Have CCD Students Join Your Practice
Our partner agencies allow our internship students to integrate their counseling skills, knowledge, and professional disposition with diverse clientele and communities. In-kind, sites often speak to the enhanced morale, infusion of a new perspective, and additional capacity that can come with hosting an internship. Before students can complete any hours at a site, the site must be vetted and approved by the CCD program to ensure that program and accreditation requirements are met. This page hosts essential information regarding the approval process for prospective sites/ site supervisors.
Benefits of Supervising CCD Interns
- Interns at a site may bring positive feedback on present functioning procedures and create new improvement ideas.
- Interns may increase the service capabilities of the organization.
- Site supervision is a potential pathway to give back to the helping professions.
- Enhance and hone clinical supervision skills.
- The communication and interaction between the site and the Counseling and Career Development program can be increased and mutually productive.
- Site supervisors can receive elective graduate credit from Colorado State University for their work with an intern. One graduate credit per semester is provided per intern averaging 20 hours/week.
Overview of Required Steps
Our program and national accreditation requirements require that sites and site supervisors meet specific requirements. All prospective internship sites must undergo a review of the site AND a review of at least one qualified site supervisor. Prospective sites that do not meet either the internship site requirements OR the qualified site supervisor requirements cannot be approved.
While designated an approved internship site, new site supervisors must be reviewed and approved before they can be the direct supervisor of a CCD counseling intern.
Review Process for Internship Site
Step 1: Review Fieldwork Information
Our program believes strongly in informed consent regarding our fieldwork processes. Due to this, we request that interested parties start by reviewing the following documents and information:
- CCD Internship Manual
- Standard Deadlines – Intern Search Phase
- Initial Site Supervisor Review Form
- Please refer to the “Minimum Requirements for Site Supervisor” heading below or the internship manual regarding minimum requirements for site supervisors.
- Initial Site Supervisor Review – Resume/CV Upload
Step 2: Initial meeting with CCD Fieldwork Coordinator
After these documents have been reviewed, we welcome you to book an initial meeting with the CCD fieldwork coordinator here. During this initial meeting, we welcome addressing any questions from the documents you reviewed, hear about your interest in becoming an approved internship site, and sharing more about the Counseling and Career Development program and our national accreditation requirements for internship sites.
Step 3: Complete MOU
After the initial meeting (and any subsequent meetings as needed), if both parties wish to continue with the internship review process, we will request that a staff member at your organization with signature authority review and sign the CSU CHHS Internship MOU, which will be shared during the initial meeting with the CCD Fieldwork Coordinator.
Review Process for Prospective Site Supervisors
Review and Upload Required Documents
- Review and ensure that minimum requirements (detailed below) have been met.
- Complete the Initial Site Supervisor Review Form and upload it and a CV/ resume to the embedded link within the form.
- Please give 7-10 business days for the documents to be reviewed by the CCD fieldwork coordinator.
- If there are questions or concerns about your application, the CCD fieldwork coordinator will email you.
- You will be provided a profile within our online fieldwork management software (Tevera) for free. Please keep an email from the CCD fieldwork coordinator with instructions on claiming your profile.
- Please note: If you have a Tevera profile with other clinical programs, you will still need to register for ours, as profiles are unique to the individual educational programs.
- Once you have claimed your profile and updated your account information on the fieldwork management software, you are done.
Minimum Requirements for Site Supervisor
Per CACREP and program standards, site supervisors have:
- Master’s degree or Ph.D. in counseling, social work, psychology, or marriage and family therapy;
- Relevant certifications and/or licenses that align with interns’ specialization;*
- Minimum of two years of pertinent professional experience in the specialty area in which the student is enrolled;
- Knowledge of the program’s expectations, requirements, and evaluation procedures for students;
- Relevant training in counseling supervision
*See below for additional requirements for each respective specialization.
Additional Requirements per Specialization
Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Must be a licensed mental health professional (i.e., licensed professional counselor (LPC), licensed clinical social worker (LCSW), licensed psychologist (LP), or licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT)) in good standing in the state of Colorado.
School Counseling
Must hold a Colorado Department of Education School Counseling Endorsement (or equivalent if completing internship out of state) and have a minimum of two years of pertinent professional experience at the school level they are supervising an intern.
Career Counseling
Students completing the career counseling track need to seek supervision from a counselor (licensure not required) with career development and counseling expertise. If the supervisor does not hold an LPC, the Certified Career Counselor (CCC) or Certified Clinical Supervisor of Career Counseling (CCSCC) credentials from the National Career Development Association are recommended.
Historical Timelines of Internship Applications and Interviews for Each Specialization
Career Counseling Specialization
Most applications open between late December to late January. Interviews are often held around the start to the middle of February, and placement offers are extended between late February and early March.
Our program recognizes that these timelines may differ based on industry trends and individual site preferences.
Clinical Mental Health Counseling Specialization
Most applications open between late January through the final weeks of March. Interviews are often held around the middle of February through the start of April. Placement offers are often extended between early March through April.
Our program recognizes that these timelines may differ based on industry trends and individual site preferences.
School Counseling Specialization
Timelines for the school counseling specialization can vary significantly due to differences between school districts. Most of our district partners’ applications open between early February through the final weeks of March. Interviews are often held around the middle of February through the start of April. Placement offers are often extended between early March through the end of April.
Our program recognizes that these timelines may differ based on industry trends and individual site preferences.