Harm Reduction Community Health Educator

Job Description

Job Description

SUMMARY : The Community Health Educator will be responsible for organizing Harm Reduction grant activities in collaboration with other partner programs, agencies and NACC stakeholders. Key activities include outreach, education, referrals to NACC and external services, tracking and contribution information to grant reports. This role is housed within NACC’s harm reduction team, which offers full-spectrum harm reduction services, including syringe and safer use supply distribution, naloxone distribution and overdose prevention / response education, frequent street outreach and outreach with other harm reduction and healthcare providers in the area.

This is a grant funded position; NACC cannot guarantee employment beyond the grant period.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :

HIV / STI Testing and Outreach :

• Conduct harm reduction outreach in most weather, including street / encampment outreach and outreach to other community locations
• Facilitate HIV / HEP-C testing events to actively engage high risk population and provide linkages to care
• Provide rapid, point-of-care HIV and HCV testing (training will be provided by NACC / MDH, if needed)

Work with clinical staff / syndemic program manager to carry out testing program protocol and workflow implementation.

Education :

Identify, create and implement client education materials to share in groups and at community events

Community Collaboration :

Provide information and referral to NACC and other partnering programs to meet the comprehensive needs of clients

Tracking Program :

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES :

Directly supervises 0 employees within the department.

Required QUALIFICATIONS :

Preferred QUALIFICATIONS :

LANGUAGE SKILLS :

Ability to read and interpret documents such as risk assessments, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively with individuals, groups of participants, or employees of organization.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS :

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

REASONING ABILITY :

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

COMPUTER SKILLS :

To perform this job successfully an individual must have intermediate to advanced knowledge of : Spreadsheet Software (Excel); Word Processing Software (Word); Electronic Mail Software (Outlook / Teams); Presentation Software (PowerPoint); and Publisher Software as well as capability to use Electronic Record software.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS :

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to walk. The employee is occasionally required to stand.

The employee must occasionally lift and / or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.