Community Health Education Coordinator - Suicide Prevention - Health Department

Job Description

Salt Lake County…A career with a purpose in the community you love!

Salt Lake County invites you to explore our exciting career opportunities. We seek highly enthusiastic individuals to enrich our County with your experience and talent. If you enjoy working in a team environment that is committed to changing the lives of its community, please keep reading.

What it is like to work here:

At Salt Lake County our culture is woven into all aspects of our work and our employees’ lives, from the way we treat each other to the way we support the community.  To promote and foster a fun and healthy work environment, we appreciate employees through great benefits, a healthy work life balance and room to grow and develop.

Surround yourself with:

Peers who are motivated to make a difference in the lives of those we serve. We serve Salt Lake County and envision a safe and beautiful place for all to live, work and have fun. Salt Lake County is about connecting people and championing our community.  Community is more than a place….its our heart and service that bring us together.

We encourage a work life balance:

Working for Salt Lake County is more than just a paycheck.  A career with /Salt Lake County includes several benefits and perks.  We support our employees with 12 Holidays, up to 24 vacation days, 12 sick days and one personal day every year.  

 

Additional Benefits include:

• Retirement options for hybrid pension/401(k) or 401(k) only with a 10% contribution
• Medical coverage including a 100% county paid premium option-Dental and Vision coverage including coverage for adult designees
• Health Savings account with a county contribution up to $1200/year, Flexible Spending Account
• 100% county-paid Long-Term Disability and Short-Term Disability option
• Professional Development including professional membership fees paid
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Plus: Onsite medical clinic, childcare and gym; hospital insurance, pet insurance auto and home insurance and discounts at County facilities. 

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JOB SUMMARY

Coordinates Countywide community health education activities for the agency. Promotes health-related community outreach and organizes and builds coalitions to address population-based public health goals.

 

This position works within the Community Health Division’s Injury Prevention Program and focuses on suicide prevention.  The Suicide Prevention Coordinator will implement evidence-based and national suicide prevention strategies, provide suicide prevention trainings, promote lethal means reduction, and support postvention planning. The position will oversee multiple funding sources and expand suicide prevention efforts throughout Salt Lake County through prevention, intervention, and postvention strategies. The Coordinator will work to reduce risk factors and strengthen protective factors among populations at increased risk for suicide while fostering partnerships with community agencies to support a comprehensive, coordinated approach to suicide prevention throughout Salt Lake County.

 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

 

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Health Promotion, Health Education, Community, Public Health Education, or other closely related field, plus two (2) years of related experience; OR a combination of related education and experience.

 

Due to the nature of this position, the successful applicant must pass a required background check through fingerprinting and enrollment in the continuous RAP Back (Record of Arrest and Prosecution Back) program in accordance with current County Human Resources policy requirements.

 

A valid Driver’s License accepted by the State of Utah is required at the time of hire. A valid Driver’s License issued by the State of Utah must be obtained within six (6) months of hire to operate a County vehicle.

 

CHES Certification preferred.

 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Coordinates activities of Health Promotion staff to meet the requirements of state and federal grant contracts.
• Assists in developing, planning, and implementing Countywide health education, behavior risk reduction, and outreach programs.
• Assesses health education needs and priorities of various populations using appropriate assessment tools.
• Monitors and evaluates program compliance and program budgets with grants and contracts expectations.
• Coordinates collection of data measuring effectiveness against established program criteria, integrity, and compliance.
• Develops, implements, and coordinates community health programs, guiding community leaders to address population-based health issues.
• Provides training to program staff about needed health promotion topics.
• Helps management team with organizing and sustaining community health coalitions.
• Provides connections between Salt Lake County Health Department and community groups and coalitions.
• Recruits membership to community health coalitions among government agencies, healthcare organizations, businesses, community, educational, special interest groups, and the general public.
• Develops and prepares required reports, documents, statistical information, and presentations.
• Assists in developing accurate and credible press releases, public service announcements, and developing health information.
• Responds as part of the Department Emergency Communications Team.

 

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES (KSA)

 

Knowledge of:

• Federal, state, and local regulations related to medical, healthcare, and public health law
• Preventive health strategies, risk reduction techniques, lifestyle behaviors, and interventions that promote or compromise health
• Techniques of effective program development/design
• Sources of health-related information
• Individual and group learning methods
• Evaluation methodologies including instrument design, data collection, analysis, and reporting techniques and procedures
• Principles, methods, and techniques of conducting field and/or special studies and investigations using scientific research methods and techniques
• Medical terminology
• Conflict resolution and/or reduction methods
• Effective training methods and techniques including team-building skills
• Public relations and media relations methods and techniques
• Computer operations and uses, including word processing, graphics, spreadsheets, and printing

 Skills and Abilities to:

• Develop effective strategies for conducting in-service training programs
• Think creatively and develop new approaches to behavior change and interventions
• Design and implement evaluation instruments, scientific studies, needs assessments, data collection, and reporting mechanisms
• Interpret concepts, purposes, and theories of health education; predict the impact of societal value system on health education programs
• Utilize and adapt interpersonal and team player skills to employees
• Work with minimum supervision and act independently
• Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
• Prepare and explain data by written, graphic, or verbal methods
• Prepare materials for media and public dissemination; select a variety of communication methods and techniques in providing health information

 

WORKING CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

 

Work duties are typically performed in a general office setting.

 

Travels to locations throughout the County.

Additional Information

This position tyically works Monday - Friday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM with occasional evenings and weekends. This position can be hybrid with in office days on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.