The Pennsylvania State University

The Clinician SkillBridge Internship experience at Penn State Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) emphasizes a work experience focused on the training of "generalists"- highly competent and versatile professionals, who keep abreast of changes in the field and who use this information to inform their clinical practice. An additional goal of our program is the development of professionalism. As part of this, Skill Bridge participants will build upon their learning and abilities to engage in a process of self-evaluation of their work and its effectiveness. This is achieved through various supervision experiences (individual and group psychotherapy supervision), and through collaborative work with other professionals. Three major objectives which follow from this goal are: a strong emphasis on enhancing one's internal sense of ethical responsibility (conformity to accepted professional standards of conduct), social responsibility (sensitivity to the full range of human differences), and personal responsibility (awareness of self and ones personal impact in professional interactions). Clinicians who complete a SkillBridge training experience will work closely with clinical and administrative supervisors and peers in the counseling center. They will maintain confidentiality, ethical treatment protocols and records management expectations to ensure compliance with policies and procedures of Penn State and CAPS.

As interns for the University Police & Public Safety department, Armed Public Safety Officers patrol the University’s Department of Defense cleared facilities and are responsible for carrying out the functions of protection of sensitive materials and property, employee safety, preliminary security investigative work, and other related duties at the University’s Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) facilities.

The Administrative Support Manager intern will be fully integrated and productive within the Information Dominance Office, Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) at Penn State. Training includes understanding the structure and purpose of the Information Dominance Office, undergoing systems and tools training - Microsoft Office Suite (PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, and Excel) refresher; and familiarizing with ARL/Penn State's intranet and homepage management system. Training will include role-specific tasking to understand workflow and priorities, and managing the administrative workload, prioritizing tasks, and ensuring compliance. It will also include project management opportunities, and calendar and schedule management and team communication, and document management and reporting.