Program Details

This post-master's fellowship runs from July 1 through June 30 each year.

For fiscal year 2025-2026, social work fellows will be provided a stipend of $44,000 in the first year and $45,516 in the second year. Comprehensive health care through Yale Health is available for a nominal fee.

Housing and transportation are not provided. You can learn more about popular housing choices at the website for Yale Housing.

Eligible applicants must have satisfactorily completed accredited master’s level training in social work, licensure requirements for the state of Connecticut, and DMV and criminal background checks by the start of the training year (July 1). Previous direct clinical experience is preferred.

Seminars and training activities include, but are not limited to, departmental grand rounds, section rounds, social work seminar, psychopharmacology for non-physicians, young child seminar, parent management training, and clinical staff meetings.

Completed applications must be submitted via Qualtrics by the January deadline each year and include all of the following materials. The deadline to apply for 2026-2027 is January 5, 2026. Apply on-line.

1. Brief statement of interest (three pages maximum): Please include professional interests, reasons for applying to this fellowship, what you hope to gain from the fellowship, what you can contribute to the fellowship, how this relates to your long-term career goals, and your understanding of how diversity in all of its forms can impact clinical care in mental health settings.
2. Curriculum vitae or resume
3. Transcript (most recent copy; does not need to be official or sealed; must be legible) and a list of courses taken and/or trainings attended relevant to clinical work with children, youth, and families.
4. Three (3) letters of recommendation, at least one of which must be from a field instructor or clinical supervisor (additional letters will not be reviewed).
5. Clinical assessment (five pages maximum): Please provide a de-identified clinical summary in narrative form that includes presenting problem, history, current presentation, diagnostic formulation, treatment goals, and intervention approaches recommended.

Late or incomplete application packages will not be accepted.