This will be a new track for the 2025-2026 academic year. There will be two interns assigned to this track. Interns in the Adult Correctional/Forensics track will complete 4 rotations of 3 months each; however, 2 of the rotations will occur within 2 different levels of care at Riker’s Island Jail 3 days per week. Thus, each intern will rotate at Riker’s Island for 6 months during either the first or second half of the year. The remaining two rotations will be: the Women’s Forensics Unit with Bronx Court Clinic subrotation, and an elective rotation from any of the others offered.
Interns will be exposed to a wide range of assessment and intervention experiences within correctional and forensics settings. They will learn how to treat patients within the jail setting with highly significant mental health issues. They will also perform intake assessment, learn how to write presentencing mental health-related reports and have an opportunity to observe 7.30 examinations as well as write up simulated 7.30 examinations. Thus, there will be an opportunity to assess and intervene with patients at all different levels of the correctional system as well as learn about how to provide forensics-related evaluations.
Like the interns on the other tracks, interns will carry an outpatient caseload that consists of 3 individual patients, 1 group, and either a couple or family. There will be opportunities to work with patients within the outpatient setting across the lifespan. The elective rotation experience may also include lifespan experience, should the intern desire. Finally, these interns will also complete assessment batteries throughout the internship year, typically 7-10 in all.
Notably, a forensics seminar series that begins each spring will include additional didactics and learning experiences to help address the educational needs of these interns. The Adult Correctional/Forensics Track Interns will also have access to the same didactic seminars as the other interns in the program.
The ideal applicant for this program will have a range of previous clinical experiences with adults that include or are similar to the following: incarcerated populations, hospital inpatient work, day treatment program work, work with severely and persistently mentally ill patients, and multiple assessment experiences resulting in several integrated assessment batteries. Furthermore, applicants should be hard-working, have excellent time management and organizational skills, desire work within a fast-paced urban hospital setting and be interested in gaining extensive knowledge in treatment of severely disturbed patients from a wide variety of cultural backgrounds. Interested applicants can feel free to contact the Director of Training, David Block, PsyD, at 718-334-3913 or at blockd@nychhc.org.