The Flourish Behavioral Health Internship Program
Transform Your Career. Transform Healthcare.Enrollment is open for the Flourish Behavioral Health Internship Program! This competitive internship program provides intensive healthcare social work training and generous funding opportunities for qualifying students. Students in this program are trained to deliver integrated, effective, and evidence-based care coordination and behavioral health services to older adults in rural Kentucky. Remote placement opportunities are available. For social work students, we offer multiple financial support options. Advanced-standing masters-level social work students are eligible for a $10,000 stipend. Foundation master's level and BSW students are eligible to participate in this program, but funding varies depending on available grant funds. We also offer stipends for doctoral-level Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner ($28,352) and masters-level Counseling Psychology students ($10,000). The Institute's Flourish Behavioral Health Internship Program funded by the UofL Trager Institute's HRSA Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training grant. Download Program FlyerHOW TO APPLYThe Flourish Behavioral Health Internship Program is a highly competitive program that is ideal for students who are dedicated to gaining exceptional care coordination and behavioral health professional skills. Interested students for the fall 2021 cohort should complete the online internship application found below. Strong candidates will be invited for a follow-up interview. For questions contact Misty Kupka at misty.kupka @louisville.edu. Attention UofL Kent School Students: please call or email the Field Placement Office before submitting an application for the Flourish Behavioral Health Internship Program. Transform Your Career. Transform Healthcare. Now accepting applications!
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Multiple funding opportunities*: Counseling Psychology - Master's level: $10,000 living expense stipend *Employment at the University of Louisville and other qualifying characteristics may make students ineligible for these awards |
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Remote placement opportunities. |
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Professional training in interprofessional care and behavioral health interventions. |
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Earn Professional Certificate in Geriatric Interdisciplinary Behavioral Health- Primary Care. |
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Career Development & Job Placement Services. |
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Improve the lives of older adults in a transformative service coordination model. |
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Enrollment in one of the following programs:
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Willing to travel to practice sites including locations in rural counties, to be determined upon entry into program. |
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Interest in working with the older adult population. |
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A commitment to work with a behavioral health setting after graduation. |