Associate Director, CARES & Outreach

Associate Director, CARES & Outreach About the Department

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NC State Prevention Services provides case management, education and outreach emphasizing holistic, developmental, and non-judgmental perspectives for student prevention efforts. Through the lenses of behavioral health, wellness, and sustainability, our professionals cross-collaborate with the campus community to enhance individual and collective well-being, as well as assisting students to gain the necessary resources to remain successful academically and emotionally at NC State.

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The Associate Director is a member of the Leadership Team for Prevention Services and will serve as a resource and consultant to all staff and the campus community. The Associate Director is required to perform administrative duties including assessment, offer leadership in psychoeducation, suicide prevention, and general outreach, provide direct service to students, consult with university faculty/staff, and participate in supervision and training.

This person will assist in developing, revising, and maintaining policies and procedures to ensure adherence to best practices and legal and ethical codes. This person will be responsible for the coordination of teams and committees and will directly offer administrative supervision for permanent staff members, graduate assistants, or temporary or student workers. There is an expectation that Directors will assist in hiring, training, supervising, and consulting with all staff, including trainees, as needed.

This staff member serves on the Administrative Team, along with the current Directors in the department. The Associate Director will supervise Prevention Services operations in the absence of the Director. Members of the Administrative Team will be expected to be available for after-hours postvention support, submit reports and/or data to the Director as requested and will serve on committees within and outside of the Center as required.

• Oversee suicide prevention and outreach program including developing and offering comprehensive outreach and consultation services to faculty, staff, students, and families via in-person and multimedia presentations.
• Coordinate and deliver training in QPR (Question, Persuade, & Refer Suicide Prevention) and other prevention programs to the campus community.
• Oversee the coordination of AOD and Recovery, including grant administration.
• Coordinate the completion of the DAAPP (Drug and Alcohol-Free Schools) and Biennial Report for alcohol prevention and education.
• Assist in development of outreach emphasis positions based on training and content area needs.
• Supervise Mental Health Ambassador program.
• Maintain contracts with Impact, BASICS, eCheckup, Vector, or other AOD and Outreach platforms used by Prevention Services, including IT and budget oversight.
• Coordinate ongoing postvention needs in collaboration with the Counseling Center.
• Participate in the after-hours postvention and case review rotation.
• Serve as primary back-up for outreach events needing coverage (occasional evening and weekend hours required).

• Conduct behaviorally and clinically informed one-on-one assessments to identify and mitigate barriers to student success, including self-harm and threat assessment.
• Provide timely and…