Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Massachusetts
Jamie Lefebvre is a dedicated mental health professional with extensive experience in various roles related to mental health and youth support. Currently serving as a Mental Health Clinician at Walker since August 2019, Jamie also works as a Match Support Coordinator for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay since November 2016, ensuring meaningful connections between volunteers and youth. Clinical internship experience at The Home for Little Wanderers has been gained since August 2018, focusing on therapeutic support for adolescents facing mental health challenges. Jamie holds a Master's degree in Mental Health Counseling from the University of Massachusetts Boston, graduating with a GPA of 3.98 in May 2019, as well as a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Ithaca College, obtained in May 2013. Previous roles include serving as a Behavior Specialist at New Alternatives For Children and a Youth Counselor at Children's Aid and Family Services, further highlighting a solid foundation in providing support to children and families.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Massachusetts
For more than 60 years, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Massachusetts has worked to ensure that every child has the support from caring adults that they need for healthy development and success in life. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Massachusetts makes meaningful, monitored matches between adult volunteers ("Bigs") and children ("Littles"), ages 7 through high school graduation, in communities across Massachusetts Bay. We develop positive relationships that have a direct and lasting effect on the lives of young people. The mission of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay is to partner with under-resourced families to provide their children with transformational, one-to-one professionally-supported relationships with caring adult mentors, so that their children will thrive. Here's the proof. National research has shown that positive relationships between Littles and their Bigs have a direct and measurable impact on children’s lives. By participating in our programs, Little Brothers and Sisters are: -more confident in their schoolwork performance -able to get along better with their families -46% less likely to begin using illegal drugs -27% less likely to begin using alcohol -52% less likely to skip school. Please explore our site and learn more about our history, staff, service areas, boards and advisory committees, read our mission statement, or view current job openings.