MA-Counseling Internship

Job Description

Job Description

Would you like an experience that changes lives while working with a team built on shared values? Look no further! At Youth In Need, we value community and relationships. We encourage courageous spaces, leaning into discomfort, and stretching your learning muscles.

Youth In Need has been around since 1974 helping to create safe places for the area's most vulnerable children. We have more than 400 full- and part-time staff who serve more than 8,000 children, teens, and families at nearly 100 locations in six counties in Eastern Missouri.

Youth In Need has been named a St. Louis Post-Dispatch Top Workplace for seven straight years. We are nationally recognized by the US Department of Health and Human Services as an exemplary program. We value social justice and are dedicated to enhancing racial equity in our organization.

Racial equity, diversity, and inclusion are core institutional values for Youth In Need, and we commit to developing an organization that is affirming, inclusive, and equitable. Equity drives excellence. In that pursuit, we widen our focus to confront the structural inequities and systemic racism that impact our clients' well-being.

For more information on our commitment, please visit

We are interested in Master's-level students who are currently enrolled in or have completed relevant coursework in a Master's Program in Counseling, Social Work, Marriage and Family Counseling, Art Therapy, or other approved and related degree.

Ability to be CPR certified preferred. Excellent clinical assessment skills, clinical/therapeutic intervention skills, and verbal & written communication skills preferred.

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Youth In Need is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equal opportunities for all applicants and employees without regard to ability, age, ancestry, color, cultural background, faith/religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetics, income, marital status, national origin, political belief/affiliation, pregnancy, race, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.