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Make a difference as an Outpatient Clinician with Sweetser at our Lewiston Hope & Healing Center! Use trauma-informed therapy practices and other modalities in a clinical setting to create and provide mental health and substance use recovery treatment interventions.?LCSW/LADC preferred. LMSW-CC considered.?Master’s Degree required. Learn more:?sweetser.org/careers

As a Sweetser recovery coach, Reis said he provides long-term peer support and guidance for individuals seeking help. “This is a new part of the program designed to offer peer support from someone who understands the challenges of recovery,” he said. “I walk alongside individuals on their journey, acting as a mentor and guide, helping them connect to detox, treatment, aftercare services, as well as so much more.”

Sweetser’s President & CEO Jayne Van Bramer has made the list of the Top Women Leaders of 2025 by Women We Admire, an internationally recognized women's news outlet. This honor is awarded to leaders who inspire those around them and cultivate a culture of innovation, collaboration, and success in the organizations and communities they serve. Jayne's dedication to improving Maine's behavioral health landscape, her commitment to expanding evidence-based treatment options to more Mainers in need, and her drive to eliminate mental health stigma are just some of the ways Jayne's efforts merit this powerful recognition as one of the nation’s top women leaders of 2025. Check out the feature article: https://lnkd.in/g3mPBGiY

Come celebrate American Idol’s Julia Gagnon on her birthday! She will be performing songs in tribute to Stevie Wonder alongside an all-star band at Aura in downtown Portland this Saturday night. Proceeds from the concert will benefit Sweetser’s youth mental health programs. Here is a clip of her amazing singing! Grab your tickets before they sell out: www.SweetserTickets.org.

"The cost of our legislation is a drop in the bucket compared to the costs and risks of hospitalization, incarceration, residential care and other long-term strains on our system,” said Jayne Van Bramer, President & CEO of Sweetser.

We hope you all enjoyed Maine Maple Sunday Weekend! Did you know that students at our Special Purpose K-12 School on our Saco campus get to learn and participate in all aspects of making maple syrup? From tapping the trees, boiling the sap, to bottling the final product that they sell to our staff, this is part of our experiential learning program. Check it out below ??

NEWS: John McAnuff, chief financial officer of Sweetser, told Maine Morning Star that the statewide behavioral health organization hasn’t yet been impacted by delayed payments. Some had been expected by the payment cycle that begins next week, but with a payment date now in sight, Sweetser has a plan to be able to make it into late June, McAnuff said.?“We have been getting continual updates from the department and we really appreciate that they’re working closely with providers like us,” he said. “I think now that there’s a little bit of finality to the process that we will be receiving a more definitive plan.”

"Now is the time to strengthen Maine’s behavioral health system for our next generation. Together we must meet this moment with leadership and expand access to programs that work backed with the resources needed to properly staff them. The time to invest in our children’s future is now." – Sweetser’s President & CEO Jayne Van Bramer

Sweetser’s President & CEO Jayne Van Bramer joined with other partner organizations as part of the Behavioral Health Priorities Coalition to release the legislative package we are advocating for this session. Some of our priority legislation includes bills like An Act to Expand Child Assertive Community Treatment and An Act to Provide Grants to Schools That Contract for Behavioral and Mental Health Services.