Youth Prevention Training Coordinator

Reports To: Youth Clinical Services Manager

Classification: Full-Time | Non-Exempt

Salary & Benefits: $55,000 to $65,000. The Center offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, 401K with an employer contribution, voluntary life and LTD insurance, paid parental, family care and gender affirming healthcare leave. We also offer a generous paid time off policy.

Schedule: Generally Monday through Friday. Work days and hours may shift depending on scheduling needs, some weekend and evening hours may be required, and must be flexible; typical schedule will be 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. This position is classified as a hybrid role with a minimum of 4 days onsite per week, with Thursdays as a staff-wide in-office day.

Summary: The Youth Prevention Training Coordinator will support the implementation of the Strategic Prevention Framework Partnerships for Success Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) grant program in New York City. The Coordinator is responsible for the development, implementation and delivery of LGBT affirming substance use prevention provider training and workshops both at The Center and in community settings. This role will seek to increase the capacity of prevention providers and Department of Education staff across the city to provide LGBT affirming prevention services to decrease health disparities, and decrease substance use, suicide risk, and associated risk behaviors with a focus on youth and young adults utilizing a race and gender equity lens.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work with the Youth Clinical Services Manager in meeting Strategic Prevention Framework program service and deliverable goals including SAMHSA funding requirements.
• Develop and provide training and workshops on the provision of providing LGBT affirming substance use prevention services in community locations and in collaboration with community partners.
• Coordinate monthly meetings for prevention providers and stakeholders at The Center to share resources and coordinate planning around the implementation of affirming services and strategize around data collection.
• Organize an annual symposium focusing on the latest resources, evidence-based practices (EBP), and trends in use among LGBT youth with a focus on strategies for increasing protective factors and decreasing risk factors within prevention services throughout New York City.
• Coordinate Leadership Institute skill-building events for young adults to build capacity around educating their peers about issues impacting LGBT youth and enhance student skills in planning and initiating local campaigns in their schools that promote prevention messages, safe spaces for LGBT youth, and culturally and linguistically respectful practices
• Coordinate training for NYC Department of Education staff on assessing the risk and protective factors that may contribute to LGBT youth substance use along with appropriate interventions and referral sources to help staff identify factors that may have the biggest impact on LGBT youth.
• Document information collected and interventions completed in the Salesforce database along with SAMHSA reporting systems.
• Support the provision of individual and group prevention interventions including intake, assessment, engagement and crisis-intervention, elements of case management and advocacy, referral and follow-up encounters in-person or by email or phone.
• Provide care management that facilitates, coordinates, and documents participant-centered care for participants across Center teams and departments to better address multiple and co-occurring concerns.
• Other duties as assigned.

Position Requirements:

• LMSW/LMHC/MHC-LP/LCSW or CASAC/CASAC-T; SIFI field certification to supervise students is a plus.
• One (1) to three (3) years of clinical experience in the provision of behavioral and/or substance use prevention and/or treatment services, including conducting biopsychosocial intake assessments. Focus on youth and young adult populations is a plus.
• Bilingual or multilingual is a plus. Language preferences: Spanish, Bengali, Russian, and/or French-Creole.
• Knowledge of behavioral health resources in the greater New York City area and treatment regulations and programs; knowledge of electronic medical recordkeeping a plus.
• Knowledge and understanding of the issues, needs and interests of LGBT youth, adults, families and community, including knowledge of the spectrum of gender identity and transgender issues.
• Thoughtful and articulate analysis on the structural and institutional racism and bias and the spectrum of gender identity and bias, in consideration of the impacts and outcomes in the decision-making process throughout the department or program and on underserved and historically oppressed communities.
• Strong leadership, administrative, organization, and written/verbal communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with a wide range of workstyles and cultural backgrounds.
• Knowledge, understanding and experience working with LGBTQ+, TGNC, POC, and Immigrant populations, including knowledge of the spectrum of gender identity, transgender issues, immigration, and BIPOC issues.
• Understanding of, and commitment to, undoing structural and institutional racism and bias and the spectrum of gender identity and bias. Consideration of the impacts and outcomes in decision-making processes and on underserved and historically oppressed communities.
• A strong commitment to social justice and the mission of The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center.

The Center’s Commitment to Equity & Inclusivity:

The Center was born of community activism in response to the AIDS epidemic, ensuring a place for LGBTQ people to access information, care, and support that they were not receiving elsewhere. We opened in 1983 to help people who had doors constantly closed in their faces, ostracized by family, friends, and shunned by the general society. Since that time, we have continually provided a wide array of services and programs to serve our community, with an intentional focus on providing support to those who are most vulnerable. We have always taken great care to be a space that responds to community need; engaging in diversity, equity and inclusion work is another outgrowth of those ongoing efforts. We recognize that in order to help LGBTQ individuals and our diverse community achieve parity in health, justice, opportunity and success outcomes, our organization must hold a strong foundation and competency in, as well as invest organizational focus on, equity and inclusion frameworks, practices and policies. This is also true in our hiring and retention of staff.

The Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer.