Post-Undergraduate Administrative Internships

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Client Services

The AHP Services Center sees a variety of clients through several different units that work together to provide excellent and efficient clinical services to our clients. These units are described below:

Psychosocial Support and Prevention Services (PSPS)

The PSPS staff provides comprehensive mental health services including assessment and diagnosis, individual time-limited (20 sessions) weekly psychotherapy, group therapy, neuro-psychological testing and assessment, and vocational counseling to San Francisco residents living with HIV/AIDS. Additionally, with the help of trained volunteer staff, the program conducts over 20 weekly time-limited and ongoing peer support groups to persons living with HIV/AIDS including a group specifically targeting individuals who are newly diagnosed with HIV. Additionally, our REACH program (Risk Evaluation and Counseling for Health) provides individual and group counseling services to both HIV positive and HIV negative or untested gay and bisexual men with the goal of preventing HIV infection and transmission. The REACH program also conducts monthly workshops for gay and bisexual men addressing a variety of topics from dating and sex to body image and internalized homophobia.

Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Services (CPSAS)

CPSAS providers work in conjunction with PSS to offer psychiatric care for our HIV positive clients where appropriate. Our psychiatrists and nurse practitioners offer treatment, consultation and medication monitoring. When needed, clients are assessed and followed at home for HIV related cognitive impairment. The CPSAS team manages client psychiatric crises in the services center and in the community. In addition, they offer consultation and training for other providers in the community. The CPSAS team offers individual and group counseling and case management services for those clients who are struggling with psychiatric and substance use issues as well as being HIV positive. The team works closely with other providers involved with a particular client to ensure comprehensive care.

JOB DESCRIPTION: Interns working at the Services Center provide the necessary daily administrative tasks of the various programs listed above. These tasks include, but are not limited to the following: data entry, maintaining client files, management of client data forms and surveys, preparing correspondence, transcribing psychiatric notes and client crisis information, and directly work with clients both while serving as receptionist at our front desk and through informing them of availability of services they are waiting to become a part of. Interns will work with one or more teams to design publicity for specialized workshops, forums and other community events. Interns are invited to sit in on various staff case consultations, psychiatric rounds, and unit meetings.