The Perinatal Council offers learning and training opportunities for a variety of academic and professional settings.

High Schools: We offer a volunteer working environment for Junior and Senior High School Students to learn more about the social service and human services fields. Many students in high school have no idea of the community resources available today. They often have no direction nor any experience to provide them with working knowledge to lead them in the fields of giving back to their communities and having a direct impact on their peers and their community. At The Perinatal Council, we are committed to offering these youth an opportunity to experience direct service working with their peers, collaborating with our staff in case conferences and learning how work within the non-profit sector can be a rich and rewarding experience and can lead to a fruitful and rewarding career.

Universities and Colleges: The Perinatal Council offers a variety of internships to undergraduate and graduate students. We work with and offer clinical training to undergraduate psychology and social work programs as well as offer graduate social work and marriage and family internships. We have a broad and diverse training program designed to meet the needs of students. We offer individual and group supervision from Master's level Social Workers and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists who are experts in the areas of infant/child/parent mental health and have many years providing direct services themselves to pregnant and parenting adolescents. We offer licensure accrual hours for the Board of Behavioral Sciences Examiners (BBSE), utilizing qualified supervisors who meet the highest standard of supervision requirements. Internships vary depending on experience as well as academic requirements for each school program. Interns are expected to carry a minimum case load of 5 clients and may offer a variety of services to the clients ranging from intensive case management, child development support, parenting classes, individual or family therapy and/or co-facilitating groups for adolescent parents.

To inquire about internships and volunteering with The Perinatal Council, please contact:
Barbara Bunn McCullough, Ph.D.
Executive Director
The Perinatal Council
(510) 903-7503
email: bbmccullough@perinatalcouncil.org

or

Claudette Garner, M.Ed.
Program Director, Contra Costa County Programs
The Perinatal Council
(510) 779-3185
email: cgarner@perinatalcouncil.org