Post-Baccalaureate Fellowship Program
Two years. Four clinical placements. One Transformative career.
Platform for Success
Eliot’s two-year Post-Baccalaureate Fellowship is for recent graduates ready to move from coursework to clinical practice. You’ll work alongside licensed clinicians, carry real caseloads, and establish a foundation for graduate school, including doctoral programs in counseling and research, and a career in mental and behavioral healthcare.
Why This Fellowship
Most post-grad jobs ask you to wait for real responsibility. This one doesn’t.
From your first placement, you’re part of the clinical team: observing, contributing, and learning the practice of community-based mental health from people who do it every day. The Fellowship is built for graduates who want more than a resume line. It’s for people who want to know, before they commit to grad school, whether this field is actually where they belong.
Your Placements
For the first year, fellows will be placed in one of Eliot’s core mental and behavioral health programs. Each one offers a different angle on care and a different set of skills. Fellows have the option to remain with the same program for their second year or select one of the other three.
Together, these placements span the full continuum of community mental health, from proactive, long-term support to acute, in-the-moment intervention. Fellows leave with firsthand exposure to how that continuum actually functions, and the varied clinical skill sets required.
What You’ll Gain
Eliot’s two-year Post-Baccalaureate Fellowship is for recent graduates ready to move from coursework to clinical practice. You’ll work alongside licensed clinicians, carry real caseloads, and establish a foundation for graduate school or a career in mental and behavioral health.
A Real Orientation
Every fellow starts with a week-long training before stepping into their placement. You’ll leave grounded in the policies, practices, and clinical language of community mental health, so you can step directly into work your first day on the team.
Mentorship & Growth-oriented Supervision
Regular individual and group supervision with Licensed Clinicians is built into the structure of the program, not offered as an afterthought. You’ll develop clinical reasoning and reflective practice skills through a mentoring relationship designed to grow with you across both years.
Monthly Learning Seminars
Structured seminars complement your hands-on placement work, covering topics central to community mental health practice. They’re designed to deepen your clinical knowledge and prepare you for the next step, whether that’s graduate school or continued work in the field.
Details & Qualifications
Qualifications:
- Recently earned BA/BS in Psychology, Social Work, or a related field
- Valid driver’s license and access to a vehicle
Salary & Schedule:
- 40 hours per week, based on placement site
- $50,000 per year
Check back in May 2027 to apply for the 2027-2028 cohort, which begins in fall 2027.
Internship Requirements: Prospective interns must demonstrate interest in the population of their preferred program placement.
Applicants must provide a resume, attend a formal interview with the program, pass a background check, and submit two (2) references. Eliot interns are required to attend new staff orientation which ranges from 3-7 days depending on the placement.
Note: To work in Eliot’s youth programs, interns must be over the age of 21.
