Graduate Counselor

Camp Baker Graduate Counselor

Internship/Trainee Title: Camp Baker Graduate Counselor

Location: On-site – Boston/Hale Reservation

Internship Type: Full-Time - Seasonal

Summary of position:

The Baker Center for Children and Families (also known as Judge Baker Children's Center), promotes the best possible mental health of children and families through the integration of research, intervention, training, and policy.

Camp Baker at The Baker Center for Children and Families (The Baker Center) is a program premised on the Summer Treatment Program (STP), a Model Program for Service Delivery for Child and Family Mental Health created by the Section on Clinical Child Psychology and Division of Child, Youth, and Family Services of the American Psychological Association. The Camp Baker summer graduate position provides trainees with the opportunity to receive didactic learning in the STP model, implementation of the complex behavioral system with a group of children, experience taking behavioral data, using data to create individualized treatment plans, formal group supervision, and informal individual supervision.

The dates of employment for the Graduate Counselor position are Monday, July 6, 2026, through Friday, August 21, 2026. Graduate Counselors’ hours of employment will be from 7:30am to 4:30pm, Monday through Friday. In addition, Graduate Counselors will continue to work until 6:00pm one evening each week while caregivers participate in parent training sessions. Graduate Counselors are paid $4,000 for the 7-week position. Graduate Counselors gain direct face-to-face clinical intervention experience, supervision, and didactic training that count toward clinical hours requirements. Practicum and academic credits often can be arranged through a Graduate Counselor’s own program.

What’s in it for me?

• Receive extensive training and hands-on experience implementing an evidence-based intervention
• Implement general behavioral principles and learn ways to interact with children that will be beneficial for any setting and population
• Gain supervisory experience by providing clinical support to undergraduate counselors
• Co-lead weekly group supervision with your staff team with leadership support
• Gain over 200 hours of supervised direct face to face clinical experience with neurodiverse children
• Daily caregiver check-outs providing positive and challenging clinical information about their child’s day
• Exposure to an evidence-based caregiver training intervention as the core didactic base of parent training sessions weekly throughout the summer
• Practicum and academic credits can be arranged through a Graduate Counselor’s own program.

Responsibilities :

• During all camp activities, implements an extensive positive and negative behavior modification treatment program including feedback and associated consequences, daily and weekly rewards, social praise and attention, appropriate commands, and removal from positive reinforcement.
• Works with other graduate staff to review daily treatment records to determine individual areas of impairment and target behaviors and individualized programming needs for campers who do not respond to standard treatment components.
• Communicates with parents/guardians about their children’s performance on daily report card goals.

Learning Objectives :

• Participates in week-long didactic training on behavior modification principles, orientation to treatment approaches and intervention components.
• Supervises Undergraduate Counselors in group, including review of activities plans for appropriateness, accurately records daily tracking forms, observes counselors to ensure that all group members are implementing the treatment components with fidelity, and offer informal supervision and support.
• Conduct and/or supervise daily social skills training sessions and as-needed problem-solving discussions.

Training:

• Must be able to use physical management procedures to help maintain the safety of children ages 6-12. Due to this aspect of the position, Undergraduate Counselors will come into close contact with campers and other staff and will be unable to socially distance.
• Abides by policies and procedures regarding the behavioral modification program, daily classroom activities, and the physical management of, and injuries to, campers.

Qualifications

Education:

• Enrolled in a graduate-level program in Clinical Psychology, School Psychology, Mental Health Counseling, Social Work, Education/Special Education, or a related field of study, or extensive experience in related programs.

Experience:

• Research, clinical, leadership, or field experience working or volunteering with children or adolescents is preferred.
• Experience working with children or adolescents in settings such as summer camps, or after-school, sports, daycare, or educational programs.
• Experience with activities such as organized sports, art, music, dance, theater, graphic design, photography, and videography.
• Experience teaching, refereeing, or coaching children is preferred.
• Based on the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic, a fully effective vaccination with the Pfizer, Moderna, or Johnson & Johnson vaccine is a pre-condition to employment .

Application Requirements:

• Updated resume, Writing Sample and Cover Letter must be included with the application.
• Three (3) professional references - sent to [email protected].

Logistics

Salary: $4,000 - $4,500

Open Date: December 1, 2025

Start Date: July 6, 2026

Diverse and multilingual candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions or any other characteristic protected by law.