Want to make a difference and have purpose in your career? Join our agency in supporting the community!
Crisis & Counseling Centers is seeking a dedicated and compassionate person to provide and coordinate quality crisis aftercare support to clients after their discharge from a Crisis Stabilization Unit. To apply, please submit a cover letter detailing your interest and qualifications along with a current resume.
Key responsibilities include:
- Meeting with Clients to Determine Their Needs
- Providing Assessments and Referrals
- Documentation
- Collaborating with inter-program, inter-agency, and other providers
- Protecting Clients Confidentiality and Rights
The ideal candidate would possess:
- Empathy and Compassion: A genuine desire to help others and the ability to empathize with the challenges faced by clients.
- Organizational Skills: Strong organizational abilities to manage multiple clients and tasks effectively.
- Communication Skills: Clear and effective communication skills to interact with clients, their families, and other professionals.
- Knowledge of Community Resources: Familiarity with local resources available to support clients in their recovery journey.
- Flexibility and Adaptability: The ability to adapt to changing situations and client needs.
- Professional Growth: A growth mindset and an interest in acquiring additional agency-sponsored licensures and certifications (e.g. MHRT-CSP).
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in a social service field
Crisis and Counseling Offers:
- eligibility for loan forgiveness (see below for details)
- a generous benefit package (see below for details)
- competitive salary for full-time employees
- supportive and team oriented work environment
- agency issued laptops
- mileage reimbursement for work related travel
- continuing education and professional development opportunities
Full Time Benefits include:
- Earned Time starting at 4+ weeks per year!
- Paid Supervision
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Short-term disability
- Flexible spending account
- 10 paid holidays
- 401K plan, with employer match available
- Additional life and long-term disability
- Dental insurance available
Loan Forgiveness Options:
- C&C is an HRSA STAR LRP-approved site, where qualified applicants may be eligible for up to $250,000 in loan forgiveness.
- C&C is also an eligible employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) that provides workers with qualifying employment and loan payments federal student debt forgiveness after 10 years or 120 monthly payments.
Education/Experience requirements:
- Minimum of an Bachelor’s degree in a social service field required
- Must be MHRT-CSP eligible, will provide training to the right candidate
- 3 years of relevant work experience
- Flexibility in order to meet client needs.
- Experience working within a multi-disciplinary team.
Hours:
This is a full time (40 hours/week) non-exempt position. Hours generally fall between 8:00am and 5:00pm, Monday-Friday. Flexibility for both evening and weekend work is required.
Location:
This position will be based out of our Augusta and would require travel to our Waterville office, as well as to client’s homes/communities.
Pay rate:
Pay for this position ranges from $19.00/hr. to $21.00/hr.
Crisis & Counseling Centers is a collaborative and comprehensive behavioral health agency operating in Central Maine. Since its founding in 1970, Crisis & Counseling Centers has become one of the most trusted behavioral health agencies in Maine, with approximately 100 employees located across three facilities and numerous community-based settings statewide.
Crisis and Counseling Centers is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, sexual orientation or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law.