Position Title:                    Part-time Prevention Facilitator

Position Summary

The Part-Time Prevention Facilitator provides prevention education, youth development programming, and case management services for youth and families participating in the P.O.W.E.R. The facilitator delivers evidence-based prevention services designed to reduce substance use risk factors, strengthen protective factors, and promote healthy decision-making among youth.

Working collaboratively with schools, families, community partners, and program staff, the Prevention Facilitator engages with youth and their families through individual support, group facilitation, mentoring, referrals, and prevention-focused activities. This position requires flexibility to travel between multiple program sites and community locations while maintaining high standards of documentation and contractual compliance. The incumbent will understand and promote the organization’s Mission, Vision, and Core Values to ensure alignment with the functions of the position.

Children’s Aid Mission

To help children in poverty to succeed and thrive. We do this by providing comprehensive support to children and their families in targeted high-needs New York City neighborhoods. Children’s Aid annually serves children and their families at over 40 sites in New York, as well as through three national program models.  Children’s Aid is concentrating its efforts on creating cradle-through-college pathways in high-need neighborhoods, with a focus on children’s health, family stability, education, and social and emotional development.

Culture and Values

We put children, youth, and families first: We listen to and incorporate the voices of children, youth and families in all that we do.

We seek equity and transformation in our communities: We courageously work within and outside systems to create opportunities for children, youth and families.

We strive for excellence: We hold ourselves to the highest standards and are committed to continuous learning and improvement.

We are powered by collaboration: Our work is stronger when we trust, partner, and respect each other and the communities we serve.

We are driven by compassion: We lead with kindness, care, and empathy and believe in the endless potential of the people we serve and our team.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide direct prevention services to youth and families in school, community, and center-based settings.
• Maintain a caseload of approximately 10 youth and families.
• Facilitate assigned evidence-based prevention programs (EBPs) with fidelity.
• Plan and facilitate prevention education groups, social-emotional learning activities, and life skills workshops.
• Provide individual mentoring, supportive counseling, crisis intervention, and appropriate referrals.
• Recruit, engage, and retain youth and families in prevention programming.
• Support youth identified as at risk through individualized prevention planning and follow-up.
• Accompany youth on educational trips, internships, college visits, and community-based activities as assigned.
• Assist with implementation of special events, prevention campaigns, health fairs, and environmental prevention strategies.
• Administer program assessments, including pre- and post-tests and participant surveys.
• Maintain accurate, timely, and complete documentation in ETO, WITNYS, and other required electronic databases.
• Maintain participant files and ensure compliance with OASAS, Children’s Aid, and grant requirements.
• Participate in staff meetings, training, supervision, and professional development activities.
• Travel regularly to multiple program locations throughout Brooklyn and Manhattan.
• Perform other tasks as assigned.