OVERVIEW OF POSITION:

The Harm Reduction Specialists will be placed in different shelters within the shelter system to deliver services and provide training and support to clients and shelter staff through a harm reduction lens. The Harm Reduction Specialist will be the main link among shelter clients, shelter staff and medical care providers. This will be done by providing harm reduction and risk reduction counseling, safety planning, and referrals to harm reduction organizations, primary care, mental health care, and other medical and social services as needed. This position also offers a hybrid work opportunity providing direct services in shelter, as well as working remotely on following up with shelters after non-fatal overdose incidents to provide harm reduction guidance to staff and assist with care coordination for clients.
Salary: $27-33/hour depending on level of experience
Job type: Long-term temp position
Hours: 35 hours a week (Monday-Friday) - Hybrid

JOB QUALIFICATION:

• Minimum of two (2) years experience working in the community with people experiencing homeless and/or providing harm reduction outreach/support to people who use drugs
• Lived experience or deep knowledge strongly preferred
• Must be able to work in the community, including use of public transportation across NYC and in multiple shelters.
• Computer proficiency in Windows operating systems and programs, such as MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, as well as comfort with learning new electronic systems.
• Bilingual Spanish-speaking strongly preferred.
  Job Types: Full-time, Temporary
  Pay: $27.00 - $33.00 per hour
  Expected hours: 35 per week

Schedule:

• Day shift

People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply

Ability to Commute:

• New York, NY 10004 (Required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in New York, NY 1000

• Build relationships, solve problems and locate resources for program participants
• Conduct case conference with shelter staff about clients referred to program before meeting with clients
• Provide individual harm reduction and risk reduction counseling and education, safety planning, naloxone and fentanyl test strip training, health promotion, referrals and navigation to harm reduction, substance use, mental health, primary care and other services as needed.
• Provide group opioid overdose education, NARCAN and other harm reduction trainings for clients and staff.
• Communicating with clients on a regular basis to keep them engaged and to assess progress as well as tracking the progress of clients including conducting follow-ups
• Navigate access to community-based programs and the medical system, including such things as helping the clients make medical appointments, accompanying client to services and appointments, helping the client communicate with medical personnel and/or talking to clients about ways to communicate with medical personnel, helping with any follow-up necessary.
• Complete and submit documentation of services provided in a timely and efficient manner (e.g., within two business days past the provision of service).
• Conduct group services for clients on harm reduction topics including overdose prevention, safe injection, and other risk reduction strategies
• Attend meetings as deemed appropriate and related to the scope of service.
• Adhere to workplace policies and procedures, including confidentiality, documentation, channels of communication, workplace culture, dress code, and conflict resolution.
• Promote the recovery, independence, health and wellbeing of shelter clients
• Client outreach, coordinating care, proper documentation and maintaining patient databases, conducting individual and/or group services, and performing various administrative tasks.
• Maintain appropriate and timely communication with supervisor and shelter staff