Prevention Specialist

The Tooele County Health Department is a family-friendly organization dedicated to providing excellent benefits and career growth opportunities where everyone can reach their full potential. We are seeking a motivated Prevention Specialist to help promote healthy, substance-free lifestyles across the community. This position delivers evidence-based prevention education to youth, families, and community members through group sessions, presentations, workshops, and outreach efforts that align with coalition goals and objectives. Prevention Specialists are energetic self-starters who thrive both independently and in team settings, collaborating effectively with community partners, co-workers, and stakeholders while managing multiple priorities with professionalism and flexibility.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED

Works under the general supervision of the Prevention Specialist Coordinator

SUPERVISION EXERCISED

None

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide general oversight for coalition activities and associated projects.
• Develop and implement Strategic Action Plans
• Grant development, submission, and management.
• Collect and disseminate data regarding the strategies implemented.
• Facilitate grant and stakeholder reporting.
• Provide technical assistance to local / regional coalitions and partnerships that focus on the current risk factors in the community that lead to serious mental health disturbances and / or suicide.
• Facilitate multiple evidence-based prevention courses to the community.
• Provide high-fidelity implementation of all prevention interventions in the assigned community.
• Work effectively with people from a variety of social, ethnic, economic, education and professional backgrounds.
• Ability to attend trainings in and out of the state.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum :

AND

Preferred :

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Ability to lift to 25 pounds maximum with frequent lifting and carrying. Even though the weight lifted may only be a negligible amount, a job is in this category may require walking or standing to a significant degree.

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