Institute for Health
Location
Framingham, Massachusetts
Salary
$62,000 - $74,000 / YEAR
Provide community and home-based substance use disorder treatment and case management for families and youth involved with the Department of Children and Families. Conduct comprehensive assessments and develop individualized treatment plans while collaborating with DCF professionals and peer recovery specialists.
Requires an advanced degree in Social Work or a related field, with a clinical license or eligibility preferred. Candidates should have experience in home-based services, bio-psycho-social assessments, and working with populations impacted by substance use and trauma.
Job title: Family engagement specialist
The Salary range varies and will be determined during the offer process based on education, licensure, and skills (e.g., bachelor’s, master’s, unlicensed, independent license, bilingual language capacity.
Program/Department: Family Engagement Project
Position Type: Exempt, Full-Time 40 hours/ week – Hybrid Position (remote and on-site)
Location: Framingham/South & North Central Region
Reports to: Clinical Supervisor
The Institute for Health and Recovery (IHR) is a statewide service, research, policy, program development and capacity building agency. IHR designs its services based on an understanding of the impact of trauma. IHR’s CARF accredited treatment programs provide holistic interventions for hard to reach and high-risk individuals and families. IHR’s mission, since our founding in 1990, has been to develop and support a comprehensive continuum of care for families, individuals, youth, and pregnant and parenting people affected by alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use, violence/trauma, mental health challenges and other health issues, while advancing principles of health equity and social justice. Our work is focused on addressing and eradicating inequities in our health care, economic, and justice systems, especially as they disproportionately affect women and people of color. We are committed to providing services and creating communities that mitigate the effects of substance use, mental illness, and trauma.
The Family Engagement Specialist for Family Engagement Program will support IHR’s mission to develop a comprehensive continuum of care for women, adolescents, and their families who are affected by alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use, mental health problems, and violence/trauma.
(Reimbursable; required within one month of start of job)
The physical demands of this position include talking, hearing, sitting, standing, walking, lifting, and using hands for activities such as grasping, handling, and reaching. These physical and mental demands are essential for the successful execution of job responsibilities. Reasonable accommodation will be made for qualified individuals with disabilities.
IHR seeks to create welcoming, inclusive and accessible environments for our staff and the people we serve. We welcome and celebrate the diverse social identities of our staff. We recognize the importance of having staff who reflect the identities of the diverse communities that we serve, and we make efforts to hire from within these communities. We are proud to offer an inclusive, recovery friendly, and supportive work environment, and we welcome, and value lived experience of recovery.
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