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Site Name: Miami-Dade County
Department: Community Action & Human Services Department
Individual interviews are scheduled with the Training Committee members, Training Director, and a current Psychology Intern. The interview format is a panel (Training Director, at least one Training Committee member and a current Psychology Intern) utilizing a structured interview. The overall process may range from 45 minutes to one hour. Interviews will continue to be virtual. Applicants chosen for an interview are notified via email and sent Zoom link invitation. After the interview, applicants can contact the intern present in the interview panel with any questions they may have about the internship program. They are also encouraged to reach out to the Training Director with any additional questions about the internship experience.
The Miami-Dade County Psychology Internship Program's overall aim is to prepare interns to be health service psychologists at the entry level. This is achieved through a general track, exposing students to a varied population ranging from young children to older adults. Interns have the opportunity to work with clients from diverse backgrounds (ethnicity; race; socioeconomic status; religion; sexual orientation; gender identity; national origin; age). Cultural sensitivity and competence are embedded across all programming activities. The Community Action and Human Services Department is the social services agency of Miami-Dade County and offers clinical experience in the following areas: pre-school children, substance use disorders, older adults and adults with disabilities, and domestic violence and human trafficking survivors. Interns implement evidence-based interventions tailored to meet client's individual needs and focusing on client's preferences and strengths. Interns simultaneously provide services in a child and adult rotation during the internship year. Testing opportunities are available throughout different programs (Head Start/Early Head Start, Rehabilitative Services, Older Adults and Individuals with Disabilities Services and Violence Prevention and Intervention). Clinical supervisors oversee these service areas, mentoring the interns and exposing them to an array of theoretical orientations. Interns are an intricate part of the programs' multi-disciplinary teams and participate in professional development activities, such as staffings, program evaluation, consultation, community outreach and advocacy. This is an opportunity to further develop competencies in communication and inter-professional skills as well as research. Ongoing collaboration with staff and supervisors also facilitates learning about resources that can aid in the therapeutic process and advocacy for clients and families. Interns also work closely with doctoral practicum students to enhance their supervisory competence through the program's Mentor-Practitioner model. They provide weekly supervision/mentoring to their assigned practicum student. There are also opportunities for interns to participate in providing professional presentations and staff trainings within the Department and the community, fostering scholarly inquiry and dissemination of research. In the course of their clinical experiences interns may experience legal and ethical issues in their day-to-day responsibilities, and thus have the opportunity to receive supervision and education around these matters. Throughout the internship, professional values and behaviors are further developed to help prepare the intern to become a competent health service psychologist. Interns receive ongoing feedback, evaluation, mentoring and supervision to develop competencies in the nine profession-wide competency areas identified by the American Psychological Association Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation. Interns receive two hours of individual supervision and two hours of group supervision. Additionally, interns participate in training/didactic experiences from onsite staff; staff in the community and online/webinar training. For more information about the internship program, please refer to the website:
http://www.miamidade.gov/socialservices/psychology-internship.asp
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Additional information about training opportunities: Not all rotations or training experiences may be available as described in the APPIC Directory. Please consult the program's application materials or their website at: www.miamidade.gov/socialservices/psychology-internship.asp for a complete description of the training opportunities available at this training site. IF the site has not updated their information by August 1, feel free to contact the Training Director for additional information.