The RAMS Peer Counseling Internship is a 9-month, up-to 20 hours/week, hands-on training program for individuals (or their family members) who have accessed mental health and/or substance use services in the past, and who are interested in pursuing Peer Counseling as a career path.
The program pays interns $17.34/hour and helps individuals learn to appropriately utilize their lived experience to benefit the wellness and recovery of participants being served. Interns receive weekly individual and group supervision as well as professional development training which includes topics such as Harm Reduction, Motivational Interviewing, Ethics and Boundaries, and Group Facilitation.
Peer interns are placed in a variety of settings including community-based clinics, drop-in centers, and treatment programs where they work directly with participants and staff. The intention of the Peer Internship Program is to provide interns with hands-on experience in behavioral health services so they can then take the skills they learned to move forward in their careers in the field.
For any questions or to get on the email list for application releases and other updates, please e-mail peerinternship@ramsinc.org.
