Home Start, Inc., Behavior Health Services, San Diego, San diego, CA, California, 92108

Home Start, Inc.

(619) 692-0727 109

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Agency Description

Home Start is a family-based service agency that provides therapeutic and case management services to prevent and treat child abuse and neglect. Services provided are home-based, school-based, and clinic-based therapy, psychological testing, parent education, and case management services such as connecting to community resources and other support systems. There is an office based clinic with a sliding fee scale that offers treatment for a wide-range of psychological disorders in children, adolescents, adults, couples and families. Home Start utilizes and trains the interns in evidence-based treatment practices including Trauma-focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) and Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT). The majority of services are provided in the clients home and school as means to reduce the barriers that under served clients face.

Agency Mission

Our vision is for every child to have a safe, stable, and nurturing home. To effectively prevent and treat child abuse, Home Start addresses the conditions that can contribute to risky or abusive situations – poverty, unsafe neighborhoods, lack of affordable housing, and unemployment – while concurrently addressing individual self-sufficiency and emotional needs. Guided by our mission to assure the safety and resiliency of children by strengthening families and their communities, Home Start, Inc., a non-profit child abuse prevention, and treatment agency has strengthened and developed San Diego’s families and communities since 1972.

Population

Home Start works with clients from all age groups in the outpatient, sliding scale fee for service clinic. The sliding scale fees start at $20 per session. In the home and school-based settings, children and adolescents (as well as their families) are primarily served. The majority of these youth have experienced physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, domestic violence and/or neglect. The majority of clients are from San Diego's under-served and economically disadvantaged populations.

Staff (#, Degree, Prof. Lic.)

# of Psychologists: 2

# of LPCC: 1

# of LCSW: 1

# of LMFT: 1

OVERALL Match Process Internship Info

PREDOC POSITIONS	NUMBER UNFUNDED	NUMBER FUNDED	ANNUAL STIPEND	START DATE	END DATE	HOURS PER WEEK	HOURS PER YEAR
Half-time		3	0.00	08/12/2024	07/31/2025	24-30	1100
Full-time	0	0		08/12/2024	07/31/2025	0	0

PREDOC POSITIONS	IND. SUPERVISION HRS/WK	GRP. SUPERVISION HRS/WK
Half-time	1.00	2.00
Full-time	0.00	0.00

CURRENT Match Phase Needs

This Data is Informational Only. The Official Track and Available Position data is provided on the InternFit platform.

TRACK NAME	TYPE	NUMBER OF INTERNS
Single Track	UNDETERMINED/MULTIPLE	3

Required days and times

Tuesdays are the only required days to attend individual and group supervision. Flexible schedule where clients can be seen as necessary typically Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Clients can also be seen in evenings and on weekends if needed.

Training and Education Offered

Home Start's main objective is to train interns to become proficient in understanding and applying effective clinical assessment, treatment, APA ethical guidelines, legal standards, and make progress toward healthy development of their professional identity. Emphasis is also on the development of skills in evidence-based best practices of TF-CBT and PCIT, and specifically how these treatment approaches apply to the effects of trauma and with under-served children and their families. Developing an awareness of the transference and countertransference issues is an important aspect of this training, as well as creating an understanding of the ethnic and cultural diversity issues that impact both assessment and treatment. Finally, the inter learn about and utilize the benefits of collaboration with other professionals and community resource. Interns receive one hour of individual supervision, 2 hours of group supervision each week, as well as biweekly trainings and in-services in topics relevant to the treatment team at Home Start.

X-Cultural Training

Opportunties:

Cultural issues and their impact on assessment and treatment are addressed in both individual and group supervision. Several of the weekly in-service trainings and the majority of weekly treatment team meetings address multicultural issues including awareness and sensitivity to these in therapy. An important component of the 60 hours of didactic training addresses cultural issues in child abuse treatment.

Language(s) staff can use in the delivery of clinical services:

Spanish English

Responsibilities

Interns are responsible for intake, assessment and referrals as needed, psychological testing, treatment planning, individual therapy, family therapy, group therapy, couples therapy, case coordination/consultation with other providers both inside and outside of Home Start, discharge planning, in-service trainings, crisis intervention, play therapy, treatment team meetings, individual and group supervision, audio and/or videotaping of clients and occasional live supervision.

Prerequisites

Required/Desired Experience:

Home Start would prefer that the applicant have some experience with children and/or with trauma and crisis intervention. Qualified candidates without experience with children or trauma, but with experience in other professional areas are considered.

Brief Description of Requirements:

Candidates must have completed 2-4 years of pre-doctoral coursework. We strongly prefer prior experience in treating children and/or with evidence based best practices. Home Start will consider interns without previous child clients, if they have previous experience with child welfare services, domestic violence, trauma treatment, and/or child maltreatment. Prior testing experience is also preferred. Due to contractual obligations, all applicants must hold a Masters Degree in Psychology or related discipline to apply for this internship.

Application Procedures

Prospective interns submit an application packet to the Clinical Supervisor, Christina Moran, Psy.D. This packet includes a letter of intent, curriculum vitae, 3 letters of recommendation, and the CAPIC application. If students are interested in psychological assessment experience, please also include a redacted sample psychological evaluation report with your application and specify the evaluation courses you've completed on your CV. The clinical and administrative supervisor screen all applicants. Applicants who pass the initial screening process are then offered an interview with the Clinical Supervision and Director of Programs (or Mental Health Team Leader).

Interview Process:

Candidates are interviewed by the Clinical Supervisor and the Administrative Supervisor (Program Manager) and will answer a set of standardized questions that include questions about assessment, treatment, ethics, diversity, trauma, and crisis management. Interns candidates are also asked to present a case and respond to two written vignettes.

What we are looking for:

Home start is looking for applicants with solid character, the ability to work well with peers and other co-workers, knowledge of the dynamics and developmental impact of child abuse (commensurate with the level of training), ability to work with a team and act independently, willingness to do home-based therapy, a desire to learn and a ability to engage in collaborative supervision.

Additional application docs required (if any)

Experience
Assessment Battery Report
Transcripts - Graduate

Other information:

The Home Start internship offers a unique opportunity for training in trauma dynamics, assessment and treatment, including evidence-based best practices of TF-CBT and PCIT. The Clinical Supervisor has provided workshops on child abuse, is an expert in TF-CBT, and has experience in clinical and forensic psychological evaluations. The intern will gain experience with a multicultural and under-served population, interact with professionals in the community (e.g., therapists, psychiatrists, CPS workers, family physicians, school personnel, probation officers, etc.) and learn about community resources for families. Clients will be seen in their natural environments and this is extremely helpful for being strength-based and solution-focused in therapy. Interns will also have the opportunity to attend trainings and conferences on trauma, violence, prevention and other topics. They will have access to our library and resources including books, articles, and videos on psychotherapy.

County - San Diego
Contact Person Title - Behavioral Health Team Leader
Contact Person - Sade Carswell, Psy.D.
Dir. of Training Title - Dr.
Dir. of Training - Madeline Brener, Psy.D.

Last Updated - 16 November 2023

Participating in CURRENT Match process - Yes

CAPIC Program ID - I-180
CAPIC Member Since - 2007
Region - So. Cal
Internships Status - Half
Statuses approved by CAPIC
- Half-Time 1 Year - Yes
- Half-Time 2 Years - No
- Full-Time 1 Year - No
CAPIC Internship Types Available:
- Half-Time 1 Year - Yes
- Half-Time 2 Years - No
- Full-Time 1 Year - No

Primary Location

Executive Director - Laura Tancredi-Baese, LCSW
5005 Texas Street, Suite 203
San diego, CA 92108
Phone - (619) 692-0727 109
Fax - (619) 692-0727 109

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Secondary Location

131 Avocado Avenue
El Cajon, Ca 92020