“What I love most about working for MBH is the people.  Each and every care team member, from the front lines to behind the scenes, is essential to our mission to providing innovative and quality behavioral healthcare to those in need.  Never was this more apparent than the past year during the pandemic.”

Beth Dube, APRN-PMHNP
Nurse Practitioner
Psychiatry Department, Portland

“I value having the ability to work directly in the community and to engage with our more vulnerable and marginalized neighbors. Engagement with some folks is more challenging but I have seen great success by building an ongoing connection with the individual, as well as collaborating with community partners.  My work can take place in people’s homes, in homeless shelters, or on the sidewalk. The ability (and expectation) to consistently go above and beyond in our community work is why I’ve been a part of this team for over 4 years.”

Sean Fitzpatrick, LCSW, CADC
Clinician II
Assertive Community Treatment (ACT), Portland

“The primary objective of our work in Supported Living Services (residential) is to get a person in a position to progress in their life with a lower level of support than what we provide in residential care. Being able to succeed in that objective makes the job worth doing.”

Mark Durgin
Residential Care Worker III
Residential Program, Biddeford

“Working at Spring Harbor means having the opportunity to offer support to patients and their families during the most overwhelming time in their lives. Our experienced staff provides life-altering help through human interaction; we have the privilege to be the treatment, to be the intervention. And that’s powerful.”

Kasey Moss, DO, MPH
Psychiatrist
Spring Harbor Hospital, Westbrook

“I love this job. There’s a ton of suffering going on and a myth that people with substance use disorder can’t be treated and can’t get better. That is totally inaccurate. Those who get treatment get better and the success rate is comparable to that of treating other diseases like diabetes, heart disease, or asthma.”

John Nelson, LADC
Substance Use Counselor
Substance Use Treatment, Springvale

“What I love most about my job is probably obvious—it is immensely rewarding to see the direct impact of my work on my students. Additionally, working on a team where every member is passionate about their work and feels an investment in the students’ success is incredibly powerful and keeps me driven to be a better teacher each day.”

Kelsey Hanselman
Special Education Teacher
Autism and Developmental Disorders Services, Portland

“The most urgent problem facing us at this time is our inability to connect meaningfully with ourselves, others, our communities, and the natural world we are intrinsically tied to. Social work is meaningful to me when I am able to collaboratively reconnect people to themselves and their experience, the people they care about, their communities, and to their natural environments. Maintaining a presence within one organization over the span of several years has allowed me the opportunity to noticeably reestablish these meaningful relationships within a community and place I call home.”

Nick Cullen, LMSW-CC
Clinician
Outpatient Program, Belfast

“I would have to say that the most important thing there is to about Crisis, is team work and being an advocate on behalf of our client. This is what makes me adore my job.”

Cassidy Cording
Crisis Response Worker
PenBay Medical Center Emergency Department, Rockport

“Every day I have the good fortune to work with team members I truly enjoy and respect, while supporting an organization with values I cherish. I have a deep personal and professional investment in providing the best possible care to our community. Working in Training and Development allows me to support our care team members in this essential work.”

Melissa Gattine, MA, LCPC
Manager – Senior Educator
Training and Development Center, South Portland