CQI Seeks Young Adult Research Assistants

Consumer Quality Initiatives (CQI) is a mental health consumer operated research, evaluation and quality improvement organization based in Massachusetts. CQI utilizes a Community-based Participatory Action Research framework, bringing together members of the community in all aspects of evaluation/assessment work. CQI is working with the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health on a federally funded grant project to improve mental health services for young adults living in Massachusetts.  As part of this grant, Consumer Quality Initiatives (CQI) is seeking to hire twelve young adults living with mental health conditions to work on the young adult assessment as part-time research associates. Job Summary RAs will be responsible for participating in a 20-24 hour paid orientation and training (will occur over several weeks) in designing and conducting mental health services assessments and will be part of the assessment team conducting in person interviews with young adults throughout Massachusetts; approximately 5-10 hours/week from March through July 2012.

Responsibilities include:

• Attending training sessions to learn about evaluation and assessment principles (20-24 hours)
• Attending regular project team meetings,
• Helping with the development of assessment tools,
• Conducting face to face interviews in Massachusetts, 

Responsibilities may also include data entry and assessing, interpreting and writing up the assessment results.

Job Qualifications:

• Must be a young adult (between ages 18-25) living with a mental health recovery condition
• Willing to travel within Massachusetts Very good verbal communication and listening skills
• Good written communication skills
• Must have an interest in learning about research, evaluation and assessment
• Must be able to reliably attend meetings
• Ability and willingness to learn  
• Fluency in English is required

Research Assistants will be paid $15 per hour for participation in the training and work on the assessment.