DMH
Positions Available:
Community Based Flexible Support (CBFS):
This new Department of Mental Health (DMH) service code provides a range of rehabilitation, treatment, support, supervision, and recovery services to adults with mental illness. Community Counseling of Bristol County (CCBC) has been awarded the CBFS contracts in Taunton and Attleboro. The agency plans on including numerous peer specialists on the CBFS staff. If interested in hearing more about either of the positions posted below please contact Ellen Bruder-Moore at EBruder-Moore@comcounseling.org or Andy Dawley at Adawley@comcounseling.org
Peer Specialists: Seeking full or part-time peer specialists to utilize their lived experience as a person with mental illness in the support and recovery of CBFS clients.
Duties include:
- Provide individual and group peer support;
- Provide recovery resource information to clients and staff;
- Serve as a mentor to promote hope and empowerment;
- Serve as a linkage to the Recovery Learning Community;
- Participate in other general program responsibilities including rehabilitation, support, supervision and housing services
While a degree in human services is preferred, there is no specific educational requirement for this position but certification as a Certified Peer Specialist is expected within one year of hire; Certification as a WRAP trainer is a plus; Must have lived experience as a person in recovery from mental illness with at least one year of sustained recovery time; Must possess good organizational skills, effective written, verbal, and computer skills.
Peer Specialist Coordinator: Seeking full-time Certified Peer Specialist to organize and supervise up to one dozen peer specialists in the CBFS program.
Duties include:
- Provide individual and group peer support;
- Provide recovery resource information to clients and staff;
- Serve as a mentor to promote hope and empowerment;
- Serve as a linkage to the Recovery Learning Community;
- Participate in other general program responsibilities including rehabilitation, support, supervision and housing services
Requirements include a least one year working in the role of a CPS; Must have lived experience as a person in recovery from mental illness with at least two years of sustained recovery time; Employed experience in mental health field preferred; Should have some combination of the following: Nonprofit organizations; personnel management, policy design and implementation; Must possess good organizational skills, effective written, verbal, and computer skills.