Harm Reduction Support Specialist
2 months ago
Harm Reduction Support Specialist
345 San Pedro St, Los Angeles, CA 90013, USA ● Los Angeles, CA, USA Req #11118 Wednesday, July 17, 2024 JobTitle: Harm Reduction Support Specialist
Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8am-4:30pm
Location: Wellness Center, 345 S. San Pedro Street, Los Angeles, CA 90013
Dept: Mental Health Services/Harm Reductio
Reports to: Harm Reduction Program Manager
Status: Full-Time, Non - Exempt, Non-Management
Benefits : Medical, Dental, Vision, Retirement Planning (403b), Employee Assistant Program (EAP), etc.
JOB SUMMARY:
Under the direction and supervision of the Program Manager of Harm Reduction Services, the Harm Reduction Support Specialist will work with both the C3 Skid Row and E6 Multidisciplinary Outreach Teams. As a part of the street based engagement teams, the Harm Reduction Support Specialist will provide education and safer drug use/sexual health supplies to high needs people experiencing homelessness who live on the streets of Skid Row, Downtown LA, Hollywood, and Midtown. The Harm Reduction Support Specialist will manage harm reduction materials and supplies, perform field-based outreach and engagement, mobile syringe exchange services, overdose prevention and response. ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Manage supplies, assembly, distribution, and storage of Narcan supplies, safe use kits, and other harm reduction supplies to ensure programs have sufficient harm reduction resources and materials at all times.
2. Provide field based safer drug use supplies, sexual health supplies, and harm reduction education to homeless individuals.
3. Engage the highest need individuals with severe mental illness, severe medical needs, and chaotic substance use disorders through a trauma informed lense.
4. Act as an expert on the Harm Reduction Model by furthering the equity of our participants through harm reduction services by utilizing a diversity, equity, and inclusion lens.
5. Support the street medicine teams with STI testing interventions and education around safer sex work.
6. Provide overdose response and prevention education to community members.
7. Manage outreach teams’ Narcan distribution data and submit per agency and contract requirements.
8. Manage Syringe Exchange Program supplies inventory, and make supplies kits for all C3 and E6 outreach staff.
9. Assist in transportation of harm reduction supplies between sites and storage as needed as determined by supply and service delivery needs.
10. Document and account for time spent with community members in client record in accordance with agency and funder standards.
11. Remain up to date with community needs to provide information to outreach teams about trends and resources available.
12. Attend regular agency and funder meetings as it pertains to harm reductions service delivery.
13. Effectively represent agency at collaborative meetings.
QUALIFICATIONS
1. Strong commitment to the rights of People Who Use Drugs, and people involved in sex trade.
2. Lived experience of substance use, homelessness, and/or sex work strongly preferred.
3. Detailed knowledge of ways in which substances are used including: heroin, fentanyl, methamphetamine, crack, intravenous drug use, alcohol, etc.
4. Detailed knowledge of harm reduction interventions including: Medication Assisted Treatment, clean injection and smoking equipment, overdose prevention, abscess treatment/prevention, fentanyl testing, etc.
5. Knowledge of sexual health and sex work in relation to drug use.
6. Valid CA Driver’s license
7. Proficient in Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and database applications
8. Experience working with individuals with multiple barriers including severe mental illness
WORK ENVIRONMENT
1. Combination of field and office environment
2. Regularly required to sit, stand, bend; occasionally lift or carry up to 35 lbs.
3. On occasion walk or drive to different local sites
4. Will necessitate working in busy and loud environments
5. Will be exposed to elements like cold, heat, dust, noise and odor
6. May need to bend, stoop, twist, and sit throughout the day
RESPONSIBILITIES COMMON TO ALL AGENCY EMPLOYEES
Equal Opportunity Employer
The People Concern is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to non-discrimination in employment. We select the most qualified individual for the job based on job-related qualifications regardless of race, color, age, sex, religion, national origin, disability, ancestry, marital status, credit history, sexual orientation, arrest and court record, genetic information, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, state or other applicable laws.
About the People Concern
The People Concern empowers the most vulnerable among us to rebuild their lives. One of Los Angeles County’s largest social services agencies, The People Concern was formed in 2016 in a merger of two trusted social service organizations based in Los Angeles County, OPCC and Lamp Community. Informed by more than fifty-eight years of work in the community, The People Concern is a leading provider of, and advocate for, evidence-based solutions to the multi-faceted challenges inherent in homelessness and domestic violence.
With compassion and profound respect for those we serve, we provide a fully integrated system of care – including outreach, interim housing, mental and medical health care, substance abuse services, domestic violence services, life skills & wellness programs, and permanent supportive housing – tailored to the unique needs of homeless individuals, survivors of domestic violence, challenged youth, and others who have nowhere else to turn.
The People Concern’s model of integrated and comprehensive care empowers our participants to navigate the multi-faceted obstacles in their lives, become their best selves, and ultimately, connect with and contribute to their communities.
Benefits & Perks
Medical Insurance Vision Insurance Dental Insurance Retirement Planning (403b) & Matching Paid Holidays Paid Vacation Days Paid Sick Days Employee Assistance Plans (EAP) TELUS Health Flexible Spending Account (FSA) Basic Life / Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Voluntary Short- and Long-Term Disability Voluntary Pet Insurance Discounts on Hotels, Theme Parks, Concerts, Movies, Restaurants & More The People Concern University & Certificates Corporate Discounts
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