Remote Group Supervision for Rural Intern Placements

About the Program

Category: Personnel Management, Employment and Training (Best in Category)

Year: 2015

The Remote Group Supervision for Rural Intern Placements Program was a pilot program created to address placement challenges in rural community behavioral health settings. The purpose of the program is to alleviate long distance travel for an intern to attend weekly group supervision and allow her to complete her education to be a clinical therapist in a location that traditionally has recruitment challenges. An employee intern, a person that works for the Department of Behavioral Health (DBH) that is allowed to participate in field placement while working full-time in DBH, was placed at a rural mental health clinic – Needles Behavioral Health Center in Needles, CA – that was up to a 4 hour drive to the group supervision location – Training Institute in San Bernardino, CA.