Post-MSW Fellowship in Clinical Social Work

The Post-MSW Fellowship in Clinical Social Work at UC Berkeley's University Health Services is a postgraduate training program committed to providing comprehensive clinical experience and professional development opportunities in the field of college mental health. The program aims to meet the needs of pre-licensed postgraduate clinical social workers who have a Master of Social Work and are working to consolidate clinical skills and professional identity while accruing post-graduate hours on the path to licensure. The fellowship is grounded in the core principles of ethical and social justice-oriented clinical social work practice in a mental health setting utilizing an integrative model of therapeutic and community-based interventions at the individual, small group, and campus levels. Fellows receive clinical training and supervision in brief individual and group psychotherapy, crisis assessment and intervention as well as campus education and outreach. The fellowship includes a first- and a second-year program. Fellows are accepted into the first-year program with a one-year employment contract, and a second year will be offered if advancement criteria are met during their first year. For the first year, Post-MSW fellows are full-time in Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), and for the second year, fellows are full-time in Social Services (SoS), providing specialty counseling/psychotherapy. Fellows join a learning community of doctoral psychology interns and postdoctoral psychology fellows with whom they participate in seminars and trainings, creating a mutually beneficial multidisciplinary environment.