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- Location: Middletown, CT
- Employment Type: Full-Time
- Company: The Connection
- The Women’s Recovery Navigator, will be a self-identified woman in recovery who has maintained a minimum of 2 years sobriety, will deliver comprehensive outreach and engagement services including education, advocacy, coaching and mentorship to pregnant and parenting women choosing to work with a navigator, will have the willingness to share lived experience to help other women in their recovery journey, to act as a “boundary spanner” to link clients to essential community services and to demonstrates “cultural curiosity” and willingness to deliver services in a culturally responsive manner.
- Location: Middletown, CT
- Employment Type: Full-Time
- Company: The Connection
- The Women’s Recovery Navigator, will be a self-identified woman in recovery who has maintained a minimum of 2 years sobriety, will deliver comprehensive outreach and engagement services including education, advocacy, coaching and mentorship to pregnant and parenting women choosing to work with a navigator, will have the willingness to share lived experience to help other women in their recovery journey, to act as a “boundary spanner” to link clients to essential community services and to demonstrates “cultural curiosity” and willingness to deliver services in a culturally responsive manner.
- Location: Rocky Hill, CT
- Employment Type: Full-Time
- Company: Advocacy Unlimited | JRB
- The Youth Peer Bridger Program Manager is a member of the AU team and will lead the Youth Peer Bridger Program as a member of Cross Organizational Leadership. Youth Peer Bridgers are mobile and work with youth participants across CT.
- Location: Rocky Hill, CT
- Employment Type: Full-Time
- Company: Advocacy Unlimited | JRB
- Youth Peer Bridgers provide brief, transitional peer support to young people aged 14-17. Youth Peer Bridgers are mobile and work with youth participants across CT.
- Location: Norwich, CT
- Employment Type: Full-Time (35 Hour)
- Company: DMHAS
- Application Due Date: 11/28/25
- In the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services this class is accountable for using shared life experiences and recovery management techniques to engage, motivate, educate and mentor clients in achieving individualized goals for successful community living.
- Location: Norwich, CT
- Employment Type: Full-Time (35 Hour)
- Company: DMHAS
- Application Due Date: 11/25/25
- In a Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services hospital, community behavioral health facility or program this class is accountable for leading Mental Health Assistants in the assessment, planning and implementation of paraprofessional nursing, clinical and/or rehabilitative interventions designed to support client short and/or long-term needs. In outpatient or community programs this class is accountable for independently performing the full range of paraprofessional functions in case management and crisis intervention services.
- Location: Middletown, CT | Hartford, CT
- Employment Type: Full-Time
- Company: DMHAS
- Application Due Date: 11/25/25
- In the Departments of Mental Health and Addiction Services and Veterans' Affairs this class is accountable for providing specialized counseling services to clients in a behavioral health treatment program.
- Location: Middletown, CT
- Employment Type: Full-Time (35 Hour)
- Company: DMHAS
- Application Due Date: 11/24/25
- In the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services this class is accountable for using shared life experiences and recovery management techniques to engage, motivate, educate and mentor clients in achieving individualized goals for successful community living.
- Location: Stamford, CT
- Employment Type: Part-Time
- Company: DMHAS
- Application Due Date: 11/20/2025
- In the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services this class is accountable for using shared life experiences and recovery management techniques to engage, motivate, educate and mentor clients in achieving individualized goals for successful community living.
- Location: Bridgeport, CT
- Employment Type: Full-Time
- Company: DMHAS
- Application Due Date: 11/18/25
- In the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services this class is accountable for using shared life experiences and recovery management techniques to engage, motivate, educate and mentor clients in achieving individualized goals for successful community living.
- Location: CT Halley Hospital | Hartford, CT; Middletown, CT
- Employment Type: Full-Time and Part-Time Available
- Company: DMHAS
- Application Due Date: 11/3/2025
- In a Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services hospital, behavioral health facility or program this class is accountable for assisting in the assessment, planning and implementation of paraprofessional nursing, clinical and/or rehabilitative interventions designed to support clients' short and/or long-term needs.
- Location: Mostly Virtual
- Employment Type: Part-Time
- Company: CT Support Group
- The CT Support Group Peer Support Specialist uses their lived experience with mental health and/or substance use, in conjunction with peer support training, to support other young people in CT. The position reports to the CT Support Group Project Manager.
- Location: Rocky Hill, CT
- Employment Type: Full-Time (37.5 Hour)
- Company: Advocacy Unlimited
- Community Bridger offers brief, transitional peer support to people aged eighteen and older who are currently involved or at risk for being involved in psychiatric services.
- Location: New Haven, CT
- Employment Type: Full-Time
- Company: Continuum of Care
- The Recovery Support Specialist I provides comprehensive community-based residential and support services to persons with mental health, intellectual, and addiction needs.
- Location: New Haven, CT
- Employment Type: Full-Time
- Company: Continuum of Care
- The Recovery Support Specialist I provide comprehensive community-based residential and support services to persons with mental health, intellectual, and addiction needs.
- Location: New Haven, CT
- Employment Type: Full-Time | 3rd Shift
- Company: Continuum of Care
- The Recovery Support Specialist I provides comprehensive community-based residential and support services to persons with mental health, intellectual, and addiction needs.
- Location: Windsor, CT
- Employment Type: Part-Time
- Company: chr
- Recovery Support Specialist (RSS) uses their lived recovery experience to help others with behavioral health needs identify their own recovery goals, develop individualized recovery strategies, and promote self-advocacy. The RSS is knowledgeable regarding community resources and assists in linking clients to behavioral health follow up care, natural (family, friends) supports, community resources including LGBTQ+, Veteran’s and/or other support groups in a culturally informed, strength-based manner.
- Location: Manchester, CT
- Employment Type: Full-Time
- Company: chr
- Recovery Support Specialist (RSS) uses their lived recovery experience to help others with behavioral health needs identify their own recovery goals, develop individualized recovery strategies, and promote self-advocacy. The RSS is knowledgeable regarding community resources and assists in linking clients to behavioral health and addiction follow up care, natural (family, friends) supports, community resources including LGBTQ+, Veteran’s and/or other support groups in a culturally informed, strength-based manner.
- Location: Putnam, CT
- Employment Type: Full-Time
- Company: chr
- This Recovery Support Specialist position is part of the CHR Mobile OTP program and involves driving the mobile unit (van) to various towns, engaging with patients who are actively participating in Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) services.
- Location: Enfield, CT
- Employment Type: Full-Time
- Company: chr
- Community Support Specialists provide persons with serious mental illness assistance with learning skills to live independently, accessing community resources, finding appropriate and affordable housing, receipt of entitlements, linking with appropriate treatment sources, coordination of care with collateral providers, assistance with money management (including representative payee or conservatorship, if necessary) and any other goals they have for their recovery.