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Everything field coordinators and practicum directors need to partner with us — supervision details, learning objectives, and how to initiate a formal affiliation.
Start the Affiliation ProcessWho We Are
Mission-Driven Training in Culturally Responsive Care
The Osiris Group is a Greater Boston behavioral health organization with a singular focus: delivering culturally competent clinical services to Black, Latino, and urban communities. We believe that being culturally competent when working with Black people is more important than being professionally educated — and we carry that conviction into every aspect of our internship program.
Our interns don't just fulfill their hours. They develop as practitioners who understand the urban psyche, who build genuine therapeutic relationships across difference, and who leave equipped for careers in high-need community settings — including DCF-partnered family intervention work.
“Our Purpose, Our Passion, Our People — we train clinicians who are ready to serve real communities with real skill.”
Supervision Structure
How We Support Your Students
Our supervision model is designed to meet the field education requirements of accredited MSW and CMHC programs. All supervision is conducted virtually via Google Meet for maximum accessibility and flexibility.
Each intern receives regular one-on-one supervision with a licensed Clinical Supervisor, focused on case review, skill development, and competency progression aligned with your program's field education requirements.
📹 Google Meet · VirtualInterns participate in monthly group supervision sessions alongside peers and clinical staff, fostering collaborative learning, professional reflection, and multidisciplinary perspective-taking.
📹 Google Meet · VirtualInterns observe and participate in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams, including clinicians, TT&S workers, and DCF case workers, gaining exposure to how professionals coordinate care across complex family systems.
Team-Based Learning
Nia-Sue Mitchum is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) with more than 40 years of clinical experience working with children, families, and adults from diverse cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds. Throughout her distinguished career, she has developed deep expertise in behavioral health, family systems, and community-based practice. Nia-Sue is a seasoned clinical educator who has provided supervision to BA-level and MA-level interns and clinicians, guiding the next generation of social work professionals with a grounded, culturally responsive approach to training and mentorship.
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France Neff Walker is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) holding a doctorate in psychology, with over 30 years of clinical experience spanning child and adult psychology and mental health counseling. Her broad clinical background encompasses assessment, therapeutic intervention, and consultation across a wide range of presenting concerns and populations. France brings a scholarly, evidence-informed lens to her supervisory practice, supporting interns in developing the clinical acuity, ethical grounding, and cultural competence essential for effective work in today's behavioral health landscape.
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Three Program Areas for Intern Placement
Students may be placed within one of our three active program tracks, depending on their year of study, program requirements, and available openings each semester.
In-Home Therapy
Intensive, community-based intervention for children, adolescents, and families in crisis.
- ► Strength-based services for youth ages 20 and under
- ► Services delivered in the home and community environment
- ► Wraparound model pairing the intern with a TT&S worker
- ► Skill areas: problem-solving, communication, safety planning
- ► Focused on reducing hospitalization and out-of-home placement
Outpatient Services
Comprehensive behavioral health care for children, adolescents, and adults in a clinic setting.
- ► Individual therapy, group therapy, and family therapy
- ► Presentations include depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, and substance use
- ► Primarily serves MassHealth members
- ► Crisis support and care coordination experience available
- ► Diverse client demographics across the lifespan
DCF Support & Stabilization
Community-based family intervention in partnership with the MA Department of Children & Families.
- ► S&S, SCPS, and Transition-Aged Youth (YSS) programs
- ► Family reunification, stabilization, and permanency support
- ► Meeting with families up to three times per week
- ► Navigation of courts, schools, immigration, and public systems
- ► Multilingual team environment; emphasis on cultural competency
Learning Objectives
What Interns Will Learn
Our internship is designed to produce clinicians who are not only technically skilled but culturally grounded. Below are the core competency areas developed across all three program tracks.
In-Home TrackOutpatient Track
DCF Track
- Conduct biopsychosocial assessments with individuals and families
- Develop and implement individualized treatment plans
- Apply evidence-based and strength-based therapeutic interventions
- Facilitate individual, family, and group therapy sessions
- Perform crisis risk assessments and safety planning
- Understand the cultural conditioning of the African American urban psyche
- Integrate cultural context into assessment and treatment approaches
- Navigate cultural dynamics within therapeutic relationships
- Recognize systemic factors impacting the mental health of Black and Latino clients
- Apply the NASW Code of Ethics and ACA ethical standards to clinical practice
- Engage in reflective practice through individual and group supervision
- Collaborate effectively within a multidisciplinary team
- Maintain professional documentation including clinical notes and treatment records
- Develop a professional identity as a culturally competent clinician
- Understand DCF service structures including S&S, SCPS, and YSS programs
- Support family reunification, stabilization, and permanency planning
- Navigate public systems including DCF, courts, schools, and immigration services
- Connect families to community resources and long-term natural supports
- Engage with transition-aged youth on relationship-building and independent living
Initiate an Affiliation
How to Partner with The Osiris Group
This is a Paid Internship
The Osiris Group compensates its interns across all three placement tracks. This means your students can fully commit to their placement without the financial strain that often limits field placement choices.
Ready to discuss a placement for your students?
France Neff Walker, PhD., LMHC
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We'd love to learn about your program and explore how The Osiris Group can support your students' field education goals across all three placement tracks.