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Prevention Specialist

2 months ago

Tahlequah, Oklahoma, United States Cherokee Nation Full time
Job Summary:

Cherokee Nation is seeking a highly skilled Prevention Specialist to join our team. As a key member of our Behavioral Health Services department, you will play a critical role in providing evidence-based training, technical assistance, and educational presentations to schools, communities, organizations, and other groups to increase their understanding of prevention and alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs (ATOD) related problems, mental health, and behavioral risk factors.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Provide health care services to individuals eligible for services following the self-governance company and funding agreement between the Cherokee Nation and the United States.
  • Practice only within the boundaries of your competence, based on your documented education, training, supervised experience, state and national professional credentials, and appropriate professional experience.
  • Plan and coordinate school and community-based prevention strategies, modeling collaboration by networking with colleagues, other professionals, individuals, and community organizations to ensure effective prevention services.
  • Provide evidence-based, prevention programs to communities, schools, and organizations to address public health issues related to mental health, substance abuse, and behavioral risk factors.
  • Maintain a caseload of school, community, and organization-based prevention programs.
  • Submit monthly reports to supervisor providing documented attendance, location, and time of programs.
  • Conduct key informant interviews, focus groups, environmental scans, and surveys and submit findings to supervisor.
  • Gather data from archival sources.
  • Submit quarterly reports of assessment findings to the supervisor to ensure current needs are being met.
  • Develop collaboration with other tribal, state, and local agencies, and organizations.
  • Attain knowledge of current evidence-based prevention theory and practice by participating in appropriate educational opportunities.
  • Connect prevention theory and practice by using current research and program models to prepare effective educational and skill development activities.
  • Review professional literature and apply sound prevention theory and practice by adapting or developing programs to meet the identified needs of the target population.
  • Tailor the education and skill development activities by gathering information about the knowledge and skill levels of the intended audience to maximize program effectiveness.
  • Maintain fidelity when replicating evidence-based prevention programs by implementing them faithfully or making only adaptations that do not compromise program integrity to ensure program effectiveness.
  • Deliver culturally competent education and training by identifying and working with representatives or key community members for the intended audience to identify appropriate content, methods, resources, materials, and evaluation tools using informal and formal processes to determine community readiness and ensure diverse participation.
  • Engage all relevant community sectors when conducting prevention activities.
  • Conduct evaluation activities of the prevention program using the selected measurement tools to determine program effectiveness and demonstrate accountability.
  • Refine the prevention program by reviewing and incorporating findings of the evaluation to enhance program effectiveness.
  • Submit results to supervisor.
  • Promote advocacy for prevention by conducting prevention awareness campaigns to strengthen public and organizational policy and norms.
  • Assist in preparing applications and reports to grant agencies and the Tribal Institutional Review Board.
  • Practice ethical behavior by adhering to legal and professional standards to protect consumers and promote the integrity of the professional.
Qualifications:
  • Prevention Specialist I: Bachelor's degree from a 4-year college or university; no substitutions. Required field(s) of study to be in Social Work, Psychology, Health Education, Education, or other related fields of study. At least one (1) year of experience in a related field.
  • Prevention Specialist II: Bachelor's degree from a 4-year college or university; no substitutions. Required field(s) of study to be in Social Work, Psychology, Health Education, Education, or other related fields of study. At least two (2) year of experience in a related field.
  • Prevention Specialist III: Bachelor's degree from a 4-year college or university; no substitutions. Required field(s) of study to be in Social Work, Psychology, Health Education, Education, or other related fields of study. At least four (4) year of experience in a related field.
Computer Skills:
  • Database software
  • Internet software
  • Spreadsheet software
  • Word processing software
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:
  • Valid driver's license with a driving history verified through a motor vehicle report that meets the requirements for Cherokee Nation underwriting rating.
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) and maintain throughout employment.
Other Qualifications:
  • The employee must not be and will not be under sanction by the United States Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG) or by the General Services Administration (GSA) or listed on the OIG's Cumulative Sanction Report, or the GSA's List of Excluded Providers, or listed on the OIG's List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE).
  • Must meet and maintain periodic background investigation and adjudication for child care.
  • The ability to speak Cherokee is a plus.
  • Experience working in communities preferred.
  • Creativity, communication and organizational skills, knowledge of contemporary and scientifically based models of behavioral health prevention.