What are the responsibilities and job description for the Prevention Specialist position at Communicare?
Description
Responsibilities:
The Prevention Specialist is responsible for structured dual diagnosis prevention programs, primarily those provided in the college setting. Activities include implementing and evaluating prevention programs designed to prevent/reduce substance and mental illness.
Duties
Qualifications:
Responsibilities:
The Prevention Specialist is responsible for structured dual diagnosis prevention programs, primarily those provided in the college setting. Activities include implementing and evaluating prevention programs designed to prevent/reduce substance and mental illness.
Duties
- Implement classroom-based educational intervention. Implementation entails completing standardization training, conducting participant recruitment (e.g. recruiting students through sign-up sheets and classroom appearances, as well as calling and/or emailing participants to remind them of their appointment), and managing required classroom activities in a professional manner.
- Collect data on participants. Data collection involved pretest, posttest, and follow up intervention data.
- Score and enter collected data into prevention databases located on Project laptop. Data entry must be completed on a biweekly basis.
- Keep records as required by Communicare and external funding/auditing sources.
- Attend in-service training and other meetings as assigned.
- Turn in schedule for upcoming week to Coordinator by Friday @ 3pm
- Report daily activities notes to Coordinator
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in social work, counseling, psychology, or a related field.
- Ability to relate effectively to college-aged individuals.
- Experience in public speaking and/or teaching.
- Data-entry skills.
- Acceptable criminal background check.