Substance Use Prevention Team Member

NorthKey Community Care; Covington (KY); On-site; USD 40,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary $20.10/hour

PTO

Health insurance

401(k) with match

HSA match

Professional development

Student loan forgiveness

Job summary

NorthKey Community Care in Covington, KY seeks a full-time Substance Use Prevention Team Member to engage with individuals, families, and communities, delivering ATOD prevention and wellness programs across Northern Kentucky. Hours are Monday–Friday 8:00 am–5:00 pm with travel to several offices; a bachelor's degree is required and mileage is reimbursed.

This community-based role is part of a Regional Prevention Center team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree is REQUIRED.
• Prevention experience is preferred but not required.
• Experience with marketing techniques and materials development.
• Certified Prevention Professional credential required within three years of hire date.
• Excellent public speaking, facilitation, and training skills.
• Verbal, written, computer, and data-entry skills.
• Experience/training in program planning and evaluation desirable.
• May 2026 graduates are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

• Develops and implements community-based strategies, educational programs, and outreach to reduce risk behaviors or prevent incidents.
• Technical Assistance and marketing services to encourage ATOD prevention messaging in the region.
• Assist community coalitions and KY-ASAP groups in planning prevention strategies.
• Deliver evidence-based prevention workshops, curriculums, and presentations to target groups, schools, or communities.
• Organize public awareness campaigns, information booths, and community events.
• Use SPF framework to design comprehensive programs for specific audiences.
• Participate in statewide prevention initiatives and build capacity.
• Analyze data to identify needs, monitor fidelity, and evaluate prevention efforts.
• Outreach to priority populations per Division of Substance Abuse.
• Report events and services in the Prevention Data System.
• Develop protocols for assessing outcomes of program delivery and environmental strategies.
• Complete all state-supported professional development training.
• Assist KY-Moms Program in marketing and training efforts.

Skills

Public speaking

Facilitation

Training

Data entry

Communication

Marketing

Education

Bachelor's degree

Certified Prevention Professional credential within 3 years

Tools

MS Office

Data analysis tools

Job description

NorthKey Community Care is seeking a full-time Substance Use Prevention Team Member to engage with individuals, families, and community organizations to provide prevention services related to alcohol, tobacco, and other drug (ATOD) use and wellness activities throughout the Northern Kentucky community. This position will be part of a Regional Prevention Center (RPC) team. The hours for this position will be Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. The main office will be at 502 Farrell Drive, Covington, KY 41011; However, this position will travel to the other offices as needed, specifically to Falmouth, KY, Williamstown, KY, Owenton, KY, Warsaw, KY, and Carrollton, KY. This position is community-based (mileage reimbursement provided). You MUST have a bachelor's degree for this position.

PERKS & PAY

• Salary:$20.10 an hour
• Up to 12% annual contingency bonus
• Generous plan for paid time off (PTO) (Up to 16 days first year)
• Individual and family insurance coverage: Various medical, vision, and dental plans to choose from
• HSA Employer match up to $1000, depending on plan
• 401(k) with employer match
• Professional Development
• Potential eligibility for student loan forgiveness through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree isREQUIRED.
• Prevention experience is preferred but not required.
• Experience in marketing is a PLUS.
• Certified Prevention Professional credential required within three years of hire date.
• Experience with marketing techniques and materials development.
• Possess excellent public speaking, facilitation, and training skills.
• Possess appropriate verbal, written, computer, and data-entry skills.
• Experience and/or training in program planning and evaluation are desirable.
• May 2026graduates are encouraged to apply.

JOB DUTIES

• Develops and implements community-based strategies, educational programs, and outreach to reduce risk behaviors or prevent incidents (e.g., substance abuse, injury, suicide, druguse, etc.)
• Technical Assistance and marketing services to encourage more widespread alcohol, tobacco, and other drug (ATOD) prevention messaging throughout the region.
• Expert assistance to community coalitions and participation in KY-ASAP and other groups that are planning prevention strategies.
• Deliver evidence-based prevention workshops, curriculums, and presentations to target groups, schools, or communities
• Organize public awareness campaigns, information booths, and community events to promote safety and healthy behaviors.
• Utilize the federal Center for Substance Abuse Prevention six major strategies (information prevention education, environmental strategies, alternatives, community-based process, and problem identification and referral) to design comprehensive programs aimed at specific target audiences.
• Participation in statewide prevention initiatives. Statewide initiatives may be developed at any time during the fiscal year.Employ the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) to build capacity as well as create, implement, and evaluate work plans.
• Analyze data to identify community needs, monitor program fidelity, and evaluate the effectiveness of prevention efforts
• Outreach to priority populations as determined by the Division of Substance Abuse.
• Accurately report relevant events and services in the Prevention Data System.
• Develop appropriate protocols for assessing the outcomes of the program deliveries and environmental strategies.
• Complete all professional development training that is state-supported and congruent with the ATOD prevention efforts and the prevention plan.
• Assist the KY-Moms Program in marketing and training efforts as it relates to program requirements.

NORTHKEY COMMUNITY CARE - COMPANY OVERVIEW

Since 1966, NorthKey Community Care (NorthKey) has provided effective and efficient mental health, substance use, and developmental disabilities services to the Northern Kentucky region with the commitment to providing the right service, at the right time, and in the right place. With multiple convenient locations throughout the Northern Kentucky region (Kenton, Boone, Campbell, Grant, Carroll, Gallatin, Pendleton, and Owen counties), NorthKey offers a wide array of mental health, substance use, and developmental disabilities services unparalleled in the region.Come join the NorthKey team to help Transform Lives and Communities Through Excellence in Mental Health, Substance Use, and Developmental Disabilities services! Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance