(WNY News Now) – The Mental Health Association in Chautauqua County invites job seekers to connect with leading employers and career resources at a community-focused job fair designed to empower futures.
Jamestown, N.Y. – The Mental Health Association in Chautauqua County (MHA) is holding its first Job Fair on Wednesday, May 14 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Anyone looking for work is invited to come to the Job Fair to find exciting career opportunities that align with their skills and interests. The event is at the Jamestown recovery center in the Gateway Building, Door 14, 31 Water Street.
Businesses and organizations that will have tables include Blackstone Advanced Technologies, Cummins Jamestown Engine Plant, Goodskills Career Builder, Infinity Resources Staffing Center, Manpower, Molina Healthcare, Prevention Works, and The Resource Center.
Assisted by MHA Peer Specialist Gordy Frederes, OPEN Program Peer Justin Jimenez is coordinating the event. They will be at MHA’s table to answer any job questions, and new bilingual Spanish Outreach Peer Danny Rosario will be available to help participants. OPEN (Occupational Peer Empowerment Network) is the MHA program focused on workforce development, helping lift people out of poverty by overcoming barriers to gaining, maintaining, and thriving as employees.
The MHA is a peer recovery center offering support groups and individual coaching for people looking to improve their lives, deepen wellness, thrive in recovery, or support those on a recovery path. Trained peers offer a unique perspective to share their experience and knowledge to help others to navigate community services and access treatment and basic life needs by providing support through a complicated system.
All MHA services are free.
Hours at the Jamestown recovery center are Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, 9:30 a.m.–7 p.m., and Tuesday and Friday, 9:30 a.m.– 4:30 p.m. Hours for the North County recovery center at Grace Lutheran Church, 601 Eagle Street in Dunkirk, are Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
To learn more about the Mental Health Association, call (716) 661-9044 or visit MHAChautauqua.org or facebook.com/MHAChautauqua. A schedule with descriptions of MHA’s dozens of groups and classes in Dunkirk and Jamestown is at MHAChautauqua.org/groups.
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