Careers

We will post open internships starting on April 4, 2022. You must fill out an online application to be considered.

These opportunities are only for second-year Master’s level students who are seeking their internship for Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 in any of the following disciplines: social work, marriage and family therapy, counseling, dual-track, and clinical psychology.

The application period will close on May 16, 2022.

Internship offers will occur during the week of May 23-27, 2022.

Our Culture: How We Work

Through an affirmative commitment to How We Work, we continually strive to create a culture based on trust, inclusion, and adherence to the fundamentals of our mission.

• Show Respect: We approach relationships with inclusion, kindness, curiosity, and humility.
• Offer Trust: We foster collaboration, empowerment, growth, and accountability.
• Be Transparent: We communicate directly and with integrity to assure understanding.
• Create Energy: We engage each other in the pursuit of becoming our best, authentic selves.

Celebrating Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

We believe mental health is community health – and that our community is diverse. We strive to reflect that same diversity through our services, employment culture, and continuing education.

We support building the pillars of equity, diversity, and inclusion by:

• Removing barriers to employment and advancement,
• Creating development opportunities for all who choose to participate,
• And celebrating the unique differences and contributions of staff.

People Incorporated is committed to creating an organizational culture and climate in which every voice is valued. The staff has a sense of belonging and connection with one another and to the organization and feel empowered to approach their work with inclusion, integrity, and innovation.

People Incorporated offers its employees a Total Rewards Package that is market-competitive. This includes a comprehensive array of benefits to support your overall well-being in addition to that of your dependents. It also includes financial compensation in the form of a competitive base salary and additional variable pay to eligible employees. We also provide a spectrum of work/life, continuing education, and other services and benefits you may utilize to support your individualized needs. 

To support the health, wealth, and overall well-being of our employees and their dependents, we offer the following benefits:

• Health and dental plans that include a Health Reimbursement Account (HRA)
• Employer-paid short and long-term disability insurance
• Employer-paid life insurance with the option to purchase additional coverage at group rates
• Flexible spending accounts for both health and dependent care
• 403(b) retirement savings plan with a 3% employer-match
• Voluntary critical illness and accident coverage available at group rates
• Paid time off, floating holidays, and other recognized company holidays
• Employee Assistance Program available to all employees
• Service awards and other recognition programs
• Employee discount opportunities for products and services throughout the year
• In-house training department offering a wide array of learning and education opportunities
• Strategic Partner with Saint Mary’s University, offering a credit hour discount based on degree. For more information, go to Strategic Partnerships.

What does it mean to Be a People Person at People Incorporated? Learn more about our career paths, mental health programming, and how we help people achieve recovery through the voices of our staff, who embody what it means to Be a People Person every day.

Beverly Lewis, Medical Director    
“It’s my hope that I can help a person through a difficult time.”

Dr. Lewis describes how she loves being a psychiatrist. Her work at People Incorporated gives her a gift that she cherishes in her life – helping her clients work through complex trauma and recover from substance use disorders to be healthier and more independent. She also enjoys reaching out and supporting BIPOC individuals and others from diverse communities.

Julie, Children’s Mental Health Case Manager
Julie, who has worked as a Children’s Mental Health Case Manager for 11 years at People Incorporated, delivers a powerful, emotional statement on the need to recognize mental health issues early and get help for children and families through a holistic, whole-person approach to care.

She’s the advocate connecting families with resources for physical and mental health, housing, employment, insurance, food support, and more.

Julie says, “There’s just really a lack of recognition for the level of trauma that our kids are carrying into the classrooms. And instead of recognizing the trauma that they have endured and experienced in their lives, they’re labeled a problem, and they’re not helped. Some of the difficulties they end up facing as adults continue to manifest because they didn’t get the help they needed as kids.”

Learn more about our Children’s Targeted Case Management Services.

Olivia, Children’s Targeted Case Manager 
“The relationships that you’ve built with people sometimes can be the most important thing — they just need that emotional support.”

Olivia describes how she helps struggling children, and their families find hope — whether that be through therapy, extracurricular activities, financial assistance, or even housing. What stands out to her most are the little things she’s able to do to meet each family’s needs consistently.

“I do this work because I can connect children with things that help them reach their potential in the future, but also to ensure they can have some fun and feel supported in the time that they’re in right now.”

Learn more about our Children’s Targeted Case Management Services.

Sara, Director of Operations, Children’s School-Linked and Case Management
Sara Benson is the Director of Operations of two of People Incorporated’s children’s programs – School Linked Mental Health and Children’s Targeted Case Management. She discusses how these programs support families in our community and how she’s seeing increased referrals due to kids’ elevated levels of trauma, depression, and anxiety.

Case management allows families to collaborate, consult and connect with case managers to get better access to resources, referrals to services, and social supports in their community. Our school-linked therapists, who are in 25 Twin Cities schools, bring outpatient therapy directly to each school setting, making getting the appropriate care more accessible.

Sara says, “Given all the different stressors that families are dealing with, it can be difficult to find time to take kids to outpatient therapy. So there is that value of kids being able to receive therapy within the school context during the course of their school day.”

Learn more about our Children’s School-Linked Mental Health Services.

Over 50 Years of Providing Mental Health Services

We are an innovative, community-based provider of mental health services since 1969.

View the video of Jill Wiedemann-West, our CEO, and Chad Saunders, a member of our board of directors, describing our humble beginnings more than 50 years ago and how that shaped who we are today. Today we operate 20 mental health and substance use programs to help members of our community, including those who are the most vulnerable, find hope and solutions through high-quality integrated mental health care.

We recognize that mental health affects – and is affected by – many other aspects of life. We are committed to designing a system of care rather than isolated services.

About Our Founder, Harry Maghakian

People Incorporated began more than 50 years ago when Pastor Harry Maghakian discovered a need in his community.

Every day, Harry saw people outside his church with no place to go. Many of these people had no home, and most had experienced some form of trauma from living on the streets. Harry knew he could do something to help these people.

He could open up his church basement to provide a safe place for them to congregate. Harry also discovered that providing this space allowed them to share their stories and experiences. So, that is exactly what Harry did. And in doing so, People Incorporated was created and has evolved into the mental health care provider it is today – meeting people where they are, assessing what kind of care they need, and providing that care.