Clinical Intern

Clinical Internships

 Hamden, CT |  Internship (Hours/Schedule Varies)

Grow Your Clinical Skills While Supporting Youth & Families

The Children’s Center of Hamden is seeking compassionate and motivated Clinical Interns (MFT, LMSW, and LPC track) to join our Clinical Services Department. In this role, you’ll gain hands-on experience providing supervised clinical support to children, adolescents, and families in a mission-driven setting. You’ll participate in assessment, treatment planning, individual and family sessions, and documentation while learning best practices in trauma-informed, culturally responsive care. This internship is an excellent opportunity for graduate-level students working toward licensure who are looking to deepen their clinical skillset, strengthen professional identity, and make a meaningful impact.

Why Join Us?

At The Children’s Center of Hamden, you’ll be part of a collaborative, supportive, and mission-driven team invested in your learning and growth. Our interns receive meaningful clinical exposure, high-quality supervision, and the opportunity to contribute to real work that supports the well-being of youth and families. You’ll gain experience in a setting that values trauma-informed care, teamwork, and professional development—while building hours and skills toward your future career.

Professional Growth & Development – Supportive supervision, training sessions, and exposure to multidisciplinary care to help you build toward licensure.

Supportive, Mission-Driven Culture – Join a collaborative team where your work truly makes a difference for youth and families.

What You’ll Do

As Clinical Intern, you will:

• Provide supervised clinical services (individual, family, and/or group) aligned with program needs
• Support intake/assessment processes and contribute to treatment planning
• Participate in clinical team meetings, case conferences, and consultation
• Complete timely documentation in accordance with agency standards and confidentiality requirements
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary staff to support client progress and continuity of care
• Engage in supervision and professional development activities to build competency and meet program requirements

What We’re Looking For

• Current graduate student in a COAMFTE-accredited MFT program or CACREP-aligned counseling program (LPC track), or CSWE-accredited counseling program (LMSW track),
• Strong interest in working with children/adolescents and families
• Commitment to ethical practice, reliability, and professionalism
• Ability to learn and apply clinical feedback in supervision
• Basic comfort with documentation and use of electronic records (training provided as needed)

Physical & Work Environment Requirements

• Ability to sit, stand, walk, bend, and move throughout the program/site as needed for sessions, meetings, and client support.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced clinical setting with frequent interpersonal interaction and occasional high-stimulation environments (noise, interruptions, or emotional intensity).
• Ability to maintain attention and composure when exposed to sensitive clinical content, including crises or challenging client behaviors (with supervision and support).
• Potential exposure to bodily fluids and other environmental hazards in residential, school-based, or milieu settings.

Join Our Team

If you’re a graduate-level clinician-in-training who is dependable, compassionate, and eager to learn, we want to hear from you. Apply today to build your clinical skills through supervised experience—and help make a meaningful difference in the lives of children, adolescents, and families.

 The Children’s Center of Hamden is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.