Prevention Specialist -II

Prevention Specialist

Under general supervision from the Health and Human Services Deputy Director of Public Health and Prevention or designee, the Prevention Specialist plans and implements a wide range of educational services and outreach activities. The Prevention Specialist works as part of a team that is leading change and empowering healthy communities, ensuring that service delivery is both trauma-informed and respectful of culture.

Duties may include, but are not limited to the following:

• Reviews research articles, identifies best practices and evidence-based curriculums or interventions with designated target groups, and synthesizes information to design effective presentations
• Conducts presentations to community groups and the general public at a variety of venues throughout the county including but not limited to schools, libraries, the county jail, and client homes, with efforts to present equal services to southeastern Inyo as well
• Develops and maintains effective relationships with members of collaborating agencies working towards mutual goals
• Completes data entry and general office duties
• Provides on-going assessment and management of client needs, collecting and organizing evaluation materials in order to promote community benefits from services or to help assess the critical needs of a community or target population
• Complete all data entry and reporting in a thorough and timely manner as prescribed by regulation, and/or Supervisor
• Schedules classes and outreaches to optimize client availability, including flexible scheduling to allow for night and weekend services
• Essential duties include but are not limited to developing and implementing prevention education services and other prevention strategies in a wide range of venues, as well as across multiple disciplines
• Prevention Specialists may be primarily assigned one or more of the following activities and will work as part of the team to provide support in all areas:
• Child Health:
  Provides health education to low-income children and adolescents. Provides food preparation demonstrations. Promotes healthy dietary habits through participation in community promotions, educational displays and other outlets including social media and other media resources. Facilitate coalitions, and other related activities as identified and assigned
• Disaster Preparedness
  
  Activities:
  
  Assist in the development and implementation of public health disaster preparedness work plans, and provides input into the mid-year and year-end reports. Review research articles and synthesize information to assist local hospitals in the development of written hospital emergency plans, and works with the public health staff and partners in the planning of healthcare and community response to public health emergencies.
  
  Organizes, sets agendas, and convene meetings of the Healthcare Coalition and other collaborative groups. Participates in the planning and implementation of table-top drills, functional exercises, and disaster preparedness curriculum. Tracks and reports project deliverables and expenditures, and monitors implementation of training and exercise programs
• First 5:
  Provides direct support to families with children zero to five in topics of child development, literacy, and positive parenting through home visits, parenting classes, and workshops. Utilizes evidence-based curriculum to provide parenting supports. Provides community presentations and attends community collaborative meetings to connect with providers and resources. Implements community-wide literacy programs in partnership with medical clinics and local nonprofits. Connects children and families to resources through case management and referrals, including offering developmental screenings for children to connect to early intervention services, and provides coaching and education in early childhood learning environments.
  
  Acts as the Child Abuse Prevention Council Coordinator, plans and facilitates meetings, takes minutes, and coordinates resources
• Home Visiting:
  Providing home-based visitation and case management services. Home-based services include, but are not limited to parenting education and support, implementation of evidence-based tools and strategies, and other education/activities as identified and/or assigned. Connects children and families to resources through case management and referrals
• Mentoring:
  Recruits and trains adult mentors to match with children and youth in the community and/or schools. Conducts outreach to children/youth referred to program and their caregivers to gain permission for participation, to identify areas of interest and need, and to maintain on-going supportive relationships. Provides on-going support to mentors and their mentees as needed. Works with partnering agencies including, but not limited to schools, Behavioral Health, and Probation to provide outdoor activities for youth with risk factors
• Oral Health:
  Coordinates with schools and providers to facilitate referrals for services and…