Prevention Coordinator - Early Childhood

About Us

We're more than just quality treatment for substance use disorders. We're a total health community. At SSTAR, our mission is healing the community, one person at a time. We will provide a personal level of healthcare and addiction treatment that addresses the mental, physical, and spiritual well-being of everyone we touch. SSTAR is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) which affords our employees eligibility to apply for one of our three Loan Repayment Programs, including the HRSA LRP.

The Fall River PEC Prevention Coordinator will be responsible for the overall coordination and implementation of a primary prevention grant funded by the MA Department of Public Health-Bureau of Substance Addiction Services. Responsible for supporting prevention programming, coalition and capacity building, social media and marketing, and program development as it pertains to SSTAR's prevention initiatives. This position requires knowledge/experience in substance misuse prevention and comfort level working with school departments, community stakeholders, programs and services in the Greater Fall River area. Some evenings and weekends may be required. This is an onsite position.

Benefits

• 403B
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance through Massachusetts PFML
• Employee discounts, cell phone, eyewear etc.
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance
• Flexible Spending Account
• Opportunities to earn CEU's
• Voluntary Benefits including but not limited to, Disability, Life, Critical Illness, Accident and Disability Insurances
• Paid Long Term Disability

Duties & Responsibilities

• Responsible for the activities outlined in the grant proposal and RFR utilizing the Strategic Prevention Framework and other community assessment tools/activities.
• Support and/or lead cluster communities by attending Coalition, Task Force and related meetings.
• Work as a team member with SSTAR Prevention on community/prevention related initiatives, policies, and procedures.
• Represent SSTAR and substance use prevention in the catchment area.
• Continually work with communities to gather data needed to inform the work and complete all necessary reports.
• Manage and/or assist with social marketing pertaining to substance use prevention, positive youth development and related topics.
• Attend trainings, conferences, community and BSAS meetings.
• Continually work on professional development.
• Work with community members, schools, key stakeholders and organizations to incorporate racial/health equity, trauma informed approaches, positive youth development and other prevention programming principles to support sustainable, evidence-based Prevention efforts.
• Work with and support other Coordinators/Director's within our agency.
• Maintain flexibility to provide some evening and/or weekend duties.
• Adhere to the work schedule. Obtains supervisor approval in advance of schedule conflicts as well as late arrivals or early departures.
• Facilitate small and large focus groups.
• Request, Research and Present data and issues pertaining to substance use, prevention, positive youth development and related topics.
• Comfortable facilitating small and large focus groups and presentations on issues pertaining to substance use, prevention, positive youth development and related topics.
• Comfortable requesting, researching, compiling and presenting data on substance use related issues and topics.
• Records all hours worked by the last day of the pay period.
• Follows the incident reporting policy and procedure in reporting any unsafe/unusual safety issues.
• Some local, statewide and national travel may be required for meetings, activities and training.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in social work, public health, or related field, OR
• 3-5 years' experience in Prevention, Education, and/or Public Health with high school diploma.
• Social media and marketing knowledge, desirable.
• Driver's license required.

HOURLY WAGE RANGE: $24 - $29