Primary Prevention Specialist; Prev Wf; Title

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The role involves serving as the point of contact for harm and abuse prevention programs and activities, providing program coordination and serving as an advisor for the Wing/Region/JFHQ-STATE IPP program.

The duties include managing all aspects of a complex integrated primary prevention program (P3) for the Wing/Region/JFHQ-STATE, identifying risk and protective factors that lead to or protect against unhealthy or unsafe behaviors, and promoting actions to mitigate environmental factors.

Additionally, the role involves providing professional advisory services and training to Wing/Region/JFHQ-STATE Service Members and community agencies concerning available or ongoing violence-related prevention efforts, developing coordinated plans for reducing risk factors and promoting protective factors for increased resiliency within the community, and establishing networking, advocacy, and collaboration processes to promote IPP to the community.

The role also includes attending relevant community committee meetings to provide input and obtain information related to prevention issues, advising Wing/Region commanders in communicating prevention plans and programs to subordinate units, serving as consultant and advisor on prevention communications, programming, planning, and processes, employing health education and communication skills associated with prevention activities to foster healthy social and cultural norms, evaluating the effectiveness of prevention communications campaigns, recruiting, training, and facilitating military volunteers for prevention activity implementation, conducting trainings around prevention activities, processes, and planning, overseeing military volunteers who are supporting the implementation of the program to ensure fidelity, and performing other duties as assigned.