Prevention Specialist - SafeChoice
Company: YWCA of Clark County
Location: Vancouver
Posted on: August 7, 2022
Job Description:
COVID-19 VACCINE IS REQUIRED FOR THIS ROLE If an offer is made,
a COVID-19 Vaccine series must be completed by first day of
employment. Medical and/or Religious exemptions will be assessed if
needed by the applicant. Our COVID-19 Vaccine Policy can be found
by clicking here on the COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement tab Type:
Fulltime (Hybrid 50% In Office and Local Community) Salary:
Starting at $21.00/hr $1,000 Sign On Bonus
- Assure that participants, staff, volunteers and community
partners are treated with respect and dignity regardless of race,
ethnic background, gender or socioeconomic background.
- Gain approval for, track, and engage in activities that meet
the organization's 1% for Social Change requirement.
- Think through the lens of racial equity and its intersections
with poverty. Use the core principles of anti-racism and grounding
those principles in all daily tasks
- Incorporate the YWCA's commitment to social justice by
understanding how racism, sexism, classism and other oppressions
intersect and are embedded in institutions. Seek opportunities for
continued learning about racial, gender and class equity.
- Stay up-to-date on research-based violence prevention
strategies and programs, particularly regarding domestic and dating
violence.
- Regularly attend and participate in relevant taskforce meetings
including co facilitating the Prevention/Teen Dating Violence task
force.
- Conduct outreach to organizations currently providing services
to youth experiencing oppression.
- Stay up-to-date on research-based, best practices, and
promising practices of programs implemented with youth experiencing
oppression.
- Attend trainings and professional development opportunities
regarding domestic violence prevention.
- Implement comprehensive curriculum which utilizes best
practices and addresses identified needs of target population.
Review and update as needed to maintain alignment with evidence
based and best practice models.
- Develop leadership opportunities for youth to engage in
domestic violence prevention work including coordinating the Youth
Action Committee.
- Lead staff in developing prevention strategies throughout the
SafeChoice Program.
- Facilitate workshops for adults , community members, and youth
serving professionals to increase understanding youth, healthy
relationship development, and teen dating violence.
- Request and collect feedback from participating youth and
community partners.
- Evaluate effectiveness of prevention program including: grant
period activities, curriculum, engagement with participants and
stakeholders, and impact within the community.
- Participate in and track activities that meet the 1% for Social
Change requirement.
- Document progresses, comply with all contract required
reporting, and ensure a timely submission of all paperwork.
- Adhere to program specific and organization-wide policies,
procedures, and protocols.
- Participate in planning and coordination of annual LGBTQ and
youth of color specific events. Related education: A.A./A.S. degree
in a related field or position equivalent experience in addition to
the experience requirements listed below. Related experience:
- At least two years of prevention work with a focus in
anti-oppression as well as strong working knowledge of prevention
strategies and evidence-based practices in the field.
- Experience with creating and facilitating workshops and
training, preferably for middle school-aged youth.
- Experience in program evaluation, data collection and data
analysis.
- Meaningful experience with Latinx, LGBTQ, disability, and/or
Deaf communities strongly preferred.
- There is a strong social justice component to all positions
within YWCA Clark County, requiring critical thinking through the
lens of racism and intersections with poverty. Knowing the core
principles of anti-racism and grounding those principles in
everyday work are required job skills and core values
- Strong time management and organization skills: effectively
manage a schedule that includes task force meetings, community
contacts, partner engagement, training and program specific
meetings. Maintain up-to-date contact lists and calendar.
- Strong ability to work with youth experiencing multiple forms
of oppression: effectively engage youth in multi-phase prevention
plan and offer empowerment-based opportunities for youth to develop
leadership skills. Maintain firm boundaries while modeling and
building respectful, long term relationships.
- Knowledge of: trauma-informed classrooms, sexual health
education, designing & implementing lesson plans and
evaluation.
- Unparalleled soft-skills: Comfortable networking with diverse
groups, organizations and individuals. With little to no prompting,
adapt work and communication style to mitigate and/or de-escalate,
improve the ability to work effectively with community partners as
well as program participants, and forge lasting and mutually
beneficial professional relationships.
- Ability to work in a self-directed manner: effectively engage
in work-related research, contacts with other service providers and
curriculum development as outlined in the Prevention Work
Plan.
- Ability to work in a team: consistently convey an open,
respectful, and solution-oriented approach when seeking support,
addressing challenges, completing work tasks, and providing or
requesting feedback.
- Ability to work at a higher level: demonstrate unwavering
integrity by taking accountability for mistakes, doing what's
needed to correct them, fostering excellent communication and
supporting fellow co-workers to do the same.
- Ability to maintain strong boundaries : use work time to
support the program and organization in a manner that protects our
participants' right to privacy. Set appropriate professional
boundaries with youth served as well as model healthy boundary
setting to support skill development.
- Strong critical thinking skills: in a self-directed manner,
resolve challenges and answer questions while knowing when it's
time to seek additional guidance and/or direction.
- Strong technological skills: strong working knowledge of the MS
suite of products, Google applications, various internet browsers,
data entry programs, and social media platforms.
- Strong advocacy skills: utilize empowerment-based advocacy and
strengths-based perspective to support participants in a manner
that supports the organization's core values, goals of the program,
and organization's overall-all mission.
- Strong crisis management skills: effectively and respectfully
communicate often-times complex and emotionally charged information
to participants, community partners, site hosts, co-workers, and
supervisor. Communicate information through a trauma informed
lens.
- Strong commitment to social change: Willing and able to engage
in community-based activities and efforts that focus on changing
social norms, attitudes and behaviors. PI186875762
Keywords: YWCA of Clark County, Vancouver , Prevention Specialist - SafeChoice, Other , Vancouver, Washington
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