Health Educator

$48,000 - $52,000/year

Position Summary

The P2 Project (The Pregnancy Prevention Project) at Children’s Aid aims to reduce and prevent the incidence of unintended adolescent pregnancy in its priority areas in NYC by providing young people with the holistic tools to meet their greatest potentials through evidence-based sexuality education, comprehensive reproductive health services, and peer health education. The main objectives of the program are:

• Provide comprehensive, age appropriate, sexuality health education for adolescents (11 – 22).
• Provide strategies for young people to make healthy decisions and set goals for the future.
• Connect youth to reproductive health services.
• Encourage youth/adult partnerships and effective communication.
• Create and foster community and organizational partnerships to reduce the incidence of unintended adolescent pregnancy in our communities.
  
  

Under the supervision of the Program Manager and OPA Program Coordinator, the OPA Program Health Educator works to meet the objectives described above by providing outreach and sexual health education and outreach to children, adolescents, and adults in Manhattan and the Bronx.

Essential Duties

• Understand and promote the organization’s Mission, Vision, and Core Values to ensure alignment with organizational policies and procedures.
• Conducts evidence-based health education sessions/groups to youth and parents at CA, DOE, and other CBO program sites.
• Develops and implements workshops for community outreach purposes, as directed.
• Provides individual counseling services (sexual decision-making, growth and development, pregnancy prevention, STI’s and HIV pre and post-test counseling) to youth in CA program sites (community schools and youth centers), and other school and community-based settings.
• Assists the Program Coordinator and Senior Health Educator in the oversight of the Just Ask Me (JAM) Peer Health Educators and activities required to support this program.
• Participates in the process of developing, obtaining, evaluating and maintaining written and audio-visual health education materials as required by program.
• Documents all group/workshops and individual counseling services, as requested by the Program Coordinator.
• Offers and arranges for family planning services at CA Health Centers for youth at program sites. Provides transportation as needed.
• Participates as part of a team with other staff to provide quality patient care.
• Attends training sessions conducted by other agencies in order to develop skills and knowledge required of an educator in a CA program.
• Contributes to program planning and evaluation by maintaining up-to-date records and filling out required statistical forms.
• Comply with all privacy laws including HIPAA, etc.
• Perform other duties as assigned
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Community Health Education, Public Health, or related discipline or at least two years’ experience in sexual health education required
  
  

Key Competencies

• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Experience working with adolescents a plus
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred.
  
  

It is the policy of Children's Aid to provide equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment and is dedicated to maintaining a work environment that is free from harassment and discrimination. Children's Aid will not tolerate discrimination, harassment, or retaliation on any basis, including race, creed, color, national origin, ethnicity, alienage or citizenship status, gender/sex (including pregnancy), disability, religion, source of income, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, familial status, caregiver status, military status, marital or partnership status, status as a victim of domestic violence, sexual violence or stalking, predisposing genetic characteristics, arrest or conviction record, credit history, unemployment status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. Children’s Aid is committed to complying with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Children’s Aid will conduct a prompt and thorough investigation of all allegations of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or any violation of the Equal Employment Opportunity Policy in a confidential manner and will take appropriate corrective action, if and where warranted. Children’s Aid prohibits retaliation against employees who provide information about, complain about, or assist in the investigation of any complaint of discrimination or violation of the Equal Employment Opportunity Policy.