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Outreach and Prevention Specialist – Regional Substance Use Prevention Integration Center (RSUPIC)
PHIMC seeks to increase the capacity of institutions, organizations, and providers to address substance use and misuse among adolescents in Chicago. The RSUPIC program adds to and builds on existing substance use prevention strategies and applies these strategies locally through collaboration, training, and support of integration activities that improve young people’s overall health and well-being.
The two Outreach and Prevention Specialists will be responsible for providing technical assistance and capacity building around substance use prevention, as well as fostering community relationships with organizations that provide services to youth and adolescents in Chicago, with an emphasis on the south and west sides.
The Outreach and Prevention Specialists will work with community partners and other PHIMC staff through a variety of capacities, including but not limited to facilitation of substance use prevention education, integration of and technical assistance on Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) strategies, engagement within Chicago schools, community organizations, and other settings. The Outreach and Prevention Specialists will develop and/or sustain relationships with RSUPIC community partners, engaging in proactive, creative problem-solving sessions/meetings to address barriers and challenges to strengthen the RSUPICs program and PHIMC’s technical assistance services.
Some activities, such as attending community partner meetings and events and hosting trainings, will occur in community partner spaces. Outreach and Prevention Specialists will travel locally as needed.
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Program Coordinator – Regional Substance Use Prevention Integration Center (RSUPIC)
PHIMC seeks to increase the capacity of institutions, organizations, and providers to address substance use and misuse among adolescents in Chicago. The RSUPIC program adds to and builds on existing substance use prevention strategies and applies these strategies locally through collaboration, training, and support of integration activities that improve young people’s overall health and well-being.
The Program Coordinator plays a supportive and administrative role in the RSUPIC Program. The position will support outreach to organizations to join the program’s local community advisory board, partnership development with other substance use programs, and development and implementation of training and technical assistance tools and resources. The position works closely with the RSUPIC Program Manager and program staff to coordinate meeting logistics, support content development of training and technical assistance materials with an equity lens, and maintain communication systems to support regular convenings and ongoing work of internal teams, external partners, and stakeholders.
