Opportunities Available at MACA
Please check back. We periodically post new positions available at our Children's Advocacy Centers as well as at MACA.
Opportunities Available at our Children’s Advocacy Centers
Pediatric Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner – Children’s Cove, The Cape and Islands Child Advocacy Center
The Department of Public Health (DPH) seeks a caring and compassionate Nurse Practitioner to join a multidisciplinary team at Children’s Cove, the Cape & Islands Child Advocacy Center (CAC), located in Barnstable, MA. DPH will provide the chosen candidate with on-the-job training to become a certified MA Pediatric Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (Pedi SANE) Nurse Practitioner. The chosen Nurse Practitioner candidate will learn that a trauma-informed patient interaction may provide a protective factor following an Adverse Childhood Event (ACE), such as sexual abuse/assault, and will use such knowledge to inform patient care encounters with children and families.
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Pediatric Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner - Berkshire County Kids’ Place Children’s Advocacy Center
The Department of Public Health (DPH) seeks a caring and compassionate Nurse Practitioner to join a multi-disciplinary team at the Berkshire County Kids’ Place Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC), located in Pittsfield, MA. DPH will provide the chosen candidate with on-the-job training to become a certified MA Pediatric Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (Pedi SANE) Nurse Practitioner. The chosen Nurse Practitioner candidate will learn that a trauma-informed patient interaction may provide a protective factor following an Adverse Childhood Event (ACE), such as sexual abuse/assault, and will use such knowledge to inform patient care encounters with children and their families.
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Two CAC Bi-lingual Family Advocates/Case Managers – Children’s Advocacy Center of Suffolk County
The Children's Advocacy Center of Suffolk County (CAC) unites public, private and community partners to promote safety, healing and justice for child victims and their families. The CAC works closely with an array of agencies to coordinate high quality investigations and assessments of alleged abuse; provide support to children and families; offer specialized training for a diverse range of professionals; and to prevent child abuse in our community.
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Mental Health Coordinator - Norfolk Advocates for Children
Norfolk Advocates for Children (NAC) employs two (2) qualified trauma-informed clinicians to provide trauma-focused, evidence based mental health support coordinated through the NAC.
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Volunteering
Have some time and a skill that you want to share? Let us know! We have several opportunities throughout the year to utilize different skills. Previous examples include assisting with our Holiday Card appeal, "Recognizing and Responding to Child Abuse" Curriculum, social media, general office tasks or any other skills you have to offer. If you are interested in volunteering with MACA please reach out to us at maca@machildrensalliance.org
Undergraduate and graduate internships
Students are a critical part of the MACA team, bringing innovative thinking, amazing energy and the latest trends to our work. In addition to welcoming students from a variety of colleges and universities, we are very proud to be a long standing placement for the Northeastern University’s Undergraduate Co-op program.
The role of the intern will be largely based on a mutually agreed upon educational agreement between MACA and the respective institute of higher education and the responsibilities have a broad range. Here are some examples of how interns regularly contribute to MACA
- Assisting with statewide work including annual statewide conference, Access to Mental Health Initiative, and data collection projects
- Improving our cultural responsivity
- Managing legislative advocacy, social media and fundraising campaigns
- Completing administrative tasks associated with projects noted above including reception responsibilities, filing, typing via word processing, copying and other clerical tasks.
- Conducting basic literature reviews and related research.
If you’re interested, contact us.
“MACA was my third co-op through Northeastern and I couldn’t be more thankful for the great experience I had.”