Youth Prevention Specialist

Job Description

Full-Time & Part-Time Positions Opened: 30-40 Flexible hours a week to meet the needs of the community. Supervised by the Program Director and Executive Director, the Youth Prevention Specialist works in schools and communities to facilitate substance abuse prevention services based on the center for substance abuse prevention strategies, which include:

• Prevention Education
• Information Dissemination
• Community based process
• Alternative Activities
• Problem identification and referral
• Environmental and social policy
  
  

Youth Prevention services will address the state’s four prevention priorities:

• Underage alcohol use
• Tobacco and Nicotine Products
• Marijuana and other Cannabinoids
• And Prescription Drug Misuse
  
  

Company Description

Hub City Outreach Center provides a variety of services to help youth and families develop their capacity to achieve social, behavioral, and mental health and wellness. We do this through prevention services (like drug education, leadership skill building and development activities), basic necessity items (like clothing, linens, hygiene products, school supplies and food assistance), and opportunities (like volunteer/internship opportunities and community-wide events for families to enjoy time together and learn about resources that may benefit them).

Vision: With A Dose of Education, Your Dreams Can Become Reality.

Mission: Empowerment Through Prevention Education!

Guiding Principle: To provide services to help youth develop the capacities to achieve social, behavioral, and mental health and wellness.

Hub City Outreach Center provides a variety of services to help youth and families develop their capacity to achieve social, behavioral, and mental health and wellness. We do this through prevention services (like drug education, leadership skill building and development activities), basic necessity items (like clothing, linens, hygiene products, school supplies and food assistance), and opportunities (like volunteer/internship opportunities and community-wide events for families to enjoy time together and learn about resources that may benefit them). Vision: With A Dose of Education, Your Dreams Can Become Reality. Mission: Empowerment Through Prevention Education! Guiding Principle: To provide services to help youth develop the capacities to achieve social, behavioral, and mental health and wellness.