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Health Educator

The Door

Description

Supervisor: Supervisor of Health Education & Outreach

Overview: The Door’s mission is to empower young people ages 12-21 to reach their potential by providing accessible, comprehensive youth development services – health care, counseling, education, legal services, the arts and recreation – in a diverse and supportive environment. The Health Educator is a professional counselor/educator who provides individual and group counseling to adolescents around issues of birth control, pregnancy, parenting, childbirth, prenatal care, abortion, and HIV/AIDS.

Responsibilities:
• Individual and group education/counseling with adolescents around birth control, pregnancy, abortion, HIV/AIDS & prevention, parenting and childbirth issues
• Provides HIV Education, Pre and Posttest counseling to adolescents
• Represent “The Door” and it’s philosophy to outside agencies, NYC school system, other health facilities, CBOs health fairs and community meeting
• Provides counseling prior to and following a pregnancy test
• Makes appropriate referrals for pregnancy terminations
• Provides Post Abortion Counseling
• Participates in case management
• Maintains appropriate logs, i.e. HIV & Pregnancy, etc
• Responsible, in community-based assignments, for conducting classroom presentations and small group sessions, providing counseling and referrals for health, education, legal services, mental health counseling or other Door services.
• Teaches, in conjunction with a NYSDOE/NYCDOE certified teacher, health education with emphasis on sexual health topics in Department of Education Secondary Schools.
• Develops, prepares curricula, lesson plans, and student grades
• Other duties as assigned by Supervisor

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Health Education, Public Health, Public administration or related counseling field One year of relevant experience in family planning, prenatal, health services or counseling
• Bilingual English/Chinese or English/ Spanish preferred
• Strong organizational and communication skills

Salary

Low to Mid 30’s

Contact

Please use the link to apply for the position.
https://home2.eease.adp.com/recruit/?id=13241672
No telephone inquiries please.

Posted on 11/05/14; CVMHA ID #8307