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Posted June 26, 2025.
Harm Reduction Specialist
Salary: $20 Hourly
HOURS: 1 Part-time 15 – 20 hours per week; 1 Full Time 35 hours per week
Occasional evenings and weekends required for meetings, workshops, conferences, and seminars
The Harm Reduction Specialist provides compassionate, person-centered support to individuals at risk for substance use-related harms. This role focuses on building trust, distributing harm reduction supplies (such as sterile syringes and naloxone), offering education on safer drug use and overdose prevention, and connecting participants to health and social services. The Harm Reduction Specialist engages in outreach, advocates client needs, and works collaboratively with community partners to reduce risks, promote well-being, and empower individuals to make positive changes on their own terms
Qualifications: Associates or Diploma/GED with 2+ years’ experience working in non-profit social service agency providing direct client related services to diverse populations (e.g., people who use drugs (PWUD), justice involved individuals, mental health diagnosis, etc.). This is a critical component to the agency and the work that is done in the community; Case management and healthcare experience; Fluent in both Spanish and English preferred;
Computer skills and proficiency in Microsoft Office are a must; Electronic Health Records systems preferred; Sensitivity to AIDS, chronic illness, substance abuse issues and a strong commitment to the mission, vision, and values of ACR health are essential; Lived Experience of homelessness, substance use, as well as BIPOC and LGBTQI+ preferred.
Apply at: recruitment@acrhealth.org
HOURS: 1 Part-time 15 – 20 hours per week; 1 Full Time 35 hours per week
Occasional evenings and weekends required for meetings, workshops, conferences, and seminars
The Harm Reduction Specialist provides compassionate, person-centered support to individuals at risk for substance use-related harms. This role focuses on building trust, distributing harm reduction supplies (such as sterile syringes and naloxone), offering education on safer drug use and overdose prevention, and connecting participants to health and social services. The Harm Reduction Specialist engages in outreach, advocates client needs, and works collaboratively with community partners to reduce risks, promote well-being, and empower individuals to make positive changes on their own terms
Qualifications: Associates or Diploma/GED with 2+ years’ experience working in non-profit social service agency providing direct client related services to diverse populations (e.g., people who use drugs (PWUD), justice involved individuals, mental health diagnosis, etc.). This is a critical component to the agency and the work that is done in the community; Case management and healthcare experience; Fluent in both Spanish and English preferred;
Computer skills and proficiency in Microsoft Office are a must; Electronic Health Records systems preferred; Sensitivity to AIDS, chronic illness, substance abuse issues and a strong commitment to the mission, vision, and values of ACR health are essential; Lived Experience of homelessness, substance use, as well as BIPOC and LGBTQI+ preferred.
Apply at: recruitment@acrhealth.org
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