Job Type: Full time, 40 hours
Location: Taunton, MA
Program Type: Mobile Crisis Intervention (MCI)
Program Name: Community Behavioral Health Center (CBHC)
Salary Range: Starting salary $43,000
Work Location: Office, remote

Description of Position

As a Family Partner supporting the Emergency Services Program, you will be a valuable ally for families and caregivers of those who are experiencing serious emotional difficulties. You will look to your lived experiences and support others as they learn new coping skills. You’ll also have unparalleled support and learning opportunities working with a multi-disciplinary team of clinicians, supervisors, and physicians.

Responsibilities:

Client Care

• Provide peer support to parents and caregivers served by the MCI
• Learn the family’s story, culture, strengths, and concerns
• Be a consistent source of encouragement and hope
• Give non-judgmental, unconditional support
• Model effective coping techniques
• Engage parent/caregiver in activities in the home and community
• Assist the parent/caregiver with meeting the needs of the youth with the purpose of educating, supporting, coaching, modeling, and guiding
• Empower parent/caregiver with links to peer/parent support and self-help groups in the community
• Teach the parent/caregiver how to identify natural and community-based resources (e.g., after-school programs, food assistance, housing resources, etc.)

Clinical Support

• Serve as liaison, ensuring family and providers understand each other’s perspective and information
• Meet weekly with an independently licensed clinician for supervision
• Comply with all CCBC personnel policies and procedures related to employment

Education & Training

• Lived experience as a caregiver of a youth with serious emotional disturbance
• Experience navigating any of the child and family-serving systems and teaching family members who are involved with the child and family serving systems
• High school diploma/GED or college diploma and a minimum of 2 years working with children/families preferred
• Willingness to support families in the office, in community settings including schools and virtually
• The candidate must possess good organizational skills, as well as effective verbal, written and computer skills.
• Proficiency with computers including ability to use or learn to use an electronic health record system, audio-visual communication technology (i.e. Doxy or Zoom), and some use of Microsoft Office suite for emails, internal document access, and organization.

Great Benefits

• 3 weeks paid vacation to start, and 4 weeks paid vacation at 2 years
• 12 paid holidays a year including 1 floating holiday
• 10 days of paid sick time a year
• Health, dental, disability, and life insurance
• 403-b with up to 5% employer match
• Tuition reimbursement
• An ability to have a flexible work schedule
• Opportunities for ongoing training, professional development and CEUs

Supportive Environment:

• Clinical supervision
• Support always available in difficult situations
• Training in evidence-based practices
• Support for clinical skill development
• BIPOC support group
• Growth opportunities within the organization

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Program Information

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  Emergency Psychiatry Services

  When a person is suffering the pain of acute psychiatric disorder or other traumatic life circumstance, immediate intervention can minimize distress and disruption... read more

Date posted: 5/7/2026