in approved mental health programs. Interns report to the site supervisor who may assign an approved staff member to oversee supervision. It is the responsibility of the intern to be sure supervisory staff and role at FFT satisfy all requirements for their graduate program course prior to beginning their internship. 


Tasks and responsibilities will vary and may be added or removed based on company needs.  Some responsibilities and tasks will include but are not limited to the following:


Qualifications

  • Current student at a master’s level counseling program
  • Interested in working with children, teens, adults, couples and families in an outpatient setting
  • Excellent oral and written skills
  • Ability to make independent, ethical decisions
  • Interest in faith based therapy or Biblical worldview a plus
  • Ability to collaborate with other team members and clients
  • Basic theory knowledge and application



Duties and Responsibilities


  • Administrative work as assigned  
  • Co-therapy and independent therapy with children, teens, adults, couples and families
  • Flexible availability to see clients throughout the week
  • Documentation within 48 hours in EHR system
  • Meet for supervision weekly
  • Maintain school records, supervision records, and all paperwork for supervisor
  • Make sure all paperwork is given with at least 14 days of due date to supervisor