MSW Intern Program
Social work interns from Los Angeles County MSW programs come together to provide a hub of services to support the creation and growth of healing relationships in families, schools, and the larger Lennox community. Scattered across the five elementary schools and Lennox Middle School, Juntos interns collaborate with students, teachers, and staff to provide individual therapy, wellness groups, in-class presentations and workshops, as well as community resources and referrals.
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Individual therapy
Juntos interns provide individual support to Lennox students through strength-based, trauma-informed and culturally humble care. Individual students were seen for counseling with a wide range of needs such as: anger management, coping skills, support for stress and anxiety, and processing varying levels of trauma and grief due to immigration, exposure to violence, and abuse. Our interns empowered, advocated and provided a caring and comforting space for students from TK-8th grade.
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Group wellness
Juntos interns create curriculum for student wellness groups to build community and target specific student needs. Past group topics include: grief and loss, social skills, self-esteem, LGBTQIA2S+ and allyship, stress and anxiety, newcomer group, friendships and anti-bullying, and psychoeducation in English and Spanish.
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Crisis intervention and in-class support
Juntos interns provide crisis intervention in collaboration with school counselors and staff. They have had the opportunity to assist with in-class support to lead mindfulness and breathing exercises to promote self regulation and art activities to build resiliency and a growth mindset in students. Interns have also been proactive in addressing student needs by sharing socio-emotional tools with teachers, such as building calm corners, to address whole classroom needs in a more understanding and compassionate way.
Former Juntos MSW Interns
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Juntos MSW Intern 21/22
I am Margarita (she/her/ella), and I graduated with a Master of Social Welfare from UCLA in 2022. I plan to be a school social worker for LAUSD to support students and their families. My favorite memory at Juntos has to be working with the kindergarten students from Buford Elementary!
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Juntos MSW Intern 21/22
My name is Sacha (she/her), I am a social welfare student at UCLA, expected to graduate in 2023. My passion for social work lies in justice-seeking, inclusive and trauma-informed care. My favorite memory at Juntos is working with the 5th graders at Huerta Elementary in preparing their exciting transition to middle school!
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Juntos MSW Intern 21/22
My name is Graciela (she/her) and I graduated with a Master in Social Welfare from UCLA in 2022. I plan on being a school-based social worker for an organization called Para Los Niños to support students and families. My passion is rooted in working with families from minority backgrounds and overall just making mental health and wellness fun for everyone! My favorite memory at Juntos has to be working with our 5th grade friendship group and being able to have honest conversations alongside fun activities together.
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Juntos MSW Intern 21/22
My name is Allie (she/her) and I graduated from UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs with a Masters in Social Welfare in 2022. As the 2021-2022 JUNTOS intern, I had the pleasure of working with elementary and middle school students in the Lennox School District. I especially enjoyed spending my Fridays with the Transitional Kindergarten class at Buford Elementary, where I supported the classroom by providing self-regulation strategies and sharing art-based projects with Social Emotional Learning (SEL) themes.
