Emotional Wellness Intern Manager

Are you excited about a new and exciting opportunity? Do you have a passion for working with families and individuals in need of healthcare, housing, and community support services? Are you interested in working for a mission-driven and innovative organization? Well, look no further! At Community of Hope, we envision Washington, DC, where everyone is healthy, housed, and hopeful. If you are ready to make a positive difference in the community, this position is for you!

Our mission: To improve health, end homelessness, and partner with communities to make Washington, DC more equitable.

Our Approach And Values

• We celebrate people’s strengths and acknowledge the impact of trauma on people’s lives.
• We embrace diversity, welcome all voices, and treat everyone with respect and compassion.
• We lead and advocate for changes to make systems more equitable.
• We strive for excellence and value integrity in all that we do.
  
  

Position Summary: The Emotional Wellness Intern Manager is accountable directly to the Senior Director of Emotional Wellness. This position is responsible for the supervision of Master level Interns, and may also provide clinical supervision for Licensed Graduate Interns. This is a full-time position based out of our Family Health and Birth Center in NE, DC.

The pay rate for this position ranges between $90,000 - $95,000 annually and the offer amount is determined by the candidate's education, qualifications, and experience. Indeed provides their own estimated salary calculator and is not affiliated with COH's range.

Highlighted Duties And Responsibilities

• Meets with interns regularly for supervision and provides real-time feedback direct observation, training, support, and coaching to support their development, areas of improvement and clinical growth. Creates meeting agendas, sends meeting agendas in advance when possible, and documents concerns promptly as needed.
• Monitors performance of student interns in a timely manner, including ensuring interns are adhering to ethical standards and best practices in their clinical work. Completing intern forms as per their due dates for each school, documenting any issues or changes, providing recommendations for professional development and/or training opportunities, and recognizing interns when appropriate.
• Oversees the development of Internship program policies, protocols, and procedures, which are in compliance with the most current accepted professional standards for care. Ensuring Ensures quality by implementing evidence based, promising and best practices while consistently meeting meets expectations of partnered Universities.
• Monitors and oversees clinical services provided by interns for quality of care, compliance with evidence-based practices, and adequate documentation of services through direct supervision, shadowing, review/approval of notes, spot checks, as well as peer review.
• Provides short-term, problem focused therapy for no more than 2 patients, unless approved by the supervisor and for up to 8 sessions per patient as deemed appropriate. Short-term therapy will focus on goal setting, change, and utilizing brief interventions.
• Completes a treatment plan for all short-term therapy clients by the 2nd scheduled session and for long-term therapy clients by the 4th scheduled session.
• Monitors client progress through the course of treatment, reevaluating and adapting the treatment plan at required intervals. Treatment Plan should be updated monthly for short term and at least every 3 months or more frequently as appropriate for long term therapy.
• Provides crisis intervention per the clinician’s licensing and COH guidelines, to include addressing suicidal/homicidal ideations. Creates patient safety contracts as appropriate with the patient in crisis and stored within the patients’ chart by close of business.
• Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor.
  
  

Minimum Requirements

• LICSW licensure required. Any providers who are licensed in Maryland who provide a copy of their license and MD CDS to Talent Management are also eligible for MD licensure reimbursement.
• A minimum of two years of experience in a clinical setting required, preferably in a health care and/or community-based setting.
• Strong clinical skills and knowledge base of clinical care standards in the treatment of adults, children and families.
• At least 1 year of supervision and management experience required, 2 years preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
• Strong understanding of ethical principles, clinical care and professional standards related to clinical practice.
• Knowledge of community resources or the ability to become knowledgeable.
• Knowledge of integrated emotional wellness and/or ability to become knowledgeable.
• Demonstrated ability to manage school partnership expectations and deliverables.
• Ability to travel and work between sites and via telehealth required.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule, including evenings and weekends preferred.
• Proof of required vaccinations is required. This includes, but may not be limited to, Flu and Covid. COH will consider requests for reasonable accommodations for anyone who cannot be vaccinated for a religious or medical reason, subject to applicable law.
• In relation to remote work versus on-site expectations, this position is classified as the following: Onsite: A majority or all of the position is required to work on-site. Please note that remote work designations are subject to change or fluctuate at any point in time and the supervisor may require in person learning for a specific amount of time after hire.
  
  

At COH, we prioritize the following well-being and work-life balance-centered benefits:

• Remote work opportunities are available for many, but not all, of our roles, promoting a culture of work-life balance.
• 8-hour workdays, which include a paid lunch.
• 11.5 paid company holidays, 1 personal floating holiday, 15 days of paid vacation (increases to 20 after 3 years of service, 25 after 10 years of service, and 30 after 15 years of service), and 12 days of paid sick leave on an annual basis.
• Annual performance-based raises, up to 5% of your annual pay.
• National Health Service Corps (NHSC) and DC Health Professional Loan Repayment Program (DCHPLRP) participants.
• Tuition reimbursement, loan repayment for clinicians, licensing reimbursement, and continuing education unit funds for licensed staff.
• Many opportunities for internal promotions and transfers across the agency as we continue to grow; we average 30 promotions each year.
• Ongoing internal leadership training for supervisors.
• Ongoing well-being activities, culture compact activities and training, and trauma-informed care initiatives and training.
• Medical/Dental/Vision Plans through CareFirst BlueCross Blue Shield.
• Life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance.
• 403(b) Retirement Plan.
• Flexible Spending Accounts for medical and dependent care reimbursable expenses.
• And much more!
  
  

About Us

Community of Hope is a mission-driven, innovative, and rapidly growing nonprofit. For 45 years, we have provided healthcare, housing, and community support services to make Washington, DC more equitable. As a Federally Qualified Health Center, we provide medical, dental, emotional wellness, and care coordination services for the whole family at three locations in DC. Community of Hope also strongly emphasizes maternal and child health, with midwifery practice and the only free-standing birth center in DC. In 2024, Community of Hope provided about 50,000 medical visits, 6,300 dental visits, and 17,000 behavioral health visits for about 16,000 patients. Community of Hope is also one of the largest providers of homelessness prevention and housing services for 1,600 households—1,384 families and 220 individuals—experiencing homelessness in DC. Community support through Family Success Center, our WIC nutrition centers, and perinatal care coordination for pregnant people experiencing homelessness reach hundreds more families. We believe that everyone in DC can be healthy, housed, and hopeful.

We were selected as one of The Washington Post 150 Top Workplaces in 2024 and 6 other times since 2014 based on feedback from our staff.

To request a reasonable accommodation to complete an employment application or for general questions about employment with Community of Hope, contact a Recruiting Coordinator. Email: hr@cohdc.org Phone: 202-407-7747. Community of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.

About Community Of HOPE

Community of Hope is a mission-driven, innovative, and rapidly growing nonprofit. For 45 years, we have provided healthcare, housing, and community support services to make Washington, DC more equitable. As a Federally Qualified Health Center, we provide medical, dental, emotional wellness, and care coordination services for the whole family at three locations in DC. Community of Hope also strongly emphasizes maternal and child health, with midwifery practice and the only free-standing birth center in DC. In 2024, Community of Hope provided about 50,000 medical visits, 6,300 dental visits, and 17,000 behavioral health visits for about 16,000 patients. Community of Hope is also one of the largest providers of homelessness prevention and housing services for 1,600 households—1,384 families and 220 individuals—experiencing homelessness in DC. Community support through Family Success Center, our WIC nutrition centers, and perinatal care coordination for pregnant people experiencing homelessness reach hundreds more families. We believe that everyone in DC can be healthy, housed, and hopeful. We were selected as one of The Washington Post 150 Top Workplaces in 2024 and 6 other times since 2014 based on feedback from our staff. To request a reasonable accommodation to complete an employment application or for general questions about employment with Community of Hope, contact a Recruiting Coordinator. Email: hr@cohdc.org Phone: 202-407-7747. Community of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.