Group Facilitator (50864)

Position Summary:

Persons in this position will work to empower communities to promote alcohol and drug-free lifestyle; build community structures to support those lifestyles; and encourage and support coordinated, systemic approaches to the prevention of substance abuse.

Essential Job Functions:

• Knowledge of the Strategic Prevention Framework
• Knowledge of child development, group dynamics, and behavior modification techniques.
• Knowledge of community mental health and public health in order to provide advocacy and enhance an individual’s access to community resources.
• Knowledge of the principals, procedures, techniques, trends, and literature related to prevention and substance abuse.
• Skill to analyze situations accurately and develop appropriate responses or techniques.
• Skills to communicate effectively in order to facilitate programming and relay information to others as part of an interdisciplinary team.
• Skills to develop reports, create presentations, and communicate findings to both internal and external audiences.
• Ability to promote positive, collaborative, and professional working relations among program participants, co-workers, and community-based stakeholders.
• Attend and participate in training activities, staff meetings, and supervisory sessions.
• Conduct community-based outreach activities throughout St. Croix.
• Develop an individualized risk reduction prevention plan in collaboration with the consumer, while documenting all sessions in the clinical record
• Implement Botvin life skills, evidence evidence-based intervention.
• Train to provide youth and young adults the evidence-based community-level intervention Botvin.
• Participate in the development and implementation of the environmental strategies
• Document all service delivery in the clinical record in accordance with federal, state, JCAHO and agency standards.
• Attend and participate in all staff meetings and training as assigned by the Program Coordinator.
• Participate in performance improvement activities
• Transport clients when necessary
• Other duties as assigned by the Program Coordinator.
• During your tenure with WestCare there may be new requirements, including, but not limited to vaccinations that are issued by local, State, Federal, and/or Funders that WestCare may have to comply with. Should this occur Human Resources or appropriate personnel will inform you.