SANTA ANITA FAMILY SERVICE
605 S. Myrtle Avenue
Monrovia, CA 91016
(626) 359-9358
LEVEL:
PRACTICUM
CONTACT: Diane Cortes, PhD
716 Citrus Avenue
Covina, CA 91723
(626) 966-1755
# of Openings: 2
NATURE OF AGENCY/POPULATION SERVED
Private, non-profit agency with various contracts, and local funds. Includes
outpatient counseling program, outpatient drug abuse program, senior citizens
program, and a child abuse program. Clientele are of all ages. 50% of low income.
Approximately 50% of area residents are ethnic minorities. Multidisciplinary, multiethnic staff.
DIRECT/INDIRECT SERVICES
Intake assessments, crisis intervention, individual, family, group, conjoint therapy,
and an agency project.
Required: Treatment planning, report-writing, and
community outreach. Optional: proposal and grant-writing, program development
and evaluation.
THEORETICAL ORIENTATION
Varies across staff. Primarily psychodynamic, but includes eclectic, family systems,
behavioral, and existential-humanistic, self.
SUPERVISION
1 hour/week individual supervision. 2 hours/week group supervision.
needed, depending on groups assigned.
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TRAINING
Weekly training sessions (September through January) focusing on issues relevant
to beginning clinicians (e.g., intakes, assessments, treatment planning, crisis
intervention, psychotherapy); weekly staff meetings and quarterly inservice
meetings.
LENGTH OF TRAINING
Training begins right after Labor Day and lasts through July.
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VACATION
3 weeks.
STIPEND
None.
PREFERRED/REQUIRED DAYS
Students will be expected to put in 20 to 21 hours a week. This includes 13 hours of
direct service. Wednesday 9::00pm – 3:00pm, mandatory. 2 evenings a week are
required. (Evenings are considered 5:00 – 9:00 pm.)
APPLICATION PROCEDURE
After receiving approval from the Division of Professional Field Training to apply, you
will be sent an agency information letter and questionnaire. Please fill out the
questionnaire and return it along with a current CV to Dr. Cortes. Then an interview
appointment will be scheduled.
DISABILITY ACCESSIBILITY
Both locations are accessible for people with disabilities.
ADDITIONAL NOTES
This agency accepts both “beginning” and more experienced practicum students.
Training is oriented toward beginning clinical skills development.
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