Youth Prevention Coordinator

As a Youth Prevention Coordinator, your role will encompass a wide range of responsibilities aimed at ensuring the successful implementation of prevention programs, including fostering CFLR values. You will assist the Program Director in various aspects of program management, including quality control, budget tracking, staff development, and fostering teamwork. Key duties include supervising a team of school-based prevention specialists, youth-based prevention programs including Rome Life Center programming, developing reports, strategic plans, and assessments, and implementing Evidence-Based Programming as required. You will also actively seek and secure grant funding opportunities to support the growth of the prevention department. Building strong relationships with school districts and community organizations, attending relevant meetings and coalitions, and managing data collection and analysis through the WITNYS system are integral parts of your role.

Essential Functions:

• Assist Program Director with quality management, tracking budget expenses, performance management, staff development and delegation, fostering teamwork and ensuring program implementation.
• Supervise team of school-based prevention specialists in contracted school districts and communities
• Develop and write reports, work and strategic plans, and develop assessments and evaluations.
• Create and implement Evidence Based Programming as needed.
• Provide oversight for Rome Life Center youth programming.
• Source and complete grant funding opportunities for prevention department development and growth
• Establish and build relationships with school districts and community organizations.
• Attend and participate in local, regional meetings and coalitions as relevant to mental health.
• Data collection reporting through WITNYS system and analysis.
• Create job descriptions and coordinate hiring within the school-based prevention team.
• Create and implement organizational and referral-based documents to aid in data collection and efficiency.
• Co-facilitate prevention team meetings.
• Marketing and networking to build collaborative partners to increase prevention services and programs.
• Support and help promote education and awareness for websites, social media, prevention monthly newsletter, virtual and in-person presentations and trainings.
• Build collaborative relationships with local, regional, and state level community agencies and supportive services.
• Perform other duties as requested.

Knowledge

• Clerical – Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, designing forms and other office procedures.
• Customer and Personal Service – Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services.
• Computers and electronics – Knowledge of computer software including application and programming.

Skills

• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Service Orientation - Actively looking for ways to help people.
• Writing - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

Abilities

• Written Comprehension - The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Speech Recognition - The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
• Written Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.

Work Values

• Kindness - Showing you care with acts of service. Give kudos authentically with examples. Listen to understand (being open).
• Integrity - Do what you say you're going to do / stick the landing. Serving others, offering help and flexibility and performing the platinum rule.
• Excellence - Work towards specific area to strengthen or build goals / programs / teams /s elf. Delivering service in an exceptional way. Benchmarking, progress and quality control understanding.
• Efficiency - Share and conduct the plan consistently. Teamwork as an act of cooperation (using each other's strengths). Perform your responsibilities.
• Purpose - Intentionally sharing our why, aspirations and goals. Role modeling and coaching others in the process. Building agency culture.
• Courage - Be direct - what do you need? Standing up and taking the lead when no one else is. Level up growth mindset.

Qualifications:

• A minimum of bachelor’s degree in related human service field in psychology, addictions, social work, education, human services, social science or related field is strongly preferred.
• Knowledge and experience with mental health, substance use and behavioral issues.
• Demonstrated ability in public speaking, program development/implementation, data analysis, and excellent writing skills.
• Current and valid NYS driver’s license and reliable transportation is required.

Work Environment

• Normal room temperature
• Relatively normal noise level (inside & outside).

Physical Demands

• Ability to sit and type at a computer screen for long periods of time.
• Ability to bend and stand for 10-20 minutes at a time.
• Ability to lift and move up to 20 pounds at a time.