Description:

• Perform outreach activities and prevention education to foster good community relations, educate about program services and assess needs in Hartford neighborhoods where there is high volume of 911 for crisis intervention.

• Engage high-risk, hard to reach people who use drugs or engage in sex work, including injection drug users.

• Identify potential recruitment locations. Engage in dialogue with participants and other community members to continually improve our services and ensure that CRT is operating its sites and engaging in outreach activities in the best locations at the best times.

• Culturally appropriate health promotion and health education such as safer sex and safer drug use education and distribute syringes and other health-related resources and tools (and collect used syringes) in accordance with public health regulations.

• In a manner consistent with Harm Reduction principles, provide substance use and sexual risk assessments and discuss individualized risk reduction and harm reduction strategies (including safer injection practices; safer sex practices; overdose prevention and reversal; drug use management techniques; HIV, HCV and STI prevention; and other topics relevant to people who use drugs).

• Provide low-threshold referrals and connect participants with medical care, substance use and mental health treatment, and other life-stabilizing services.

Preparing Our Community to Meet Life’s Challenges

• Solicit and track feedback from participants to ensure that the agencies to which we refer are

effective and treat participants with respect and in a manner appropriate to harm reduction

programs. This includes, helping connect to schedule appointments to identified service/resource.

• Emphasizes person-centered, recovery-oriented approaches and interventions

• Prepares participants to recognize and respond to various mental health and addiction crisis,

including trauma; develop effective communication and connection skills.

• Establish and maintain enhanced communication between community members and providers

• Model proper participant engagement and outreach for other staff, peers, and volunteers.

• Provide guidance and mentorship as necessary.

• Keep accurate, consistent, complete records and data on all program activities and/ or

participants; provide program director with reports in a timely manner.

• Prepare, set up and dismantle program sites and other program materials. Ensure the integrity of

the sites, and maintain inventory of program supplies and bi-lingual educational materials

• Complete vehicle daily maintenance logs which include oil, tires, gas, and structural checks.

Document and report any incidents or accidents within 24 hours of occurrence. Ensure that

vehicles are kept clean, properly stocked, and ready for service

• Must be available to work a varied schedule, late evenings, weekends, and unconventional hours.

• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Additional Skills & Qualifications:

1- Positive perspective about law enforcement and working with law enforcement

2- Expected to work in inclement weather

3- Expected to work holidays if it falls on their scheduled (Will be able to receive a day off if holiday is worked)

4- CHW would need to hold a CHW certification and./or be able to obtain within 90 days

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

At Actalent, diversity and inclusion are a bridge towards the equity and success of our people. DE&I are embedded into our culture through:

• Hiring diverse talent
• Maintaining an inclusive environment through persistent self-reflection
• Building a culture of care, engagement, and recognition with clear outcomes
• Ensuring growth opportunities for our people

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com for other accommodation options.