Prevention Services Coordinator

Colorado Health Network•Denver, CO

50d•$23 - $25

About The Position

Position Summary: Facilitation of HIV/HCV/STI testing and risk reduction counseling services Collaborative advancement of harm reduction education, overdose prevention, and syringe access program Coordination and implementation of community outreach and education Effective support of integrated linkage to care services through collaboration with other programs, such as PrEP/PEP navigation, HCV Treatment, Behavioral Health, and HIV Case Management The Prevention Services coordinator involves a comprehensive range of responsibilities. This includes cultivating services that are respectful, trauma-informed, culturally competent, and non-judgmental, with a focus on enforcing boundaries and crisis intervention. The role encompasses providing trauma-informed, non-clinical testing for HIV/STIs/HCV, along with client-centered counseling, and maintaining an up-to-date understanding of prevention issues and trends in these areas. The coordinator is instrumental in developing and maintaining community partnerships, ensuring effective linkage to care, and completing required disease reporting for public health departments. Additionally, they actively contribute to Syringe Access Program services, offering assistance to program participants for harm reduction, supply access, naloxone administration, overdose response training, and drug testing education. Data management responsibilities include gathering participant data for grant reporting, conducting ongoing data entry for testing and syringe access programs, and engaging in collaborative efforts to streamline statewide approaches to harm reduction and sexual health services. The role extends to community outreach and education, involving collaboration in creating and disseminating content through various channels, delivering evidence-based educational presentations to diverse audiences, and participating in community meetings to facilitate referrals and resource knowledge. Training is a key aspect, with a commitment to completing required trainings and aiding in intern/volunteer recruitment, training, and support in relevant areas. The position also entails additional duties such as regional travel, assistance in supply shipment receiving and organization, overall office coverage support, and participation in departmental and agency retreats and meetings, with a flexibility to work days, evenings, and weekends as needed.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Social Work, Human Services, Psychology, Sociology, and Public Health, a related field, or equivalent experience required.
Experience working with basic office and database computer programs, including familiarity with Microsoft Outlook, Teams, Canva Word, Excel, Access, SharePoint and social media outlets required.
Valid Colorado Driver's License/auto insurance and reliable transportation required.

Nice To Haves

Previous experience in the delivery of evidenced-based programs is highly preferred, as well as excellent communication, customer service, and data collection skills. The appropriate person will be organized and detail oriented.
We highly recommend people of all educational backgrounds and life experiences apply. We believe that people with lived experience are among the most qualified to provide harm reduction and sexual health services. We strive to center the people we serve in the work; hence, we strongly encourage applications from people who hold these identities or who are members of other marginalized communities.

Responsibilities

Cultivate respectful, trauma-informed, culturally competent, non-judgmental services, including enforcement of boundaries and crisis intervention
Provide trauma informed, non-clinical testing for HIV/STIs/HCV including client centered counseling
Maintain current understanding of HIV/HCV/STI prevention issues and trends
Assist in developing and maintaining community partnerships to support effective linkage to care
Complete required disease reporting for public health departments
Collaboratively carry out Syringe Access Program services
Assist program participants in accessing appropriate supplies for reduction of harms, including safer use counseling, naloxone administration and overdose response training, drug testing education, maintenance of supply stock
Work with participants to gather basic data requirements for grant reporting and provide any referrals or education when engaging with participants
Complete ongoing data entry for testing and syringe access programs
Engage with internal workgroups to streamline statewide approaches to harm reduction and sexual health services
Participate in development of new and evolving programming within Prevention Services for the southeast region including but not limited to expansion of services to the southeast, development of community-based outreach e.g. mobile syringe access and pop-up testing events, and programming proposals for future funding opportunities
Collaborate to create and post content to social media and other marketing and educational materials
Develop and deliver evidence-based educational presentations; audiences may include people who use drugs (PWUD), law enforcement, social workers, government entities, students, healthcare/treatment providers, etc.
Participate in community meetings/groups to facilitate effective referrals and resource knowledge
Complete required trainings to maintain best practices around harm reduction, sexual health, trauma informed care, crisis intervention, and stigma-reduction; participate in additional training when offered
Aid with intern/volunteer recruitment, training and support in the areas of sexual health, overdose prevention, outreach, syringe access, and other prevention services
Travel throughout service region
Assist in supply shipment receiving and organization of large amounts of backstock supplies
Support overall office coverage
Participate in departmental and agency retreats and meetings
Work days and evenings as needed, some evenings and weekends required.