The Adult Support Network (ASN) offers an array of clinical care, psycho-social treatment, rehabilitative support and supervisory services to enhance the quality of life of our chronic and persistent mentally ill population as they work towards their recovery.  All of ASN’s Service Recipients are referred by Massachusetts Department of Mental Health in a managed care system.  Treatment is offered through two modalities – Congregate Sites and Supportive Housing. All Service Recipients work with a multi-disciplinary team to include residential counselors, nurses, clinicians and external providers.
 
This internship provides unique experiential learning opportunities:

• Actively participate in an array of comprehensive services provided to ASN’s Service Recipients.
• Co-lead groups.
• Attend case conferences.
• Participate in multi-disciplinary team meetings. 
• Increase knowledge of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders – Text Revision (DSM IV – TR).
• Learning to assess, evaluate, collect data and formulate treatment plans with measured outcomes.
• Research  Assistant.

Note: Other areas of interest are welcomed.

Interns should have an interest in and sensitivity toward - the population that this program serves. Community Care Services requires a Criminal Offender Record Investigation (CORI) which may take 2 weeks for some programs. Other requirements include Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) training, as well as tuberculosis screening at some programs. We will arrange for completion of all your requirements.

Community Care Services is a large, nonprofit human services agency with thirty very diverse programs located throughout Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island.  The agency has over 450 employees and 250 volunteers, including interns.  Please visit our web site, www.communitycareservices.org to learn more about the agency.

Contact:

Christopher DiCostanzo, Program Director
Cell Phone: 774.273.1620, Fax: 508. 823.2546
cdicostanzo@communitycareservices.org