First-Year MSW Internship Opportunities
What Makes a First-Year Internship Different?
First-year MSW internships at Josselyn are designed to provide a broad introduction to community mental health practice while allowing students to gain experience in a focused area of learning. Through supervision, collaboration, and hands-on experiences, interns develop foundational social work competencies that prepare them for advanced clinical training.
Build a Strong Foundation in Social Work
Josselyn’s first-year MSW internships provide a generalist learning experience designed to help students develop foundational social work competencies. Through supervision, interdisciplinary collaboration, and hands-on experiences, interns build skills that prepare them for advanced clinical training while gaining experience in a focused area of practice.
Explore Your Learning Opportunities
Live Phone Intakes
Serve as an initial point of contact for individuals seeking mental health services. Build foundational skills in client engagement, professional communication, referrals, and documentation.
Nuestro Josselyn
Support elementary and middle school students through after-school social-emotional learning groups and wellness programming. Ideal for students interested in school social work.
Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP)
Gain exposure to youth mental health treatment through group observation, care coordination, family engagement, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
Skills You Will Build
Professional Communication
Client Engagement
Clinical Documentation
Group Facilitation
Trauma-Informed Practice
Community Resource Navigation
Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Professional Identity Development
What is it really like to intern at Josselyn?
Hear from former interns as they share how the experience shaped their clinical skills, confidence, and career paths in community mental health.
Thomas DeBow
Jacob Orlowski
Katie Richardson
Dianna Zougras
Interested in applying?
If you are interested in gaining hands-on experience, meaningful responsibility, and early exposure to the realities of community mental health care, we encourage you to apply.
Please submit your resume and cover letter, and we will follow up with you.