Syringe Access Coordinator

Maryville Integrated Care has a staff of dedicated professionals who devote themselves each day to helping people suffering from an addictive disease reclaim their lives. Our staff provides comprehensive high quality substance abuse and co-occurring treatment and recovery services to individuals and families affected by the disease of addiction. For 75 years, our commitment to service excellence is reflected in the high client satisfaction rating we receive, an honor we attribute to the compassion, commitment, and quality of our staff.

Basic Functions

This position is responsible for providing an array of street-based harm reduction services to people actively using drugs, including injection drug users, sex workers, and people living with HIV/AIDS and/or Hepatitis C. The Syringe Access Coordinator will be primarily responsible for coordinating syringe supply and disposal, providing participants with safer use and safer sex materials and educational interventions, driving the outreach van, and providing service at our street-based sites throughout Burlington County, NJ.

Essential Functions

• Perform outreach activities and prevention education, outdoors at designated outreach sites.
• Recruit and engage high-risk, hard to reach people who use drugs or engage in sex work, including injection drug users.
• Engage in dialogue with participants and other community members to continually improve services.
• Provide safer sex and safer drug use education and distribute syringes and other health-related resources and tools (and collect used syringes) in accordance with public health regulations.
• In a manner consistent with harm reduction principles, provide substance use and sexual risk assessments and discuss individualized risk reduction and harm reduction strategies (incl. safer injection practices; safer sex practices; overdose prevention and reversal; drug use management techniques; HIV, HCV and STI prevention; and other topics relevant to people who use drugs).
• Assist with the provision of overdose prevention trainings and Narcan distribution, and document incidences of overdose and reversals.
• Provide low-threshold referrals and connect participants with medical and mental health care, substance use treatment, and other life-stabilizing services.
• Keep accurate, consistent, complete, and intelligible records and data on all program activities and/ or participants; provide reports in a timely manner.
• Conduct community outreach to foster good community relations, educate about program services and assess need.
• Prepare, set up and dismantle program sites: tents, tables, and other program materials. Ensure the integrity of the sites and maintain inventory of program supplies and educational materials.
• Complete vehicle daily maintenance logs. Ensure that vehicles are kept clean, properly stocked, and ready for service.

12. Build effective, working relationships with clients, team members, and resource providers to improve coordination of care and reduce barriers.

13. Ensures daily scheduling for proper shift coverage.

14. Participate in statewide harm reduction networks and training.

• Perform other work as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

1. Knowledge of basic principles, philosophies, practices, and procedures of HIV/AIDS and harm reduction.

2. Knowledge of basic principles, philosophies, practices, and procedures substance use and co-occurring disorders.

3. Excellent organization, written and oral communication skills.

4. Strong interpersonal skills.

5. Ability to take initiative and use innovative techniques in service delivery.

6. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with clients, other members of staff, outside agencies, institutions, and the general public.

7. Excellent time management skills to plan, prioritize, and coordinate multiple projects.

8. Knowledge of cultural and lifestyle diversity issues.

Education and Training: Minimum of, or working towards, an associate’s degree, bachelor’s preferred, from an accredited college or university with a major course of study in the social or behavioral sciences, healthcare, or related field. Certified Peer Recovery Specialist credentials are a plus.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Loan forgiveness
• Opportunities for advancement
• Paid orientation
• Paid time off
• Paid training
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Medical Specialty:

• Addiction Medicine

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to Relocate:

• Burlington County, NJ: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: On the road