Part-Time Community Outreach Intern

• Assist with coordination and facilitation of prevention services activities and support with resource development and communication to enhance the delivery of outreach services to the community and identified youth in services.
• Attend and present at community events to increase visibility within the community as well as assist in set up and break down of those events.
• Support the Community Outreach team with effective strategies for underserved communities including those: in recovery impacted by the opioid crisis atrisk of homelessness and at risk for substance abuse and other negative life changes. This includes but is not limited to research and maintaining resource information that will be shared via Eckerd Connects resource guide.
• Follow up on new leads and referrals resulting from outreach activity in a timely fashion.
• Cofacilitate summer program services at designated sites as well as documents attendance and maintains files for this purpose.
• Administer surveys pre/post assessments and other evaluation tools as required for tracking outcome measures.
• Maintain program data entry into the data system required by program funder (PBPS etc. and EHR (Eckerd Connects electronic health record) through accurate and timely input of referrals client demographics billing attendance event and testing data.
• Attend and actively participate in local community coalition meetings events and contract requirements along with other local related collaborations.

• Minimum High School Diploma or GED. Must be presently enrolled in a College University Technical Vocational or Certification Program.
• Good analytical skills ability to communicate well ability to foster and work within participatory management. Strong organizing and planning skills.
• Must have appropriate and valid state drivers license and be able to meet requirements for Eckerds Auto Insurance and be able to drive for business purposes.
• Required to pass a drug screen in compliance with our Substance Abuse and DrugFree Workplace policy.

*This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by a person assigned to this job. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties that may be performed by a person so classified.

About Our Program:

Eckerd Connects Prevention/Intervention Counseling services are provided to all students in Grade 3 6 through individual or group counseling which combines character education with evidencebased substance abuse and violence prevention interventions. Evidencedbased Substance Abuse Prevention Curricula is taught in group settings aimed at building and strengthening students social skills impulse control decision making and selfesteem and delivered through weekly sessions which include role playing modeling thematic art projects conflict resolution games and recreational activities. Students in need of more intensive interventions receive additional individualized counseling. Additionally the program involves students in community service projects that relate to their specific intervention plans and goals.

School Based prevention services provide prevention education to students through a Universal Resiliency model called HiFive. This is a multicomponent program that combines schoolbased prevention and intervention practices specifically designed to promote young peoples resiliency. The HiFive program provides students with opportunities to contribute to their school and community and experience the satisfaction sense of belonging and enhanced motivation that comes from such involvement.

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