Prevention Specialist

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The Prevention Specialist provides support and implementation of

prevention programming in Douglas County, with a focus on substance use

reduction, mental health promotion and suicide prevention. This role

acts as a liaison between schools, parents, and community partners and

contributes to the development and coordination of youth-focused

prevention initiatives.

**Essential Functions**

• Facilitates evidence-based training related to substance misuse
  
  

prevention and mental health promotion for students, staff, and

community partners.

• Presents information to community groups, churches,
  
  

teachers/administrators, and parents on substance use prevention and

mental health promotion.

• Supports positive student and school relations for the purpose of
  
  

improving the success of prevention programming in Douglas County.

• Supports program development, implementation, reporting, and
  
  

evaluation as necessary to meet funding requirements.

• Manages the coordination and subject content matter during the
  
  

development of meetings, trainings, events, and conferences.

• Tracks and manages the components required for project reporting.
• Supports the Douglas County Youth Empowerment and Prevention (YEP)
  
  

program and school-based partnerships of YEP.

• Assists in the coordination of Engage Douglas County meetings
• Implements relevant prevention initiatives, including educating
  
  

communities and youth to reduce the prevalence of substance misuse,

as well as raise awareness of suicide prevention and mental health

promotion.

• Supports other prevention projects as assigned in partnership with
  
  

prevention staff.

• Implements educational opportunities targeting parents of youth
  
  

under the age of 18 in Douglas County.

• Coordinates Red Ribbon Week activities in coordination with YEP and
  
  

Engage Douglas County.

• Coordinates prevention outreach to local universities.
• Other duties as assigned.
  
  

**Education, Experience, and Licensure**

• Requires a Bachelor\'s degree in a related field
• Training and experience in community organizing, substance misuse
  
  

prevention, mental health promotion, or human services, preferred.

• Must possess a valid Driver\'s License, have in force automobile
  
  

liability insurance coverage, 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 predictable on-site attendance.
• Proven ability to develop constructive and cooperative working
  
  

relationships with others, including strengthening and maintaining

them over time.

• Collaborate with a variety of audiences (e.g., school board members,
  
  

school administration, students, etc.) to identify school needs and

develop education or assistance programs.

• Encourages and builds mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among
  
  

stakeholders.

• Observes, receives, researches, and otherwise obtains information
  
  

from relevant sources.

• Develops specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and
  
  

accomplish work. Being a newly created position, the ability to

establish long-range objectives and identify strategies,

experiments, and actions to achieve them is necessary.

• Establishes and maintains appropriate boundaries with the population
  
  

being served.

• 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 an d 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 touch, handle, or feel

Stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl

Move lift or m