M.Div. Counselling Major Internship Fall 2013 Student Orientation Kern Stanberry, M.Div. RMFT Coordinator of Counselling Major Internship Program November 13, 2013

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M.Div. Counselling MajorInternshipFall 2013
Student OrientationKern Stanberry, M.Div.
RMFTCoordinator of Counselling Major Internship
ProgramNovember 13, 2013
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Agenda

• Introduction
• Internship Prerequisite Co-Requisite
• International Students Work Permit Process
• Internship Hours
• Internship Procedures
• Summary of Documents for Internship Completion
• Q A
• Appendix A International Students Work Permit
• Appendix B CASC Internship Guideline

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Introduction

• Internships will not start until all of the
  prerequisite courses have been taken. The process
  of placing students in internship takes time.
  Therefore we begin the process now, knowing that
  placements will not begin until May at the
  earliest (some will not begin until September).

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Prerequisites(all tracks)

• Spiritual Formation (SPIR 0700)
• Leadership Formation (LEAD 0510)
• Skills Lab 1 2

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Pre- or Co-requisites(Clinical Track)

• Theories Methods of Family Therapy 1 2 (COUN
  0772)
• Professional Ethics (COUN 0775)

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Pre- or Co-requisites(Pastoral Track)

• Professional Ethics
• Or
• Christian Ethics

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International students

• All International students are required to obtain
  a work permit in order to complete their
  internship placement for their program. This is
  in compliance with the conditions outlined by
  Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC).
• Please see Appendix A for details of the
  process

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Total Placement Hours 450
Includes

• Face-to-face counselling
• Group Psychotherapy
• Supervision
• Notes and record keeping
• Preparation
• Administration

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Clinical Hours - All Tracks(Included in total
placement time)

• Tyndale 150 minimum
• AAMFT 300 minimum

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Hours NOT included

• Travel unless on placement business (i.e. court
  appearance, home visits etc.)
• Psychoeducational groups (ie presentations) (will
  be included in placement time, but not clinical
  time)

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Planning the Length of Your Internship

• 2 terms 26 weeks
• 18 hours per week (total time) (468 hrs.)
• 6 hours per week face-to-face (156 hrs.)
• 3 terms 39 weeks
• 12 hours per week (total time) (468 hrs.)
• 4 hours per week face-to-face (156 hrs.)

Note To extend an internship beyond one year
will need approval from your faculty advisor
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Procedure
What You Need to Do

• Download appropriate files
• Internship Handbook
• Internship Flowchart
• Placement Sites
• Student Profile template
• Record of clinical time log

Website http//tyndale.ca/seminary/counselling/do
wnloads/internships
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Procedure

• 2. Prepare your resume
• 3. Fill in the Student Profile

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4. Email student profile and resume to Kern
Stanberry (kstanberry_at_tyndale.ca) by the end
of first week of classes in January

• Files must be submitted in the following format
• Surname, first name - student profile
• Surname, first name - resume

• 5. Register in Fall for COUN 0701

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Procedure Once resumes are received
Next Steps

• Resumes and profiles are reviewed
• Resumes are sent to sites by mid-February
• Sites will contact students and arrange for an
  interview according to their schedules

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Once you have started your placement

• Confirm Site Agreement form is signed by
  supervisor
• Prepare Learning Contract (in consultation with
  Supervisor)
• Ensure both Site Agreement and Learning Contract
  are forwarded to Kern Stanberry within one month
  of starting internship

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Summary of Required Documents for Internship
Completion

• Site agreement (due at least 1 month
  of start of internship)
• Learning contract (due at least 1 month of
  start of internship)
• Supervisor evaluation (Due at
  end of each semester)
• Internship Record of Clinical Time
• (Must have minimum 150 face-to-face hours
  and 300 for admin plus
• supervision hours). Please use spread
  sheet that does calculations)
• due at end of each semester and at
  completion of internship
• Direct Client Contact Record (Due end of
  internship)
• Site and supervisor evaluation Form
• (Due end of Internship)

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• Questions

Thank You
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Appendix A
International Student Internship Work Permit
Process

• Work permits for international students can be
  tricky.  The following offers clarification of
  the steps and attempts to simplify what can
  sometimes be a long and complicated process.
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• All international students are required to obtain
  a work permit.  International students at Tyndale
  are not permitted to work in Canada, with the
  exception of on-campus work.  The Canadian
  Government does allow work permits for internship
  placements because internships are connected to a
  students program of study.  They do not apply
  for a general work permit, but rather a
  co-op/internship permit (http//www.cic.gc.ca/engl
  ish/study/work-coop.asp).  The processing time
  for this permit can vary. Typically, students
  should expect the permit to arrive 6-8 weeks from
  date of submission.

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• The internship registration process for
  international students is as follows
• They apply for their internship via the normal
  process.
• Once they have secured their internship (i.e.
  submit application, complete an interview and are
  accepted), they complete a non-classroom
  registration form and submit it to the
  Registrars Office. (the form is online at
  http//www.tyndale.ca/registrar/forms)
• When they submit the form to the Registrars
  Office, they must complete a letter request form
  (also available at http//www.tyndale.ca/registrar
  /forms) and request a Work Permit Letter. The
  reason that the registrars office needs to see
  the signed non-classroom form is because they
  must verify that a student is completing the
  internship and its duration. Students are to
  submit both forms at the same time.
• Registrars office completes the Work Permit
  Request letter and the students apply for the
  work permit (the non-classroom course form is on
  hold when this happens)
• When the permit arrives, the students submit a
  copy of the permit to the registrars office, at
  which time, the non-classroom course form is
  processed.
• Students are then able to begin their internship.
  

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• Note The work permit does not cancel the study
  permit.  When students have a placement and are
  ready to submit the non-classroom course form,
  then the registrars office can proceed with
  the work permit application.  Student should
  give at least two months for the permit to
  arrive.
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• Source Registration Officer Academic Support,
  Tyndale University College Seminary.
• You may contact Sharon Khan for additional
  information.

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CASC Internship Guideline
Appendix B

• Tyndale recognizes the Canadian Association for
  Spiritual Care (CASC) Clinical Pastoral Education
  (CPE) and Pastoral Counselling Education (PCE)
  course unit as equivalent to selected M.Div.
  Counselling courses.
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• Upon prior consultation with the director of the
  program, a student may take a CASC (formally
  CAPPE) CPE or PCE unit as a substitute for
  selected Tyndale counselling courses
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• One CASC (CPE or PCE) unit may be substituted for
  counselling internship course (COUN 0701)
• One CASC (CPE or PCE) unit may be substituted for
  two Tyndale counselling elective courses
• The CASC unit must be taken after the appropriate
  pre-requisites for the Internship course have
  been completed if the course is being used for
  Internship.

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• Process
• The student contacts a CASC (CPE or PCE)
  supervisor and applies for the unit. If
  accepted, the student registers for the unit, and
  pays the required fees (see information below).
  The student pays Tyndale a posting fee (currently
  100.00 ) to have the CASC unit posted as a
  substitute for COUN 0701 or the specified two
  elective courses.
• Students taking the CASC unit for counselling
  internship are required to do the following
• Submit to Tyndales Internship Coordinator
• Learning contract
• Log of internship hours (total of 150 direct
  client contact and 300 additional)
• Certificate of completion for the CASC Unit
• B) Attend and participate in the regular
  scheduled internship reflection
• groups each semester (two groups per
  semester)

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• CASC/CPE Program Information
• CSGTA - CASC Supervisors of the Greater Toronto
  Area (formerly TIPE - the Toronto Institute for
  Pastoral Education) offers courses in Clinical
  Pastoral Education (CPE) in a variety of centres
  in hospitals in the Metro Toronto Area (Canada).
  These programs are offered in affiliation with
  the Toronto School of Theology (TST) and may be
  taken for credit in conjunction with TST degree
  programs.
• All our programs are recognized by the the
  Canadian Association for Spiritual Care (CASC).
  (http//www.cpe-toronto.ca/index.asp)
• For program details and schedule, please visit
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  http//www.cpe-toronto.ca/index.asp
• Students should look for a site that will take
  Basic Level students.