Community Engagement Specialist

NORTH SUFFOLK COMMUNITY SERVICES INC; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 51,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Health & Dental Insurance

Employer Paid Life Insurance

403(b) Retirement Plan

Voluntary Disability Insurance

Flexible Spending Accounts

Access to Credit Union Banking

Tuition Remission Program

Employee Referral Bonus

Discounted Movie Tickets

Internal Advancement Opportunities

Job summary

North Suffolk Community Services is seeking a Community Engagement Specialist to support recovery-oriented skills, daily living, and community integration. The role emphasizes outreach, engagement, and tailored wellness planning for individuals served.

Requirements include a high school diploma or GED, with a bachelor’s degree preferred, and lived experience with mental health recovery. Some evenings and weekends may be required; driving may be needed for off-site events.

Qualifications

• Lived experience with mental health recovery required.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred; high school diploma required.
• Strong interpersonal and outreach skills required.

Responsibilities

• Support person served in recovery-oriented skills and daily living.
• Engage individuals in services through in-person and telehealth outreach.
• Assist treatment team to develop action or wellness plans.
• Coach individuals reviewing goals and objectives regularly.
• All other duties as assigned.

Skills

Lived experience with mental health

Interpersonal skills

Outreach & engagement

Driver’s license preferred

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Bachelor’s Degree preferred

Job description

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Community Engagement Specialist

5 days ago Requisition ID: 4318

Salary Range: $51,300.00 To $61,255.00 Annually

North Suffolk Community Services (NSCS) is seeking a person who is well-grounded in recovery. Because of their life experience with mental health recovery, the Community Engagement Specialist (CES) provides expertise that clinical training cannot replicate. This position is designated for a person who identifies as having lived experience of mental health recovery, resilience and healing as a means to inspire hope, optimism and the courage to act. CES’’s receive supervision from a Recovery Manager and are provided one on one support, psycho-educational groups and additional resources for NSCS clients. The Engagement Specialist engages in non-directive and supportive relationships that promote empowerment and self-learning.

This position is Full-Time Monday-Friday; 36 hours per week. Some nights and weekends required.

What you’ll do:

• Support person served, based on their needs in recovery-oriented skills, activities of daily living, socialization, and community integration.
• Provide consistent interventions to engage individuals in services and recovery, including in person and telehealth outreach and engagement efforts.
• Assist the treatment team to develop an individual action plan or support the person served in developing a wellness plan.
• Implement, teach, assist and/ or coach persons served with their individual action plan or recoverees who have developed their own wellness plan to review their goals and objectives on a consistent basis.
• All other duties as assigned.

What you’ll need:

• Education:
  • High School Diploma/GED equivalent required. Bachelor’s Degree highly preferred.
• Experience:
  • This individual must have lived experience with mental health and/or co-occurring disorders.
• Skills:
  • Driver’s license preferred but not required to attend off-site functions.

Competitive & Comprehensive Benefits:

• Paid Time Off – Two weeks’ Vacation per year (three weeks after 1 year of service), 12 Sick Days per year, and 11 Paid Holidays per year
• Eligible employer for the PSLF program
• Health & Dental Insurance, with generous employer contribution
• Employer Paid Life Insurance
• 403 (b) Retirement Plan with employer matching
• Voluntary Short and Long Term Disability Insurance
• Medical & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Access to Credit Union Banking
• Access to State Tuition Remission Program (Worksite Specific)
• Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Discounted Movie Tickets
• Comprehensive Training Program
• Internal Advancement Opportunities