Support & Recovery/Freedom Place or Counseling Services Program Assistant or Intern

Related Program: Substance Abuse & Mental Health Counseling Services

420 Cumberland Avenue
Portland, ME

Type(s) of Volunteer(s) Needed: Individuals; Students

Primary Classification(s): Administrative/clerical; Data management

Position description (brief): The Program Assistant Intern will support the Program Manager in key tasks related to client records and data management.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain client records
• Assist with design and implementation of access and retention
• Gather and put together outcome data for government/grant reports
• Assist the Program Manager to develop, maintain, and complete various program projects such as formulas for measuring productivity, demographic updates, service outcomes, client satisfactions surveys, and retooling documents

Impact of opportunity: The Program Assistant Intern will support the mission of Catholic Charities Maine and Support & Recovery, Freedom Place, or Counseling Services to empower people with substance abuse, mental illness and/or co-occurring disorders to obtain stability and/or recovery and to improve wellbeing and functioning in their lives.

Qualifications & Skills Required:

• Current college student or recent graduate (counseling experience not necessary)
• Quick learner who is comfortable working with numbers and data
• Ability to start and complete a project with minimal supervision
• Solid computer skills and knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint
• Maturity, initiative, dependability, interpersonal skills

Training Offered: Training for the internship will be provided as needed

Time Commitment/Schedule: Flexible

Benefits:

• Gain valuable firsthand experience in the workings of Maine’s foremost outpatient substance abuse and mental health treatment program
• Develop additional research projects and activities to support clients based on personal interests
• May be able to receive academic credit for internship with prior approval of staff and school advisor

Program Contact: For more information contact Kelly Day at Volunteer Services (207) 523-1152, or [email protected] or Kelly Butler [email protected] at the Behavioral Health Program

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