Join Children & Family Health Institute as a Harm Reduction Counselor

Empower Families. Transform Futures.

 

At CFHI, we are dedicated to empowering families to achieve their best level of health and well-being. Each year, more than 54,000 parents and children rely on our programs and services. As part of VNA Health Group, one of the nation’s largest nonprofit independent providers of home health, hospice, and community-based care, you will be joining a team committed to making a real difference in the community.

 

Position Summary:

As a Harm Reduction Counselor, you’ll play a vital role in supporting people who use substances by providing nonjudgmental, trauma-informed care through education, community engagement, and the distribution of safer use supplies. This includes equipment for smoking, snorting, and injecting, via both our harm reduction center and outreach van. You’ll empower individuals to reduce risks tied to drug use and sexual health, provide lifesaving naloxone training and distribution, and connect people to essential services such as medical care, HIV/STD/HCV and pregnancy testing, housing, food access, behavioral health, and treatment programs. This role also includes leading community education efforts around overdose prevention, harm reduction principles, and wellness. If you’re passionate about health equity, community outreach, and meeting people where they are, we encourage you to apply.

 

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• Supports organization’s mission by striving for excellence in all aspects of their job with a focus on positive interpersonal relationship with co-workers.
• Provide community outreach activities on a Mobile Harm Reduction Unit and at the VNA Harm Reduction Center. 
• Provide safer usage equipment including syringes, fentanyl test strips, and naloxone to individuals who are engaged into the syringe access program.
• Educate people who use substance on safer usage practices and overdose prevention to reduce harms to themselves and the community.
• Work with individual patients on risk reduction plans such as overdose prevention, safer usage goals, and safer sex practices.
• Encourage patients to engage in their personal healthcare through other services provided by partners such as primary health care at our community health centers, testing services through PRN, wound care with the ARCH nurse, and SUD treatment with our MAT programs.
• Provide referrals to other support services including shelter, food, housing, and treatment as requested.
• Adheres to the organization’s policy in regards to absenteeism and appearance.
• Maintain, organize, and keep sanitized the mobile harm reduction van.

• High School diploma/GED; Associates or Bachelor’s degree preferred
• 2+ years of office experience
• Knowledge or experience with HIV/AIDS population
• Knowledge of cultural and lifestyle diversity issues
  
• Strong communication, customer service and interpersonal skills
  
• Valid NJ drivers license 

In compliance with New Jersey's Pay Transparency Act, the total compensation range for this position is USD $39,780.00 to USD

$100,741.875. When determining an offer, VNA Health Group considers factors such as the scope and responsibilities of the role, the candidate's work experience, education/training, relevant skills, internal pay equity, and market and organizational conditions. The total compensation range reflects the total package, including base salary, overtime, bonuses, add-on incentives, special clinical compensation, retirement plans, and all other benefits. For more details about our benefits, please visit our Careers page.

VNA Health Group provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.