The FL Sheriff’s Boys Ranch is a residential group home for up to 80 adolescent males ages 11-19. The boys are housed 10 to a cottage on a 3300 acre campus along the Suwannee River in Live Oak, FL. The campus features a learning center for those with special placement needs, while many of the boys are transported to the local Suwannee River schools. There is a work program that boys participate in and receive wages for hours worked. The boys also are involved in an active recreational program that features arts and crafts, outdoor sports, and organized team sports. Clinical services include individual, group, limited family therapy, and social rehabilitation. Social workers perform these services as well as assessment, treatment planning, and case management. They play a key role in coordinating with residential and program staff to ensure that it meets the individual treatment goals of the client.
Special Information:
MSW, full-time or part-time; transportation is required; there is a $6.15/hour stipend available; liability insurance not required; audio/video taping permitted with permission; hours must be flexible and must accommodate boys who go to school, work, and other activities; some weekend and evening hours required; interns are eventually expected to assume clinical responsibility for 5 cases; interns will learn to make monthly contact with families, develop treatment plans, maintain weekly documentation on each client, co-facilitate groups, and engage in the coordination of treatment with Boys Ranch residential program staff.