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Maryland State Agency Job Announcement
Skilled and Professional Services
TITLE: ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION COORDINATOR (4403) CD
SALARY: $34,113 - $53,944 (Grade 13)
CLOSING DATE: OPEN AND CONTINUOUS
DESCRIPTION: An Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Prevention Coordinator is the is the full performance level of work in a single person program, assessing, designing, coordinating and implementing alcohol and drug abuse prevention programs within a local health department. Examples of work may include: Develop addictions preventions plans and increase community awareness; Develop, coordinate and implement prevention educational programs to decrease and prevent drug and alcohol involvement and related risk behavior; Plan, organize and conduct training for staff of other state and local agencies, schools, local businesses, industries and community groups involved in alcohol and drug abuse programs; Prepare and maintain reports, records and documents pertaining to funding sources, program evaluation and reference information on chemical dependency; Confer with the local health officers and program directors to recommend remedial or corrective actions to prevent alcohol and drug abuse problems. Performs other related duties. Employees in this class do not have supervisory responsibilities.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
EDUCATION: Possession of a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with thirty credits in behavioral science, health services, human services or education.
EXPERIENCE: Two years of experience in counseling alcohol or drug dependent clients, in providing therapeutic education services to alcohol or drug dependent persons and their families, or in directing school or community health education. Within the first 12 months of employment applicants must complete a minimum of 90 hours of specialized training in alcohol and other drug abuse prevention services. This training must be approved by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Inquiries concerning this training must be addressed to the Office of Education and Training for Addiction Services (OETAS), 201 West Preston Street, 4th Floor, Baltimore, Maryland 21201.
NOTES:
1. Sixty credit hours from an accredited college or university, 18 of which are in the behavioral sciences, health services, human services or education and an additional two years of experience as specified above may be substituted for the education requirement.
2. Additional experience as specified above may be substituted for the required education on a year for year basis.
3. Graduate level education in behavioral sciences, health services, human services or education may be substituted for up to two years of the required experience on a year for year basis.
Appropriate accommodations for individuals with disabilities are available upon request by calling: (410) 767-1251 or MD TTY Relay service 1-800-735-2258.
APPLY TO: DHMH Off. Of Human Resources, Recruitment & Selection Div., P.O. Box 22330, Baltimore, MD 21203-4330 Submit Maryland State Application - Form MS 100 - PLEASE NOTE: Most of our recruitments are an evaluation and rating of an applicant's training and education submitted on the MS-100 and therefore, may not require a written test. For recorded job information call: 410-767-6018
Internet address: http://www.dhmh.state.md.us/testingserv/index.html
(Applicants certified to list will receive eligibility for a period of one year; eligibility may be extended beyond one-year period.
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