Internship Opportunities
There are endless opportunities as an intern for New England Hospice. This opportunity offers the ability to experience both the administrative and clinical aspects of the company.
New England Hospice is currently offering three different kinds of internships:
New England Hospice is currently offering three different kinds of internships:
Administrative Internship:
An intern will assist in ancillary and office activities that support direct patient care activities. The intern will have the opportunity to develop special projects, which will meet both the intern’s interest and needs of the company.
Each student will go through an orientation and receive supervision. The student intern will complete a project by the end of the internship. The student will work with colleagues and supervisor to create a goal and a project of significance to the student and that they feel will benefit the company. The project will be decided and agreed upon within the first 1-2 weeks of the internship. At the end of the internship, the student will present the project they have completed to management.
Each student will go through an orientation and receive supervision. The student intern will complete a project by the end of the internship. The student will work with colleagues and supervisor to create a goal and a project of significance to the student and that they feel will benefit the company. The project will be decided and agreed upon within the first 1-2 weeks of the internship. At the end of the internship, the student will present the project they have completed to management.
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Qualifications:
Students must be able to work in a very flexible environment and able to multitask. Students must have computer skills. This is an unpaid internship. |
Hours per week:
Fall/Winter/Spring Internship: Coordinated with school scheduling Summer Internship: 16 hours per week: Two 8 hour days - flexible |
Advanced Internship:
In addition to the field internship, once every 2 weeks this intern will be required to attend an Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) meeting in Tewksbury, MA with their supervisor. On this day the intern will also be required to do patient contact visits in nearby nursing facilities, which may include companion visitation, sitting vigil with patients, and/or providing support for patients and their families.
This bi-monthly experience may include issues surrounding coping, grief and loss, education with disease and the dying process, and working with families after their loss to provide bereavement support. During the “off weeks,” students will be expected to write a 1 page reflection on their experiences in the previous week. Students will be supervised during this time, leading up to independent visits, but will always have support.
*This intern will be reimbursed for their gas mileage on days of travel.
This bi-monthly experience may include issues surrounding coping, grief and loss, education with disease and the dying process, and working with families after their loss to provide bereavement support. During the “off weeks,” students will be expected to write a 1 page reflection on their experiences in the previous week. Students will be supervised during this time, leading up to independent visits, but will always have support.
*This intern will be reimbursed for their gas mileage on days of travel.
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Qualifications:
Students must have computer skills. Students must also have a car and be willing to drive to Northern, MA (Tewksbury, Billerica, Chelmsford - all within a 10 minute drive of one another). This is an unpaid internship. |
Hours per week:
Fall/Winter/Spring Internship: Coordinated with school scheduling Summer Internship: 16 hours per week: Two 8 hour days - flexible |
MSW Graduate Internship:
Students will be assigned a caseload of hospice patients and work with them and their families to identify/ assess end-of-life needs. This may include issues surrounding coping, grief and loss, education with disease and dying process, moving past the hospice service and working with families after their loss to provide bereavement support, and identify issues requiring community referrals. Students will also be working within an interdisciplinary team and will be expected to provide updates to staff on their care plans.
Assignments include: assessment of patient’s psycho-social needs, patient and family bereavement needs, support groups, and working with families and patients to bridge any gaps in community needs. Students will have the opportunity to shadow other social workers as well as other disciplines and learn how an interdisciplinary team works to provide patient and family care. Each student will go through an orientation and receive supervision.
*This intern will be reimbursed for their gas mileage on days of travel.
Assignments include: assessment of patient’s psycho-social needs, patient and family bereavement needs, support groups, and working with families and patients to bridge any gaps in community needs. Students will have the opportunity to shadow other social workers as well as other disciplines and learn how an interdisciplinary team works to provide patient and family care. Each student will go through an orientation and receive supervision.
*This intern will be reimbursed for their gas mileage on days of travel.
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Qualifications:
Students must have computer skills. Students must also have a car and be willing to drive to Northern, MA (Tewksbury, Billerica, Chelmsford - all within a 10 minute drive of one another). This is an unpaid internship. |
Hours per week:
Hours are flexible, and we will work to meet the program's field placement requirement. |
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