Casa's Graduate Student Trainee Counselors provide counseling services for residents, out-clients and families in both individual and group settings; they also provide staff direction for assigned cases. Additionally, Graduate Student Trainee Counselors receive five hours of supervision each week (one hour of individual and two two-hour group-counseling sessions), and they actively participate in monthly staff training meetings conducted by the clinical director.

Position requirements:

• Must be enrolled in an approved Masters program and assigned by your school.
• Must be able to make a one-year commitment and be willing to work 15-20 hours per week in a General Systems environment.
• Must be willing to learn individual, family, and group counseling techniques and work with a very diverse clientele in an often challenging environment.
• Must be willing to be videotaped in counseling sessions as necessary.

Undergraduate Student Interns work alongside our Youth Supervisors to provide closely supervised hours of observation and interaction with Casa's residents in a structured environment. The Intern position is designed to facilitate an introduction to social services in a Group Home setting. Interns remain with the shelter for one semester, and once they have fulfilled their required course hours, a careful evaluation of their capabilities is completed and forwarded to their school. We accommodate 10-15 interns three times a year -- winter, spring and summer semesters -- and we hire the best each semester for paid positions within our agency.

Position requirements:

• Must be assigned through your school.
• Must be willing to make a minimum commitment of 10 hours per week.

To apply for a position at Casa, please submit your resume by mail, e-mail, or fax. (You'll find our addresses and numbers on the Contact Us page.) Include a cover letter to let us know which position you are applying for. E-mail attachments should be in Microsoft Word format.

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The Executive or Clinical Director will respond to your application within one week of submission.

Casa Youth Shelter is an Equal Opportunity Placement Site.

Pediatric and Internal Medicine Residency Observation Program:

Over the past two years a program featuring observation and interaction with teenage shelter residents by Pediatric and Internal Medicine Residents was undertaken by contracting with the University of California's Medical School's Residency Program. Throughout the year these medical Residents rotate through the program, dedicating time on a weekly basis to observe the physical and mental states of teenagers at Casa, many of who have been either physically or sexually abused. The Residents provide direct answers to direct questions put to them by the youth, but they do not provide medical services. This program is mutually beneficial for it gives the youth access to young doctors who will give them straight answers to medical information they seek and, reciprocally, it provides the young doctors with their first encounters with non-hospitalized adolescents in stressful situations.