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JOB SUMMARY
The Philadelphia Department of Public Health (PDPH)’s Substance Use Prevention and Harm Reduction Division is hiring a Project Reach Lead who will provide essential support to the Division’s effort to reduce community blight in neighborhoods most affected by substance use. The individual filling this position will be specifically responsible for creating and managing an intensive neighborhood clean-up program within PDPH that employs city residents to pick up trash, including discarded drug paraphernalia. The Project Reach Lead will also be responsible for engaging community organizations and neighborhood residents to understand ongoing needs and identify opportunities to address concerns. The Project Reach Lead will report to the Environmental Services Manager and work very closely with staff within PDPH’s Substance Use Division, the Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services and the Opioid Response Unit in the Managing Director’s Office.
JOB SPECIFICATIONS
Responsibilities/Duties
- Lead and participate in a neighborhood clean-up program with a focus on removing litter and discarded drug paraphernalia from city streets and sidewalks.
- Responsible for overseeing 5-10 individuals (including volunteers) participating in PDPH’s neighborhood clean-up program; this will entail working alongside them and being available to answer questions/concerns.
- Engage community members while in the field and offer harm reduction supplies.
- Identify ongoing needs related to neighborhood blight and remediation and report your findings/concerns to the Environmental Program Manager.
- Maintain daily inventory of cleaning equipment before and after use.
- Return all equipment to its assigned location.
- Assure all tasks are completed.
- Responsible for engaging, interacting, and working towards fostering positive relationships, with respect and understanding toward co-workers, volunteers, unhoused and residential community members.
- Ability to enter daily stats of trash pick-up, locations, syringe pick-up/sweeps, supplies used and distribution of all Narcan and/or Harm Reduction Supplies into REDCap (database) and daily reports emailed to team members.
- Must comply with PDPH policies and procedures.
- Other duties assigned by the Environmental Program Manager.