Health Educator

Description
The general purpose of this position is to implement prevention strategies and activities that support the program.

1. Implements evidence-based curriculum which includes facilitating with other staff as well as trained officials, site champions and community stakeholders. Provides a safe and inclusive environment for participants.
2. Develops and amends lesson plans to accommodate target populations.
3. Coordinates, recruits for, and facilitates youth and adult community-based groups.
4. Prepares necessary reports, service notes and documentation to identified parties.
5. Researches up-to-date information on prevention topics and ensures only accurate information is disseminated .
6. Provides prevention resources to schools and community members.
7. Helps to organize and train school officials, site champions and community stakeholders on how to effectively implement prevention programs and/or build sustainability for prevention programs.
8. Creates materials, presentations, and trainings to promote prevention efforts, increase awareness of prevention topics, and educate the community.
9. Receives referrals for interventions and other behavioral, mental, physical and social needs from program participants and addresses these referrals in a timely and appropriate manner.

*All other duties as assigned
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a teammate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to, stand, sit; talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone keyboard reach, stoop kneel to install computer equipment
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision requirements due to computer work
• Light to moderate lifting is required
• Regular, predictable attendance is required; including quarter-driven hours as business demands dictate.
• Moderate noise (i.e. business office with computers, phone, and printers, light traffic).
• Ability to work in a confined area.
• Ability to sit at a computer terminal for an extended period of time.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a teammate encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Possess and demonstrated the knowledge or skills necessary to successfully perform the responsibilities of the position as expected within the scope of the job duties and the incumbent's Behavioral Health Provider Designation of:
Behavioral Health Paraprofessional, Behavioral Health Technician Behavioral Health Professional

1. Protects client rights as defined in Arizona Administrative Code R9-20-203.
2. Provides treatment that promotes client dignity, independence, individuality, strengths, privacy, and choice.
3. Recognizes obvious symptoms of a mental disorder, personality disorder, or substance abuse.
4. Provides the behavioral health services that the agency is authorized to provide and that the staff member is qualified to provide.

1. Meets the unique needs of Touchstone's member population served (children and adolescents).
2. Protects and maintains the confidentiality of client records and information.
3. Recognizes and respects cultural differences.
4. Recognize, prevent, manage and respond to a situation in which a member:
   1. may be a danger to self or a danger to others,
   2. behaves in an aggressive or destructive manner,
   3. may be experiencing a crisis situation, or
   4. may be experiencing a medical emergency.
5. Reads, understands, and implements a member's treatment plan.
6. Assists members in accessing community services and resources.
7. Records and documents client information, activities and progress toward treatment goals and measurable objectives.
8. Demonstrates ethical behavior, such as by respecting co-workers' and member boundaries and recognizing the inappropriateness of receiving gratuities from a client.
9. Identifies types of medications commonly prescribed for mental disorders, personality disorders, and substance abuse and the common side effects and adverse reactions of the medications.
10. Recognizes and responds to a fire, disaster, hazard, and medical emergency.
11. Demonstrates behavior management skills and provides the supervised activities or behavioral health services identified in the staff member's job description or the agency's policy and procedure.

Requirements

• Requires a high school diploma and at least one (1) year experience working in behavioral health or prevention/health education.
• Must be at least 21 years of age
• Proficiency in MS Office products and including powperpoint.
• Must possess a valid AZ Drivers License
• Must possess an AZ Fingerprint Clearance Card

POPULATION SERVED : Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the consumers served in the department:
Child (6 - 11 years)
Adolescent (12 - 17 years)