Job Title: Prevention Specialist
Program: Community Based Services
Job Status: Full-Time;Non-Exempt
Location: Edmond, Oklahoma
Reports To: Director of Oklahoma Community Initiatives
Supervises: Not applicable
Details:
40 hours per week, on-site.
Job Summary
DCCCA
strives to be a premier prevention provider by utilizing evidence-based
practices in prevention, ensuring high quality services, building community
focused capacity, training staff to gain expertise in their field, and
continuously evaluating service offerings and effectiveness in the community.
The
Prevention Specialist works to empower community
members in Oklahoma County to live healthy and productive lives by providing
education, resources, and community connections that prevent substance misuse,
reduce harm, dispel stigma, and prevent overdose deaths. The Prevention
Specialist acts as a vital member of the DCCCA Oklahoma Community Based
services team by collaborating with a community coalition to share education
and resources on opioid and stimulant misuse, developing new partnerships across
the community to spread awareness and understanding, seeking opportunities to
expand the reach of the coalitions work, and researching and reviewing relevant
data and best practices to ensure coalition work is meeting the needs of the
community. Those who gain a sense of satisfaction from connecting with new
people, working upstream to solve community and project related problems, and taking
initiative the move projects forward are encouraged to apply!
Essential
Functions
- Represents the agency at local,
regional, and state events by:
- Actively engages with community members
to increase understanding, share vital resources, and create new partnerships.
- Appropriately plans for the needs of
events be considering the target audience, number of attendees, and supplies and
resources needed.
- Gathers all needed supplies and recruit
any additional staff or volunteer support if needed to effectively achieve the
event.
- Schedules and participates in community presentations, health
fairs, etc.
- Contacts new and existing partners to promote training and
resources in order to schedule new presentations and health fair participation.
- Collaborates and works with community organizations to
promote the coalition's mission and goals
- Plans annual community facing events and manages the
logistics, volunteers, communications and details of the events.
- Plans medication take back days in collaboration with the
Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and local community partners.
- Plans annual educational event the OK County Opioid &
Stimulant Summit.
- Plans annual community family friendly event, Prevention
& Recovery in the Park.
- Develops and facilitates community presentations focused on
substance misuse prevention.
- Through educational resources, on the job training, and
self-lead research, gains knowledge and expertise in substance misuse trends,
opioid and stimulant prevention, the strategic prevention framework, and best
practices in prevention.
- Utilizes knowledge and skills gained to update current training
materials and create new presentations as needed to meet community needs.
- Provides prevention training to community partners and
recruit new partners to receive training.
- Assists Director of OK Community Initiatives with project implementation
- Works collaboratively with Director to ensure project
initiatives meet required outcomes, while taking ownership and initiative on creating
action steps.
- Gains understanding of workplan structure and requirements
and thinks strategically about how to achieve the projected outcomes.
- Monitors and evaluates coalition programs, including data
entry into evaluation plan
- Collects required survey data when distributing free resources
to the community and enter this data into the tracking excel sheet.
- Completes monthly reporting of all resource distribution,
trainings provided, community collaboration, and progress on policy advocacy in
the state reporting system.
- Disseminates information about coalition projects, determine
potential partners.
- Determines appropriate locations and events to disseminate
coalition and prevention information, track all resources provided, and engage
with partners to enhance relationships.
- Coordinates coalition volunteers for community events.
- Creates volunteer role descriptions, schedule of needed
shifts, and share these documents with volunteers.
- Recruits and encourages volunteerism from new and existing
coalition members.
- Provides facilitation and administrative support to the
coalition.
- Facilitates monthly coalition meetings in collaboration with
coalition chair to assist members in having engaging conversations and staying
focused on projects appropriate to the workplan.
- Creates coalition meeting agenda, distribute email in
advance, print and provide at meetings and take meeting notes.
- Directs needs assessment activities, as needed through the
grant cycle.
- Reviews and understands former needs assessment information
and how this data impacts the focus of the opioid and stimulant focused
prevention work.
- Frequently reviews updated data relevant to the work to
update the needs assessment and keep coalition members informed and
presentations updated.
- Collaborates with other agencies and coalition members to
gather needed data when annual revisions to the needs assessment are required.
- Assists in the development of marketing materials, social
media content, and media campaigns.
- Applies creativity and critical thinking when creating
materials to market resources.
- Willing to learn and utilize new technologies to successfully
manage email newsletters, flyer creation, and social media content planning.
- Supports policy change efforts with coalition members, local
partners, and organizations.
- Advocates for state level policy that supports public health
best practice and improves long-term prevention outcomes.
- Fosters relationships with local organizations and businesses
in order to assist them with positive prevention policy change through policy
review and suggestions.
- Job may require the employee to be able to regularly drive to
various DCCCA locations and other business locations throughout the day
including early morning or evening hours and some weekends.
Education, Experience,
and Licensure
- Bachelor's
degree or equivalent experience, required
- Certified
Prevention Specialist Certification within 18 months of hire, required
- Proven community
organization and facilitation experience, preferred
- Experience in
substance use prevention or human services preferred
- Must possess
a valid state Driver's License, in force automobile liability insurance, and
maintain a Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) that meets organization's insurability
standard as defined by DCCCA policy. Availability of reliable transportation is
required for this position.
Knowledge, Skills, and
Abilities- Regular and
reliable on-site attendance.
- Excellent
oral and written communication skills
- Outstanding
interpersonal skills with a desire to network and build new relationships
- Communicates
clearly and is persuasive in both positive and negative environments
- Effective
listening, oral, and written communication skills, including face-to-face,
on-site, in person discussions. Exercises appropriate use of positive language.
- Knowledge of
alcohol, tobacco, and other drug abuse/misuse prevention
- Knowledge of
community systems and their relevance to community change
- Able to
interact with a variety of interest and cultural groups
- Reporting
skills and the ability to maintain records required
- Professional
demeanor and attitude required
- Experience
creating flyers, social media graphics, and email newsletters utilizing
software such as Canvas, Constant Contact, or Adobe Creative Cloud preferred
but not required.
- Intermediate
to Advanced Proficiency with computers and Microsoft suite of products
including Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Ability to
efficiently operate other office equipment such as telephones, voicemail
systems, copy and fax machines, and scanners.
- Adherence to
DCCCA Values:
- We provide
education and services based on research and a dedicated commitment to
improving lives.
- We value the
people and communities we serve by respecting their experiences and treating
them with dignity and respect.
- We encourage
leadership at all levels by challenging existing conditions and finding
innovative ways to grow and learn.
- We deliver
high quality services every day, holding ourselves accountable for our
outcomes.
Physical Requirements
The
physical demands described below are representative of what must be met to
satisfy the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be
made to enable an individual with disabilities to perform essential functions. While
performing the duties of this job, the employee may be regularly required to:
- Stand, walk,
sit, climb, or balance
- Talk, hear,
taste, or smell
- Reach with
hands and arms
- Use hands to
finger, handle, or feel
- Stoop, kneel,
crouch, or crawl
- Move lift or
move up to 50 pounds occasionally
- Work at a
computer for extended periods of time, sitting or standing
- Operate
successfully in an environment in which mentally and emotionally stressful
topics may be discussed or trained, i.e. substance use disorder, mental health
conditions, domestic abuse, etc.
- Vision
abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision,
peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Travel
This position
requires some travel, which may include driving personal or company-owned
vehicles. Note: Even with a valid
driver's license, certain motor vehicle infractions may render individual's
ineligible to drive company-owned or personal vehicles for company business.
Such infractions may also disqualify employees from continued employment with
DCCCA, Inc. This is a safety sensitive position.
Please
note this description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive
listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the
employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at
any time with or without notice.
Candidates
must successfully complete pre-employment drug screening, background screening,
a fingerprint-based records search, and reference checks. Continued employment
is contingent upon annual background screening and participation in an ongoing
random drug and alcohol testing program.
DCCCA
is a drug-free and smoke-free workplace. This position is considered a safety sensitive position.
DCCCA, Inc. provides equal employment
opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without
regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, gender, disability,
genetics, or any other characteristic protected by law. It is the policy of DCCCA
to comply with all federal, state, and local laws concerning the employment of
women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and veterans, and to act in
accordance with regulations and guidance issued by the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission (EEOC), in every location in which DCCCA has facilities.
This policy applies to recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination,
layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, training, and any
other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment.
Possible Opportunities for
Promotion and/or Growth:
- Lead
Prevention Specialist
- Prevention
Supervisor