Job | Harm Reduction Coordinator @ Community Access, Inc.

Harm Reduction Coordinator

Job Description:

Community Access, Inc. (CA) is a progressive not-for-profit organization that for the last 40 years has helped thousands of people diagnosed with psychiatric disabilities to make the transition from hospitals and shelters to independent living. Our primary mission is to identify needs and create solutions for homeless people with psychiatric disabilities. Our programs include over 1000 units of supportive housing in three boroughs, the Howie T. Harp Peer Advocacy Center, East Village Access—a PROS-licensed training program, and the Art Collective.

We are currently seeking qualified candidates for the full-time position of

HARM REDUCTION COORDINATOR

to work in our training department at 2 Washington Street, New York, NY and in our supportive housing program, Gouverneur Court, located at 621 Water Street, New York, NY.

Annual salary is 50k, plus an excellent benefits package.

Position Overview

The Harm Reduction Coordinator provides intra-agency consultation, training, and support to staff utilizing a harm reduction approach. The Harm Reduction Coordinator provides leadership for the Harm Reduction Committee in forwarding Community Access’ commitment to implementing the harm reduction model. The Harm Reduction Coordinator provides direct services to program participants at Gouverneur Court, with a focus on supporting health and quality of life for individuals and the community.

Core Principles

The job responsibilities of all staff extend to understanding and incorporating certain principles into their work and into their relationships with program participants. These principles are:

• Program participants’ right to self-determination;
• Respectful communication;
• Services that support recovery and healing consistent with and nurturing each participant’s cultural background, experience, identity, and values.
• Clear professional boundaries to support the limits and possibilities of services.

Essential Job Functions

• Serve on the Harm Reduction Committee in a leadership capacity:
  • Provide guidance, support, and management for projects and activities of the committee, with a focus on implementing the harm reduction model throughout the agency;
  • Schedule, facilitate, and document monthly committee meetings;
  • Provide technical assistance to Harm Reduction Specialists
• Maintain a set schedule at Gouverneur Court, developing and providing outreach, engagement and harm reduction services to individuals in need of support, including individuals using drugs/alcohol, people living with HIV/AIDS, individuals involved in sex work/survival sex, people with diabetes, individuals at risk for violence, etc.
• Provide recovery oriented services and outreach to assigned program participants at Gouverneur Court, as defined by program and contractual requirements
• Maintain regular rotation at various agency sites for scheduled technical assistance sessions with program staff
• Serve as an intra-agency trainer and resource in the Harm Reduction model for staff during manager meetings, core trainings, housing counselor and other trainings as needed
• Develop agency curriculum, tools and resources to assist staff in various roles (e.g. service coordinators, managers and housing counselors) to utilize harm reduction principles and skills in their work
• Serve as a resource for program specific and intra-agency consultation, education and support on the harm reduction model, including HIV prevention strategies, for staff and program participants
• Develop and maintain relationships between Community Access and other agencies in New York City who are promoting harm reduction in their work
• Raise agency awareness of current harm reduction policy and advocacy issues
• Provide training on Community Access values and practice models, as needed
• Produce and maintain thorough, accurate and timely documentation, including charts and documentation in service records of interactions with program participants, services provided, important information and/or events, and contacts with other agencies and service providers, as required by agency policies, and relevant contracts and regulatory agencies
• Serve as Director of agency Opioid Overdose Prevention Program
• Coordinate agency-wide safer sex and safer drug use supplies program
• Maintain quality service by establishing and reinforcing program/agency standards in all interactions with program participants
• Attend and participate in supervision, meetings and training sessions, as required and as scheduled
• Participate in hiring committees, Incident Management Committee, and other agency committees, as required and as scheduled
• Contribute to Training Department goal setting and project completion
• Perform other duties as assigned

Job Qualifications

• Have an understanding, appreciation, and commitment to the philosophy and mission of Community Access, with particular expertise in harm reduction and recovery oriented services
• Minimum of a high school diploma or equivalent (GED) – Bachelor’s degree, preferred
• Minimum 3 years’ experience working within a harm reduction model (personal experience participating in harm reduction services may substitute for up to 1 year of work experience)
• Commitment and ability to communicate and engage staff on implementation of CA values and practice model
• Ability to transfer knowledge and skills in areas such as, but not limited to: engagement, developing a therapeutic alliance, harm reduction, motivational interviewing, trauma-informed services, cultural competence, conflict mediation
• Ability to effectively create and deliver training and technical assistance using a variety of instructional techniques such as didactic lecture, role playing, experiential learning, team exercises, group discussions, multi-media, etc.
• Ability to travel to various agency locations throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx
• Demonstrated leadership skills and ability to work as part of a team
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Strong time management skills: ability to effectively manage workload so as to simultaneously plan and meet short term and long term deadlines
• Ability to utilize various computer programs, such as Microsoft Word and PowerPoint
• Be creative and flexible
• Show initiative and be responsible for follow through
• Ability to maintain confidential information, as related to position
• Ability to work in the field (using public transportation)
• Must be fingerprinted and cleared by the New York State Justice Center
• Bilingual Spanish-speaking, preferred; ability to speak other relevant languages, dependent upon specific needs of program participants

Community Access is an Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F/D/V.

Women, People of Color and Members of the LGBT community are strongly encouraged to apply.

CA is committed to the hiring of at least 51% consumer staff, in all of its departments and programs, and at all levels of management.

www.communityaccess.org

How to Apply

Interested candidates should apply at www.communityaccess.org/jobs

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Last Updated on May 18, 2020 by HepFree NYC