Community Engagement Specialist

North Suffolk; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 51,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

PSLF program eligible

Health & Dental Insurance

Life Insurance

403(b) Retirement Plan

Disability Insurance

Flexible Spending Accounts

Employee Referral Bonus

Job summary

North Suffolk Community Services (NSCS) is seeking a Community Engagement Specialist to advocate for recovery-based supports and help clients access services. The role emphasizes lived experience to inspire hope, with supervision from a Recovery Manager and access to psycho-educational groups.

Full-time, Monday–Friday; 36 hours weekly, with some nights and weekends. Includes comprehensive benefits and opportunities for advancement within NSCS.

Qualifications

• This role requires lived experience with mental health recovery or co-occurring disorders.
• Education: high school diploma or GED; bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Valid driver’s license preferred but not required to attend off-site functions.

Responsibilities

• Support person served with recovery-oriented skills and community integration.
• Engage individuals via in-person and telehealth outreach.
• Assist the treatment team to develop wellness and action plans.
• Coach individuals toward their personal recovery goals.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Lived experience in mental health

Recovery-focused approach

Driver’s license

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Driver’s license

Job description

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Community Engagement Specialist

5 days ago Requisition ID: 4316

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