BHS Project PROVIDE Doctoral HSP Intern (SY26-27)

TITLE: Behavioral Health Services BHS Project PROVIDE Doctoral HSP Intern

REPORTS TO: Senior Director of Behavioral Health Services Department or their designee

STIPEND POSITION OVERVIEW: Behavioral Health Services (BPS School Psychology Department) has received a grant and seeks to develop a talent pool of interns working to complete their licensure in School Psychology, School Counseling and Social Work. This opportunity will occur weekly from August 18, 2026 to June 30, 2027. The number of working days a week will vary depending on the submitted intern application.

Project PROVIDE: Partnership for Readiness to Offer high quality and Valuable Interventions in Diverse Educational Contexts, is a Mental Health Demonstration grant funded by the US Department of Education to Boston Public Schools in connection with multiple local Institutes of Higher Education. Project PROVIDE is a preparation program for school psychologists, school counselors, and social work professionals who (1) are knowledgeable of BPS, have built connections to the community of youth and providers in the district, and are on a pathway to employment and retention within the district (2) are prepared to provide evidence-based and culturally, linguistically, sustaining mental health services, and (3) are ready to build connections between schools and community mental health services.

ELIGIBILITY

• BPS employees are not eligible if they continue to work as an employee during the school year that they choose to participate in Project PROVIDE.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Remain in good standing with your university;
• Comply with all district requirements and policies;
• Meet weekly with your supervisor;
• Attend a virtual kick-off event on Monday, September 14, 2026 11:00am – 1:00pm;
• Attend an all-day in-person behavioral health conference planned for January 4, 2027;
• Attend and track professional development (PD) activities during the school day and attend monthly professional development after school. This will include but is not limited to;
• • A set of required trainings (Trauma 101, De-escalation) due by October 2, 2026 and;
  • Eight additional trainings offered by Project PROVIDE due by June 5, 2027. PD must be approved by program administrators to remain in compliance with DoE grant expectations.
• For virtual meetings, cameras must remain on for all virtual sessions for engagement and data collection purposes;
• Attend an all-day in-person behavioral health conference tentatively planned for January 4, 2027;
• Complete all Project PROVIDE data collection and evaluation activities including the weekly supervision and professional development tracker forms, all exit tickets, and post-completion surveys administered by the evaluation team to monitor your progress after graduating from Project PROVIDE;
• Must complete the CORI and fingerprinting processes;
• Collaborate with the NASP Exposure Project, and present at least once to a group that can include but is not limited to: high school students, undergraduate students, or the BPS school committee;
• Optional but encouraged: All participants are strongly encouraged to attend a 2-day Project PROVIDE community orientation on August 18 & 19, 2026, as part of the School Psychology Behavioral Health Service Department’s Internal Coaching Institute (ICI);
• Sign and date an official service agreement.

STIPEND INFORMATION

Accepted Project PROVIDE HSP interns will be designated as BPS employees and will receive a daily compensation rate not exceeding, and up to:

$40,000 for the entire year working 5 days / week

Please note that this program is funded by the US Department of Education (DoE). As such, stipends are dependent on the DoE's continued ability to allocate funds.

Students will not be paid until they submit their timesheets. Project PROVIDE interns will be paid a daily rate that will not exceed the above stipend. Final details regarding payment will be shared before the start of the program.

QUALIFICATIONS - REQUIRED:

• Currently enrolled in an institution of higher education (IHE) completing a program;
• Completed the Project PROVIDE Intern application form.

BPS values linguistic diversity and believes that candidates who speak another language bring added value to the schools and district culture and diversity. BPS is particularly interested in candidates who are fluent in one of BPS' official languages: Spanish, Creole (Cape Verdean), Creole (Haitian), Chinese, Vietnamese, Portuguese, & Somali.