Prevention Provider

Position Summary:

Provide prevention-based services to local school district and facilitate groups for youth and adults. Individual will be expected to engage with school personnel and students in identifying prevention-based needs. Individual will be responsible for engaging in community events to share information about services offered and how to obtain those services. This position includes curriculum/presentation development, scheduling and outreach, program implementation, and providing data for program evaluations.

Position Description:

• Remain current on Prevention and Education standards and ensure the program provides services in accordance with those standards
• Identify and assess needs of customers/clients
• Utilize supportive educational methods that are appropriate to customer and topic
• Complete service documentation accurately and timely in electronic health record
• Provide both prevention and education services
• Facilitate referral to and/or provide appropriate level of care
• Develop,define and implement realistic, effective, and measurable goals and plans for services
• Collect,track, and evaluate program data for fidelity and service quality
• Recruit community groups,schools and others for prevention services
• Adhere to professional standards as outlined by protocols,rules and regulations
• Drive for job duties as assigned
• Other duties as assigned

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to collaborate/interact with wide variety of people
• Knowledge of code of ethics, conflict of interest and regulatory requirements
• Ability to provide documentation and enter data
• Demonstrate professional dress, speech and behavior
• Detach from client issues and view objectively as appropriate to the position
• Ability to interact professionally with students, staff, and co-workers

Job Requirements:

• High School Diploma or GED
• Be a Registered Applicant (RA) and obtain Ohio Certified Prevention Specialist Assistant (OCPSA) within 13 monthsof hire date.
• Valid driver license and auto insurance

Essential Functions/Physical Demands:

• Positional: Driving in accordance with job duties assigned. Occasional standing and walking. Constant sitting.
• Gross Mobility: Rare climbing, or crawling. Infrequent balancing, stooping, kneeling or crouching. Frequent to constant reaching and handling. Lifting and carrying materials to classrooms, no more than 20 pounds.
• Sensory: Rare tasting/smelling. Infrequent use of color vision. Occasional use of far visual acuity, depth perception, and field of vision. Frequent use of near and midrange visual acuity, and visual accommodation. Frequent to constant talking.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or on the basis of disability.