Prevention Specialist (52344)
Summary
Leads community-driven prevention programs to reduce substance abuse by fostering healthy lifestyles, coordinating systemic approaches, and supervising program participants in a nonprofit/non-governmental setting.
Position Summary:
The Prevention Specialist works to empower local communities, promote alcohol/drug-free lifestyles, and build community structures to support such lifestyles. Essential Job Functions include those listed below.
Essential Job Functions:
- Empowers communities to promote alcohol/drug-free lifestyles, and helps to build community structures that support those lifestyles;
- Encourages and supports coordinated, systemic approaches to the prevention of substance abuse;
- Creates and sustain systems and structures that discourage substance abuse, reduce its consequences, and encourage healthy behaviors in children, their families, and other adults;
- Provides general supervision to participants in WestCare Wisconsins program(s) as needed;
- Reports to immediate supervisor, any unusual incidents that should be brought to the attention of the Program Director, Regional Vice President or the WestCare Foundation;
- Attends all internal and external team meetings;
- Maintains all data collection logs on a daily basis;
- Provides transportation as directed by immediate supervisor;
- Assists with overall facility maintenance and general housekeeping;
- Embraces and embodies the mission, vision, guiding principles, clinical vision and goals of WestCare Foundation;
- Performs any other duties as assigned.