Prevention Educator

Kingston, NY
Full Time
Community Programs
Entry Level

Our Why: To Support Everyone’s Right to Thrive

 

Title: Prevention Educator

Salary: $24.09 per hour

Supervisor: Director of Ulster Prevention Council

Status: Full-Time, Exempt, 35 hours per week

Schedule: Monday – Friday 9am-5pm, Occasional Evening and Weekend hours are required based on program needs

 

Overview: Ulster Prevention Council (UPC) is a Family Services, Inc. program housed in Kingston, NY. Our mission is to reduce and prevent substance use and substance use disorder (SUD) among youth and families in Ulster County by providing support services to ensure that strategies address local needs and preferences employing programs that have been proven to work with successful outcomes. We work with health and human services agencies, school districts, government, law enforcement, probation, youth organizations, and community members to reduce and prevent alcohol and substance misuse.

 

The Prevention Educator is responsible for planning, implementing, and coordinating prevention education in school and community settings, while enthusiastically supporting, practicing, and communicating the agency’s mission and statement of values.

 

Job Requirements:

Required

  • Minimum two years of experience in teaching, facilitation, and/or public speaking.
  • Minimum two years’ experience working with youth.
  • Knowledge of (or ability to learn about) substance-use disorder and substance-use prevention.
  • Ability to engage youth using a strength-based and culturally competent perspective and approach.
  • Strong planning and written, verbal, and organizational skills, including the ability to work with students, staff, faculty, and community members.
  • Quickly adaptable to changing ideas, responsibilities, expectations, and scheduling as related to program needs.
  • Use and familiarity with technology and multiple forms of media and comfort using PCs and Microsoft Office software.

Preferred

  • Bachelor’s degree in Education, Teaching, Social Work, Sociology, Psychology, or related Human Services field.
  • Understanding of, and experience working with, an evidence-based curriculum
  • One year of experience in substance-use prevention.
  • Program monitoring and evaluation.
  • Bilingual (Spanish/English) is a plus.
  • Familiarity with social media and content creation.

 

Essential Requirements:

  • Ability to work some evenings and weekends as the program demands.
  • Reliable transportation and phone (travel and phone expenses are reimbursed).
  • Travel throughout Ulster County as needed, as well as mandatory training(s) inside/outside New York State.
  • Ability to receive and convey detailed and/or important instructions or ideas accurately, audibly, and quickly on the telephone and in person.
  • Prepare and/or review documents and communications on computer, paper, and in files.
  • Ability to work autonomously, as well as cooperatively, in collaboration with others to increase productivity, share ideas, develop unique solutions, and foster a healthy relationship with a team.

 

 Benefits:

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • 403(b) retirement plan with employer match up to 5%.
  • Generous paid vacation, holiday, sick and personal time package (2 weeks’ vacation to start, 13 paid holidays per year, 12 sick days per year and 4 personal days per year).
  • Employee assistance program (EAP).
  • Access to Family Services’ Compassionate Leave Program where employees can donate/receive unused time off.
  • Group term life and long-term disability insurance.
  • Supplemental life insurance & accidental death and dismemberment coverage (AD&D), supplemental insurance through Aflac.
  • Pet insurance.

 

Our Mission:

Family Services brings people together to find the support they need, improving their lives and communities, and building a stronger safer Hudson Valley.

 

Our Values:

Compassion – Extending empathy and understanding to others.

Integrity – Being honest and dependable.

Hope – Believing in the strength of the human spirit and heart, to emerge and thrive when faced with a challenge.

Diversity – Promoting a vision of community comprised of wide-ranging assets.

Respect – Treating all individuals with dignity and without judgement.

Community – Recognizing and reinforcing the importance of our world as being comprised of people of differing strengths and perspectives.

Justice – Promoting social and economic equity and fairness.

Quality – Aspiring for excellence in every aspect of our work.

 

Job Responsibilities:

  • Provide direct delivery of evidence-based prevention curricula to groups of youth in K-12 classrooms,  after-school programs, and in community settings throughout Ulster County.
  • Seek and incorporate methods of instruction that enhance and enrich the learning experience. Explore and implement media resources and strategies that actively involve participants in lessons.
  • Prepare and deliver materials and supplies for each program session.
  • Advocate for implementation of evidence-based practices in school, after school, and in community settings.
  • Network with Ulster County multi-disciplinary services and youth service providers to build working partnerships.
  • Coordinate with the Director and Coordinator, for the scheduling of services delivered in multiple locations throughout the county.
  • Maintain accurate and complete records of programs and projects (including completed participant pre/post-test evaluations and entering service delivery data online daily as required by New York State OASAS).
  • Implement on-going evaluation of program effectiveness by assessing, analyzing, and inputting classroom and program data.
  • Assist Director, Coordinator, and other team members in preparing quarterly, biannual, and annual prevention/education outcomes and progress reports as needed.
  • Attend/participate in individual and group supervision as designated by the Director.
  • Actively participate in weekly team meetings, other agency and community meetings, including those on a State and County level, and other meetings as requested by the Director.
  • Complete any training activities approved by the Director.
  • Participate in continuing education and maintain expertise on current research and developments in the field of intersectionality, prevention models, underserved populations, and other pertinent topics.
  • Serve on agency committees and, where appropriate and directed, contribute to the overall work of Ulster Prevention Council
  • Represent all programs at school events, community health fairs, and other events.
  • Participate in conferences and professional development in the Health Education and substance use prevention field.
  • Additional duties as assigned.

 

Skills & Abilities:

  • Computer literacy (Windows, Microsoft Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Outlook) 
  • Teaching and facilitating
  • Planning and organizational skills
  • Client-based focus
  • Time management
  • Communication and public speaking skills
  • Collaborative relationship development
  • Flexible and adaptable

 

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Work Environment: The work environment is in the office, schools, community, or health agencies, and after school and youth centers. The office follows New York State Covid-19 protocols as directed. The noise level is moderate.

Family Services, Inc. complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact hr@familyservicesny.org.

Family Services is an equal opportunity employer. We follow federal, state, and local laws prohibiting discrimination in hiring and employment.

Must be authorized to work in the United States without work sponsorship.

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