Internship Reflection Essay

Many people experience exclusion in their lives; yet, when they feel included, they experience the process of healing. In the memoir Coming Back Stronger: Unleashing the Power of Adversity, Dw Brees’ journey to healing is explored. This experience of exclusion to inclusion is also discussed in Becoming Human by Jean Vanier. The New Orleans Saints accepted Drew, a severely injured quarterback at the time, just as Jean Vanier accepted people with intellectual disabilities into L’Arche. Withal, Drew is given the opportunity to motivate and inspire his team, and those people included in the L’Arche community are given the opportunity to develop new, meaningful relationships. For Drew, having this opportunity results in a milestone for the whole team that represents hope for New Orleans, while the people with intellectual disabilities being able to be in an inclusive community result in the maturity of the heart. Both works suggest that being inclusive towards other people, especially those excluded in society, by welcoming them into a particular community result in a person’s internal and external healing.

This semester, I am currently interning at Washington Adventist Hospital. I intern twelve hours a week on Monday, Thursday and Saturday. At the beginning of my internship, my goals were to learn as much as I can being on the Cardiology floor, learn how to talk to patients, learn how to work in a hospital setting, and learn how to communicate efficiently with nurse’s and patient care technician’s. I also learned how to answer phone calls and made sure to ask the right questions. This not only provides the nurse with what they are asking for, but also helps provide the right information to the doctor as well.

The goal of the internship was to complete a 150 hours and provide a weekly summary of activities. In order to get the internship I had to do a phone screening with Mary Doe. She is the administrative assistant to Commander John Doe. Who is the Assistant Associate Director of Facility Support and also the internship supervisor for the SIU Health Care Management students at FHCC. I meet with CDR John Doe for a brief interview. We went over my goals and what I hope to gain by interning at FHCC. I felt interning at FHCC would be a natural transition because CDR Wallis has a background in Healthcare Administration.

Although this internship was great and I loved the majority of it, there were times where not everything would make sense to me. When those times came Sandie was generally very helpful and able to help me. When she was not around another member of the staff would generally help. There were a few times where there was nobody to ask a question to and I just had to try to figure it out on my own. One of those times happened when I had to use a fat loss monitor at the gym for the partner up challenge. I had never used the one here before and did not know exactly how it worked. I did not realize that I was going to be doing it on my own at the time either so I was not as prepared as I should have been. It took ten minutes to figure out how to work the machine and that one of them was broken. I felt unprofessional and I am sure I looked unprofessional as well. In the end everything turned out well, but at the time it was quite difficult because nobody was around to help and I was stuck trying to figure it out. This is one place better communication from everyone, including me, would have helped this troubling situation resolve easier.

Not only am I learning a lot of new things, but I am having a hands-on experience to prepare me for my future career in counseling. During this internship at CCP I have been in contact with several different clients. In my case it will be employers, employees, or their family members. CCP provides chaplain ship for business employers, employees, or their family members that may experience some type of crisis. Also, CCP provides chaplain ship for everyday life situations that may need addressing. Whether, it is listening, giving advice, providing a ministry of presence, sending referrals, or praying. Several employees have gained a bond and trust with me wherein, they feel comfortable talking with me and sharing with me personal

My internship falls within the peak period of November to May. During this peak period, my role as an intern is to act as a source of support to my seniors. I will provide additional assistance to my engagement team so that they will be able to focus on more crucial areas that require their urgent attention. My duties varied when I was in the office and out at client site. During my internship, I spent about two out of eleven weeks in the office and the remaining

My internship placement is at Positive Living Niagara, which is non-for profit organization located in Downtown, St Catharines. The focus of this organization is to offer a band of innovative and proactive tactics to harm reduction, prevention and a person- centered focus on support and education for those at risk and affected by HIV, HCV and STBBIs in the region. The organization is comprised of 3 major departments, which are Support and Education, Street works, and Case Management. I work in the office while generally overseeing these departments every Friday from 9:00am – 5:00pm. My supervisor is the Executive Director of the organization and his name is Glen Walker. I have been given a main task that is to redesign the organization’s annual report. Along with this task I was given others such as succession planning, analyzing, and revising existing polices.

The agency where I am completing my internship is called Center for Family Services. This organization provides a wide range of services. I am working in their Family First program. This program is a substance abuse program just for mothers who must attend drug court or have an open case with the Division of Child Protection and Permanency. These women are ordered to complete a substance abuse program. This program serves a diverse cultural and ethnic population who may have experienced trauma in their life. Many times, trauma and post traumatic stress can lead to substance abuse.

Each internship opportunity provided a different learning experience and helped expose me to a contrasting career option. My goal was to experience the calming yet thrilling feeling that my sisters described when they went to work everyday. On the third day of my sixth internship, my manager at the Depositary Trust & Clearing Corporation informed me that the building was on mandatory lockdown due to a breach in their settlement system and we could not leave until the issue was resolved. I sat at work for over fifteen hours listening to our team work together to solve this issue and as my boss explained the circumstances, that was occurring I realized that I was experiencing that calming yet thrilling feeling that I’ve been searching

On Wednesday (1/25/17), I started my internship! On the first day, I was introduced to my supervisors, Glinda O’Neill, and began orientation. During orientation, I was introduced to other staff (i.e. nurses, psychiatrists, rec therapist, case managers, interns). On Thursday and Friday, I spent all my time observing therapeutic groups, family sessions, individual therapy, and treatment teams. This week, one major issue that aroused dealt with one substance abuse patient that purposely caused tension between other patients, attempted to split staff, and was very disrespectful to staff. The patient’s psychiatrist and LSCW had to decide whether to discharge the patient, who was voluntary, or allow the patient to stay on the floor. After treatment team, the staff decided to discharge the patient on the upcoming Monday. I agree with their decision because keeping the patient would be detrimental to the floor/patients.

I began to complete my internship hours on March 17, 2016. On my first day of completing my internship hours, I attended a training session that was located in Manhattan at one of the Health Care Network location was located in Manhattan. On March 21, 2016 to March 23, 2016 I attended Caribbean House Health Care Network in Brooklyn, New York. During My experience at this internship site I encounter being exposed to ethical competence at this organization and doing tasks.

On Tuesday morning, I received an email from Bob confirming that Project 180 was going to be the place for my internship this semester. He sent me the information in order for me to make an appointment for my interview. I immediately called the person in charge called Sal Arias, and I set up the appointment for Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. After that, I called Bob to informed him about my interview. On Wednesday, I showed up for

My internship as a counselor of domestic and substance abuse was challenging and practical. I came into contact with domestic violence defendants, substance abuse defendants, as well as DUI first & second time offenders. These are people who have problems with impulse control, some emotional instability, and people who need to reevaluate how they make their choices. Having an internship in this environment and with these populations helped me realized what natural skills I have in the area of counseling and in which areas I need to improve as I continue my education and career.

The internship will end on the 13th of March 2015 which will earn me 3 credit hours with a minimum of 120 hours. I was required to complete a set of task given by the organization in order to complete my internship, on the first day of internship, because it was still during the Chinese New Year week, and that my co-supervisor Ms.Siew who was the counsellor I supposed to be working with, was on leave. I was given a simpler task of updating the organization database of all the people who had work or volunteered with AWAM. On the following day my supervisor Ms. Emily, briefed me about a task she wanted me to help her with which includes creating an excel document for the staff member’s year 2014 leave report and to check if the number’s adds up with the hard copy that was provided. On the third day of my internship is when I was introduced to the task I was eventually supposed to be doing throughout my internship. I was transferred to the counselling service room also known as the TELENITA room, where I was supposed to work with counsellors and legal aid

It has been a while since I started at the internship and I am really glad I decided to work here. I think the experience in this area is a good preview of my career and future. I am learning some important skills and finding out some things about myself and the tough skin I will need in order to stay in the area of juvenile support.