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Verified Pay check_circle $51300 - $61255 per year
Hours Full-time
Location East Boston, Massachusetts

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Job Description

Job Description
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

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Posting ID: 1297551234 Posted: 2026-10-02 Job Title: Community Engagement Specialist