• Job Description

  Req#: INTER02051

  The focus of the graduate student’s field experience is a blend of observation, discussion, and participation in clinical activities with his or her internship supervisor and the treatment team. This placement is for our inpatient residential treatment facility. Internship hours are available year round. Internship hours are obtained from Monday-Friday between the hours of 8:00am and 4:30pm. We do not have internship placements for evening or weekend hours. We offer placements with both adult and teen populations. You may request a specific population; however, placements are determined by multiple factors and a specific population is not guaranteed.

  Our goal is to support students in their learning experience and therefore, Caron does not allow for students to manage his or her own caseload of patients. An hour of supervision will be provided on a weekly basis or as otherwise agreed upon by Caron and the learning institution.

  PLEASE NOTE - ONLY APPLICANTS WHO ARE CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN AN ACCREDITED EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR PLACEMENT.

  Prerequisites:

  Students who are selected for internships are required to submit the following documents to the Internship Program Coordinator prior to his or her start date:

  1. Affiliation Agreement between “Richard J. Caron Foundation” and your learning institution
  2. PA State Police clearance
  3. Department of Public Welfare ChildLine clearance
  4. FBI Fingerprint based Criminal History Background clearance
  5. Proof of negative TB Test
  6. Proof of Professional Liability Insurance
  7. UDS to be scheduled by Caron

  If your learning institution is providing a General Liability Policy, “Richard J. Caron Foundation” must be listed as an additional insured

  Students are also required to attend a mandatory Internship Orientation to review the following:

  1. Caron’s learning goals and limitations for undergraduate level interns.
  2. Caron Policies which will be reviewed by the Internship Program Coordinator during the At that time interns will indicate an understanding by providing a signature of attestation.
  3. Mandatory trainings interns are required to complete and any additional trainings that are available to interns

  Caron Treatment Centers’ Policies and Standards

  All student interns are bound by the Statement of Organizational Ethics and Code of Conduct Policy of Caron Treatment Centers and therefore must refrain from any type of personal relationships with any patient with whom they have contact both before and after the patient’s treatment. Interns will comply with all standards of confidentiality and will indicate his or her understanding and compliance by signing the Confidentiality of Patient Identifying Information Policy.

  PLEASE NOTE: ONLY APPLICATIONS WITH ATTACHED RESUMES WILL BE CONSIDERED.

  Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

  The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

• About the company

  Caron has been restoring lives through proven addiction rehab programs for 60 years. Let us help you pursue recovery today.

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