Community Engagement and Outreach Specialist jobs in Stratford, CT

Community Outreach Educator (Full-Time – in Bridgeport)

Annual Salary: $49,500 - $59,500

About Us  

We believe our team members, clients, and community matter. 

Celebrating over 170 years of service, LifeBridge is a leading non-profit behavioral health organization supporting adults, children, and adolescents through mental health and substance use recovery. Our clients benefit from a team of dedicated employees who are diverse, empathetic, warm, experienced, and effective. 

As a trauma-informed agency, we acknowledge the physical and mental toll that comes from adverse experiences – but we do not let those experiences be the only defining characteristics for the community or the families we serve. We ensure that all our programs and services are offered through the lens of sensitivity to those lived experiences, and policies, procedures, and spaces are developed with the goal of helping staff and patients feel physically and psychologically safe.

You’d make a great LifeBridge employee if...

You seek to understand and relate respectfully with the various cultures and backgrounds of the people we serve. 

You believe all people can overcome what may seem like insurmountable challenges.

You believe compassion goes a long way in helping individuals manage a crisis, seek help, and achieve wellness.

You honor clients’ trust by providing the best care possible.

As our Community Outreach Educator, we’ll trust you to...

• Provide targeted community outreach and participate in community events to bring awareness of LifeBridge services while striving to address mental health stigma;
• Facilitate educational trauma awareness workshops and trainings with external stakeholders (for example, school personnel, law enforcement, child welfare workers) intended to help staff and volunteers at their agencies better understand the prevalence of trauma, and how trauma can affect the developing brain and influence health and behavior while reducing the risk of retraumatizing those interacting with their services;
• Contribute to an online library of resources and tools to support learning goals and needs of service system providers working with children and families;
• Execute a project plan for community outreach and education efforts within assigned region;
• Maintain data on development and outreach activities;
• Conduct needs assessment to inform outreach efforts and implement outreach events;
• Support agency marketing and fundraising event efforts;
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Basic qualifications that matter most for this role…

• Bachelor’s degree in a behavioral science, education, or social services field;
• Excellent organizational, verbal, written, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills;
• Prior experience in facilitating workshops and presentations is required;
• High proficiency in Microsoft Office 365, specifically proficiency with Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Excel is required;
• Strong understanding of aspects of mental well-being, namely the impacts of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), trauma, and toxic stress;
• Demonstrated experience partnering with and providing training, guidance, and support to community-based organizations and other institutions;
• Ability to prioritize duties and multi-task;
• Ability to work well independently and in a team;
• Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation.

Benefits, perks, and support…

• Benefits package - comprising of medical dental, vision, STD, LTD, FSA, 403B, paid time off.
• Belonging to a community where teammates are recognized and celebrated.
• Working for an agency committed to staff wellness.