Internship Opportunities

Bonnie Brae serves as a training facility for human service professionals from throughout the united States and abroad.  Recent affiliations include:

• Kean University
• Montclair State University
• New Jersey City University
• Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
• Seton Hall University
• University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey

Interns from outside the United States are encouraged to apply to work and learn at Bonnie Brae for a minimum of one year.

Clinical Internship

Bonnie Brae has clinical internship opportunities for 1st and 2nd year Master students. With an on grounds certified special education program, Bonnie Brae also has clinical internship opportunities for its day treatment program.

Bonnie Brae offers flexible scheduling, including evenings and weekends, nationally recognized training opportunities in family therapy and the treatment of sexually abusive youths and individual and group supervision.

Clinical interns can enhance their clinical skills by providing individual, group and family therapy under the supervision and guidance of qualified task supervisors. Clinical interns can participate in intakes assessments, treatment planning and discharge planning. Bonnie Brae has had a commitment to being a teaching facility for more than a decade.

Research Interns

The Evaluation and Research Department at Bonnie Brae is looking for smart, motivated, go-getters to work in our team-oriented, friendly environment. The candidates will have a major in Psychology, Sociology, Criminal Justice or social science related field. He or she will have strong computer, verbal and written communications skills, and a willingness to learn.

DUTIES WHICH WILL ENABLE YOU TO LEARN THE TENETS OF APPLIED EVALUATION AND RESEARCH: Locating & telephone interviewing former clients/residents, their families, probations officers and state social service workers. Collecting psycho-social information on emotionally disturbed adolescent males. Data entry & filing. Review data for accuracy through cleaning and analyzing using the statistical software package SPSS for the social sciences. Create and maintain databases using Excel, Access and SPSS. Graphing, charting and presenting data. Assisting in literature reviews, summarizing articles and preparing visual and oral presentations. Interacting with different social service entities such as DYFS, Probation, Detention, group homes and independent living facilities. Receive invaluable, applied, practical training experience in the process of conducting evaluation and research. If you are uncertain whether graduate school is the next step in your social service research career, this is the internship for you! We offer a monthly stipend to qualified candidates. Bonnie Brae has had a commitment to being a teaching facility for more than a decade.

If you are interested in this position, please submit your current resume to Bonnie Brae Research Department; fax 908-604-8869.