Community Youth Training Specialist

Job description

COMMUNITY SUPPORT & YOUTH TRAINING SPECIALIST: Department: Allegheny County Department of Human Services Division: Office of Behavioral Health Team: Community Wellness Team Location: Human Services Building, One Smithfield Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 Summary: The Office of Behavioral Health (OBH) Community Support & Youth Training Specialist will work full-time, under the primary direction of the Senior Manager, Community Wellness Team within the Office of Behavioral Health, Allegheny County Department of Human Services (DHS). The incumbent will support Stand Together, a behavioral health anti-stigma initiative that trains, equips, and inspires middle and high school students to act against stigma directed at their peers. In addition, the incumbent will ensure that OBH programs, activities, initiatives, and contracted services engage service users to the broadest extent possible, present service user interests and promote recovery principles. The OBH Community Support & Youth Training Specialist will function as an OBH recovery liaison to contracted and community providers, including police, courts, payers, evaluators, social services, housing programs and as the OBH liaison/agent...