Stipend and Benefits

The full-time internship position (12 months requiring 2000 hours), begins in early August and has a yearly stipend of $22,000. Interns receive 5 days of vacation, 10 agency holidays and 7 sick days.  There is some flexibility in scheduling time-off and an effort will be made to provide additional time for dissertation research at the discretion of the Training Director.  Medical and Dental benefits are available to the intern at a reasonable cost.  A written letter of acceptance indicating stipend, benefits, vacation and holiday leave, and other details of training is provided to candidates offered internships.

 Human Resource Requirements

Psychology interns are accepted according to all APPIC Match policies. In addition, the internship placement is contingent upon an applicant satisfying certain other eligibility requirements. An intern applicant accepted through the APPIC Match Process must, prior to beginning internship have completed the following:

• Employee Biographic Information Sheet

• I-9 Immigration Form

• Personnel Confidentiality Statement

• Waiver and Release of Liability

• W-4 Form

• Occupational Privilege Tax Form

• Additional Driver Questionnaire

• Pennsylvania Child Abuse History Clearances

• Child Abuse Policy and Acknowledgement Form

• FBI Background Check

• Pennsylvania Criminal History Checks

• ChildLine Background Check

• Act 80 Disclosure Statement

• Job Descriptions (1 for signature/personnel file & 1 for retention by employee)

• Physical Examination Appointment Scheduled

• Agency Orientation Scheduled

• Employment Acknowledgment

• Worker’s Compensation Acknowledgment

• Drug Testing Consent

To do all this BEFORE the match on 30-40 applicants would be logistically prohibitive, and could not be done in time to submit rankings. Thus, each applicant must be aware of these policies and procedures prior to submitting an application to us. Once matched with us, you will be asked to satisfy these and any remaining eligibility requirements and complete the hiring process. If you “fail” the child abuse, criminal, drug testing, or FBI clearances, you may not be permitted to do your internship with us, even though matched to our program, and might also therefore be exclueded from the possibility of going elsewhere for the year. In addition, any misrepresentation, misstatement, omission, or distortion about your training, credentials, readiness for internship, professional competence, character, legal, or ethical history may be cause for immediate deselection, dismissal, or termination from the program.

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