Impactful Community Wellness & Prevention Specialist

Mount Rogers; Wytheville (VA); Hybrid; USD 42.000 - 62.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Mount Rogers seeks a Wellness Specialist to support community needs assessment and planning, promoting evidence-based practices and enhancing engagement with mental health and substance use services.

The role focuses on implementing the Strategic Prevention Framework, capacity-building in the community, and collaboration with partners to expand referral resources and service participation.

Qualifikationen

• 20 hours of prevention-specific training per fiscal year for workforce development.
• Knowledge of consumer rights and confidentiality.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.

Aufgaben

• Implement evidence-based practices to support the Strategic Prevention Framework and population-level change.
• Assist Wellness Managers to address mental health or substance use needs and improve connections to services.
• Develop capacity by recruiting/train­ing facilitators and conducting evaluations of program implementation and effectiveness.
• Collaborate with partners to develop referral resources and increase participation in behavioral health initiatives.
• Record and maintain information in online systems, ensuring confidentiality and compliance.

Kenntnisse

Oral communication

Written communication

Teamwork

Confidentiality awareness

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Human Services, Public Health, or related field

Jobbeschreibung

Mount Rogers seeks a Wellness Specialist to support community needs assessment and planning, promoting evidence-based practices and enhancing engagement with mental health and substance use services.

The role focuses on implementing the Strategic Prevention Framework, capacity-building in the community, and collaboration with partners to expand referral resources and service participation.