Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services
Guidance Clinic
Location
2500 Fairmont Drive, San Leandro, CA 94578
Email: GuidanceClinic@acbhcs.org
Age Group Served
11 to 18
Program Description
The Guidance Clinic is located in the Alameda County Juvenile Justice Center in San Leandro. The Clinic provides mental health services to wards of the Juvenile Court of Alameda County. The majority of the population is given services while in the juvenile hall or boys’ camp. The services include court ordered psycho-diagnostic evaluations, assessment, crisis intervention, individual, group, and family therapy. The Clinic has an Adolescent Sex Offender Treatment Program that provides individual, group and family therapy to adjudicated juvenile sex offenders who reside in the community. The Clinic has a day treatment unit in juvenile hall. In addition, the Clinic provides mental health consultation to the Juvenile Court, the Probation Department, and to their associated institutions and programs.
Staff includes a multidisciplinary team of mental health specialists, psychiatric social workers, marriage and family counselor, psychologists, and psychiatrists.
Placement Period
Psychology Students: Practicum 43 Weeks Half Time Intern 52 Weeks Full Time Intern 52 Weeks Social Work Interns: Internship year as designated by the school
Program/Placement Hours
Wednesdays and Fridays are mandatory
Psychology Students: Practicum 16 – 20 hours per week Half Time Intern 20 hours per week Full Time Intern 40 hours per week Social Work Interns: 1st year 16 hours per week 2nd year 24 hours per week
Preferred Discipline / Experience
The Guidance Clinic accepts both social work and psychology students. The preferred level of psychology students is 3rd or 4th year practicum. Preferred level of social work student is 2nd year.
The preference with psychology students is completion of coursework in psychological assessment and some experience in completing a battery of tests and writing the results in a report. In addition, course work in child development and some experience working with adolescents is preferred.
The preference for social work students is course work in assessment and child development and some experience working with adolescents.
Supervision & Support:
Social Work Students:
Weekly individual supervision
Weekly group supervision
Weekly didactic seminars with other students placed in Alameda County Children’s Clinics
Psychology Students:
Weekly individual supervision
Weekly group supervision
Weekly didactic seminars with other students serving in Alameda County Children’s Clinics
Weekly psychological testing seminar
Send Resume to:
Social Work Interns
Shannon Smith, LCSW
GuidanceClinic@acbhcs.org
Phone: 510 667-3290
Fax: 510 667-3005
Psychology Students
Dorothy Griffin, Ph.D.
GuidanceClinic@acbhcs.org
Phone: 510 667-3010
Fax: 510 667-3005
Application Due Date:
Social Work Students: Rolling application date
Psychology Students: BAPIC and CAPIC deadlines
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Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services
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