Community Engagement Specialist

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 Peer 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/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. - 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. - Certified Peer Specialist (CPS) certificate preferred.

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