What are the responsibilities and job description for the Prevention Specialist position at Easterseals PORT Health?
Do you have a passion for making a real difference in the lives of people living with mental health challenges and substance use disorder? At Easterseals PORT Health, we’re seeking a compassionate and dedicated full-time Prevention Specialist to join our team in Wilson and Greene counties.
What You’ll Do
As a Prevention Specialist, you'll play a key role in educating youth in school settings about substance use prevention through evidence-based strategies. Your efforts will focus on delaying and preventing first-time use and reducing substance use in our community. You'll collaborate with local agencies to create a comprehensive range of prevention services and provide training and consultation for professionals and community members alike. This is a grant-funded position until September 2025, with the potential for extension.
How You’ll Benefit
Being part of our team means we value and encourage your personal growth and development. You’ll earn an hourly rate starting at $21.00 per hour based on your experience. Enjoy a flexible Monday-Friday, 40-hour work with some occasional evening and weekend work. This is a hybrid, community-based role, requiring candidates to work in Wilson and Greene counties. We also offer competitive benefits to benefits-eligible positions.
Our benefits include:
- Paid time off and paid holidays
- Medical, Dental, & Vision Health Benefits an optional Flexible Health Spending Account (FSA)
- Life Insurance, Disability Insurance and more
- 403(b) Retirement Plan
- Mileage Reimbursement
- Employee Assistance Program and Legal services, when needed
- Lots of Merchant Discounts to improve your purchasing power!
- PSLF qualifier
- Many paid trainings!
- In-house supervision towards CPS certification (formerly CSAPC)
What We’re Looking For
To join our team as a Prevention Specialist, you must demonstrate sound judgment, knowledge of alternatives to restrictive interventions, and possess strong communication skills. We also require the following:
- Bachelor's degree
- Human Service and Public Health degrees preferred
- Maintain valid NC driver’s license and auto insurance
If you’re a kind, enthusiastic public health or human services professional seeking a rewarding opportunity where you can make a huge difference in the daily lives of the people you will help, please visit https://eastersealsport.com.
About Easterseals PORT Health
Easterseals PORT Health is a trustworthy, compassionate partner providing disability, behavioral health and addiction treatment services to help our neighbors live their best lives. Our diverse 2,600 team members provide meaningful support to 40,200 kids, adults and families in 11,000 home, facility and community locations across North Carolina and Virginia.
Our working environment supports employee & client health with a ‘no tobacco’ use policy (tobacco free and smoke free) in all offices, client facilities, properties, and agency vehicles.
We believe that by leveraging the unique strengths and perspectives of our workforce, we can advance our just cause, while building a healthy, sustainable organization. That’s why we listen, seek to understand & act to make ESPH an Inclusive, Diverse, Equitable, Authentic & Learning (IDEAL) organization.
Applicants of all abilities are encouraged to apply!
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