Harm Reduction Health Educator (Part-time)

SUMMARY: NACC is seeking a part-time Harm Reduction Community Health Educator (around 20 hours/week). The Community Health Educator will be responsible for organizing Harm Reduction grant activities in collaboration with other partner programs, agencies and NACC stakeholders. Key activities include supply planning/distribution, outreach, education, referrals to NACC and external services, and Harm Reduction tracking. This role is housed within NACC’s  harm reduction team, which offers full-spectrum harm reduction services, including syringe and safer use supply distribution, naloxone distribution and overdose prevention/response education, frequent street outreach and outreach with other harm reduction and healthcare provdiers in the area. 

This is a grant funded position, NACC cannot guarantee employment beyond the grant period. 

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Conduct harm reduction outreach and HIV/HEP-C testing activities to actively engage high risk population and provide linkages to care
• Potentially provide rapid, point-of-care HIV and HCV testing (training will be provided by NACC/MDH, if needed)
• Coordinate Harm Reduction supply organization and distribution including safer injection/smoking/snorting supplies, hygiene supplies and outdoor equipment.
• Assist in coordinating and delivering naloxone training for NACC staff and community partners. 
• Provide information and referral to NACC and other partnering programs to meet the comprehensive needs of clients

• Identify, create and implement client education materials to share in groups and at community events

• Coordinate with external community partners to efficiently provide Harm Reduction services, including testing events, street outreach and harm reduction supply dissemination.
• Collect and maintain up to date data, tack progress towards goals for relevant grants and other community requests 
• Identify and resolve barriers to HIV / HEP-C care experienced by homeless and other risk populations 
• Providing prevention-related information to American Indian professionals and others working with American Indians in other fields to increase understanding of harm reduction.
• Participate in weekly outreach team meetings and biweekly Harm Reduction team meetings. 

 SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Directly supervises 0 employees within the department.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• 6 months to 1 year of experience working in direct service, preferably in direct harm reduction services
• Experience working in an outreach setting (including street outreach)
• Associate degree in community health or other related field OR highly related experience in community harm reduction within NACC’s service area
• Experience in the Native American community preferred
• Flexibility to work nights and weekends, if needed

LANGUAGE SKILLS: 

Ability to read and interpret documents such as risk assessments, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively with individuals, groups of participants, or employees of organization. 

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: 

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs. 

REASONING ABILITY: 

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. 

COMPUTER SKILLS: 

To perform this job successfully an individual must have knowledge of and willingness to use: Spreadsheet Software (Excel); Word Processing Software (Word); Electronic Mail Software (Outlook/Teams).

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS: 

1. Work Experience in a non-for-profit and healthcare.
2. Experience working in a syringe services program
3. Ability to work in a diverse culture. 
4. Experience working within the local Native American community. 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
 While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to walk and stand. 

The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.