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CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT

The Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office and BAMSI (Brockton Area Multi-Services, Inc.) announce the 5th Annual Charity Open to benefit the Children’s

Advocacy Center of Plymouth County to be held on Monday, August 23, 2010 at the spectacular shoreline Ocean Course at The Club at New Seabury in Mashpee. more...


TJF MEMORIAL AIDS WALK

The Thomas J. Fahey Jr., 19th Annual Memorial AIDS Walk is scheduled for Saturday, October 2, 2010 at the BAMSI

Administration Office, 10 Christy’s Drive, Brockton, MA at 8:00 a.m.  more...


 


BAMSI - News Notes


SENIOR CITIZEN RECEPTION

The Dorn-Davies Senior Center sponsored the 12th Annual Senior Citizen Reception on Tuesday, June 15th at the Massasoit Conference Center.

Distinguished speakers, including Mayor Linda Balzotti, Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz, and Attorney Richard Lawton, addressed the audience on a variety of issues particular to the seniors.  The Elderly Advocate Appreciation Award was presented to Representative Christine Canavan for her outstanding work with the elderly community.  The 500 senior citizens who attended the event benefited from handouts and information from vendors.  The day also included a luncheon and two musical performance, which had the guests dancing and singing!


METRO SOUTH ACADEMY

Metro South Academy held its annual Commencement Ceremony on Tuesday, June 1, 2010.  Welcoming remarks were given by BAMSI Chief

Operations Officer, Vanessa Tierney and Joe Marchisio from the Brockton Public Schools was the keynote speaker.  Anthony Simonelli, Chief Executive Officer of BAMSI conferred the high school diplomas on the six graduates who were greeted with a warm applause by over 60 parents and friends who attended the ceremony.


EXTRA DISTANCE AWARDS

BAMSI Extra Distance Award winners were recognized at the Leadership Meeting on May 11, 2010 at Lombardo's.  At each Leadership Meeting,

BAMSI Executive Management Team recognizes individual employees and employee teams to recognize performance in collaboration with others that fosters team spirit and demonstrates a best-practice model of service delivery.  more...


SAFETY BULLETIN

Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the United States. Ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun are the main cause of skin cancer. UV damage can also cause wrinkles and blotchy skin. more...


REFERRALS BEING ACCEPTED

BAMSI’s Community Service Agency for the Brockton Area; an interagency initiative of the Commonwealth's

Executive Office of Health and Human Services, is now accepting referrals from all related parties for children and youth with serious emotional disturbance (S.E.D.) who require or are already utilizing multiple services or are involved with multiple child-serving systems (e.g., child welfare, special education, juvenile justice, mental health) and their families more...


CARF accreditation

CARF International announced that BAMSI has been accredited for a period of three years for its Community Housing, Supported Living, more...

 


  


 

bamsi awarded role of brockton community services agency

     


Brockton Area Multi-Services Inc. (BAMSI) has been selected to serve as the Community Service Agency for Brockton area and the surrounding towns to integrate the Children’s Behavioral Health Initiative (CBHI). The Children’s Behavioral Health Initiative is an interagency initiative of the Commonwealth’s Executive Office of Health and Human Services designed to strengthen, expand, and integrate Massachusetts state services into a comprehensive, community-based system of care, and to ensure that families and their children with significant emotional and behavioral health needs obtain the services they need for success in home, school, and community.

The award will involve BAMSI’s Wraparound Family Services Division, and they will be adding a number of new staff positions and increasing services to Brockton area youth with severe emotional disturbances and their families from 50 to over 300.

Initially BAMSI will need Care Managers who will be Masters or Bachelor Level Clinicians with experience in human services related fields and Family Partners who will be parents or caregivers of children with SED who bring their experience in navigating community services for their children. These positions will be added incrementally over the next 18 months and prospective employees should check the BAMSI Career Site for more information as these positions come on-line.