Prevention Services Coordinator (Schn) - Pueblo

Job Description
Position: Prevention Services Coordinator - Pueblo
Classification: Non-Exempt - Full Time
Reports to: Prevention Services Manager
Location: Pueblo, Colorado (in-state travel required)
Starting Salary: $41,446 Annual (3 years of experience or less) -- $45,176 Annual (3+ years of experience)

Position Summary:
Facilitation of HIV/HCV/STI testing and risk reduction counseling services
Collaborative advancement of harm reduction education, overdose prevention, and syringe access program
Coordination and implementation of community outreach and education
Effective support of integrated linkage to care services through collaboration with other programs, such as
PrEP/PEP navigation, HCV Treatment, Behavioral Health, and HIV Case Management

The Prevention Services coordinator involves a comprehensive range of responsibilities. This includes cultivating
services that are respectful, trauma-informed, culturally competent, and non-judgmental, with a focus on enforcing
boundaries and crisis intervention. The role encompasses providing trauma-informed, non-clinical testing for
HIV/STIs/HCV, along with client-centered counseling, and maintaining an up-to-date understanding of prevention
issues and trends in these areas. The coordinator is instrumental in developing and maintaining community
partnerships, ensuring effective linkage to care, and completing required disease reporting for public health
departments. Additionally, they actively contribute to Syringe Access Program services, offering assistance to
program participants for harm reduction, supply access, naloxone administration, overdose response training, and
drug testing education. Data management responsibilities include gathering participant data for grant reporting,
conducting ongoing data entry for testing and syringe access programs, and engaging in collaborative efforts to
streamline statewide approaches to harm reduction and sexual health services. The role extends to community
outreach and education, involving collaboration in creating and disseminating content through various channels,
delivering evidence-based educational presentations to diverse audiences, and participating in community meetings
to facilitate referrals and resource knowledge. Training is a key aspect, with a commitment to completing required
trainings and aiding in intern/volunteer recruitment, training, and support in relevant areas. The position also entails
additional duties such as regional travel, assistance in supply shipment receiving and organization, overall office
coverage support, and participation in departmental and agency retreats and meetings, with a flexibility to work days,
evenings, and weekends as needed.

Service Area:
Primarily Southeast Colorado, with occasional work/travel across the state (Pueblo, Crowley, Prowers, Bent,
Otero, Baca, Las Animas, Huerfano, Kiowa, Costilla, Alamosa, Conejos, Rio Grande, Saguache, and Mineral ,
Chaffee, Custer, counties)

COVID-19 Information: It is an essential function and business necessity of the job that all employees are
vaccinated and that all new hires will be required to be vaccinated within four weeks of hire. CHN requires proof of
vaccination as this is a business necessity of the job. CHN will discuss reasonable exemptions for medical and
religious purposes. If CHN considers making an offer of employment, CHN will inquire about vaccination status at thattime, including whether the new hire currently has COVID-19 or has COVID-19 symptoms.

Essential Job Functions:
General Duties Program Coordination: Cultivate respectful, trauma-informed, culturally competent, non-judgmental services, including enforcement of boundaries and crisis intervention. Provide trauma informed, non-clinical testing for HIV/STIs/HCV including client centered counseling.

• o Maintain current understanding of HIV/HCV/STI prevention issues and trends
• o Assist in developing and maintaining community partnerships to support effective linkage to care
• o Complete required disease reporting for public health departments
• Collaboratively carry out Syringe Access Program services
• o Assist program participants in accessing appropriate supplies for reduction of harms, including
• safer use counseling, naloxone administration and overdose response training, drug testing
• education, maintenance of supply stock
• o Work with participants to gather basic data requirements for grant reporting and provide any
• referrals or education when engaging with participants
• Complete ongoing data entry for testing and syringe access programs
• Engage with internal workgroups to streamline statewide approaches to harm reduction and sexual health
• services
• Participate in development of new and evolving programming within Prevention Services for the southeast
• region including but not limited to expansion of services to the southeast, development of community-based
• outreach e.g. mobile syringe access and pop-up testing events, and programming proposals for future
• funding opportunities
• Community Outreach & Education for Harm Reduction and Sexual Health:
• Collaborate to create and post content to social media and other marketing and educational materials
• Develop and deliver evidence-based educational presentations; audiences may include people who use
• drugs (PWUD), law enforcement, social workers, government entities, students, healthcare/treatment
• providers, etc.
• Participate in community meetings/groups to facilitate effective referrals and resource knowledge
• Training
• Complete required trainings to maintain best practices around harm reduction, sexual health, trauma
• informed care, crisis intervention, and stigma-reduction; participate in additional training when offered
• Aid with intern/volunteer recruitment, training and support in the areas of sexual health, overdose
• prevention, outreach, syringe access, and other Prevention Services
• Additional Duties:
• Travel throughout service region
• Assist in supply shipment receiving and organization of large amounts of backstock supplies
• Support overall office coverage
• Participate in departmental and agency retreats and meetings
• Work days and evenings as needed, some evenings and weekends required.

Qualifications
Education:
Bachelor's Degree in Social Work, Human Services, Psychology, Sociology, and Public Health, a related field, or
equivalent experience required.
We highly recommend people of all educational backgrounds and life experiences apply. We believe that people with
lived experience are among the most qualified to provide harm reduction and sexual health services. We strive to
center the people we serve in the work; hence, we strongly encourage applications from people who hold these
identities or who are members of other marginalized communities.
Software Utilized:
Experience working with basic office and database computer programs, including familiarity with Microsoft Outlook,
Teams, Canva Word, Excel, Access, SharePoint and social media outlets required.
Knowledge, Skill and Ability:
Previous experience in the delivery of evidenced-based programs is highly preferred, as well as excellent
communication, customer service, and data collection skills. The appropriate person will be organized and detail
oriented. This position requires personal and professional accountability; self-management and initiative; dedication
to quality improvement; professional integrity; research ethics, and cultural competency. Must demonstrate accuracy,
efficiency and superior organizational skills. Must demonstrate effectiveness in the following areas: task and time
management; teamwork; and communication with teams, managers, clients, participants, and company consultants.
Material and Equipment Directly Used:
Works with standard office equipment including computer workstation, printers, copiers, scanners and fax machine.
Works with applications/software for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphic materials, data entry, etc.
Communicates with clients, colleagues, providers, and vendors using the telephone, e-mail, messaging , and fax.
Valid Colorado Driver's License/auto insurance and reliable transportation required.
Physical Demands and Work Conditions:
Works in an office environment. Regular reimbursable travel required. Requires clear speaking and written
communication - ability to use a telephone and to view a computer screen (near acuity) for extended periods.
Requires finger agility for keyboarding and using a telephone and other office equipment.
As employees of a charitable organization, all CHN staff share the responsibility of serving as ambassadors for the
organization in the community. This can be achieved by fostering the development of relationships with potential
constituents/donors as well as by participating in CHN events/activities in a way that is meaningful to each employee.
General Benefits Description:
We offer full-time employees a comprehensive benefits plan that includes Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision
Plan, 403(b) retirement, Legal Shield, Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Life Insurance, Employee Assistance
Program (EAP), Long-Term and Short-Term Disability.
About Us:
Our employees are the most valuable asset we have. We celebrate and encourage applications from those with lived
experiences as it relates to this job posting. The collective sum of the individual differences, life experiences,
knowledge, inventiveness, innovation, self-expression, unique capabilities and talent that our employees invest in
their work represents a significant part of not only our culture, but our reputation and CHN's commitment to the
communities we serve.
All applicants and employees who are drawn to serve the mission of the Colorado Health Network will enjoy equality
of opportunity and fair treatment as we embrace and encourage our employees' differences in age, color, disability,
HIV status, ethnicity, family or marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender identity or expression, language, national origin,
physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran
status, substance use history, genetic information, prior protected activity and other characteristics that make our
employees unique.
All offers of employment are subject to the completion of a criminal background check.
Colorado Health Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).
If you have any questions, please contact Human Resources at hr@coloradohealthnetwork.org
Application deadline: Open Until Filled
As employees of a charitable organization, all CHN staff share the responsibility of serving as
ambassadors for the organization in the community. This can be achieved by fostering the
development of relationships with potential constituents/donors as well as by participating in CHN
events/activities in a way that is meaningful to each employee.