Port Health Services strives to provide services in a manner consistent with the "Three Pillars" that supports our mission and values: professionalism, compassion, and outcomes. 
Our mission is to improve the lives, health, and well-being of individuals and families dealing with substance use and Mental Health disorders by providing a comprehensive range of services that treat the whole person and empower families to find their way forward. 
Treating children, adolescents, and the adult population.
Comprehensive assessments, individual therapy, and group therapy.

Intern job description:
The Social Work intern will be providing screening, evaluation, diagnostic assessments, develop with the client treatment goal and person centered plans, treatment, after-care, and referral services to adults/children in need of outpatient treatment. They will be providing stabilization and treatment services to mental health and substance abusing patients. The student will work closely with the physician, other clinical staff, and community agencies. Another function of this position is to receive referring information from referral sources and relay that information to the treatment team during weekly clinical staff meetings. The student will provide services to patients, which include but are not limited to co-facilitating/facilitating psycho education groups, counseling, psychotherapy, establishing client aftercare plans, arranging identified treatment services and needs related to life domains and initiating contact and collateral work with family members or support systems. This student will maintain accurate and up to date referral sources, and maintain a therapeutic environment and promote appropriate and healthy interpersonal behavior.

Special placement information:
Accepting MSW 1st-year and MSW 2nd-year/Advanced Standing (clinical) students. Full-time positions only.
Agency hours: 8:00AM-5:00PM.
Video-/Audio-taping permitted with signed authorization.