AdCare Educational Institute of Maine, Inc. is seeking to hire a highly-motivated individual into a new Prevention Fellowship Program being implemented through its New England Prevention Technology Transfer Center (PTTC) program. This one year fellowship, funded by SAMHSA, is part of a national fellowship program working to train and sustain a well-trained and knowledgeable cadre of prevention professionals who understand and exemplify the principles and best practices of substance use prevention.
The New England PTTC’s Building Our Leadership and Diversity (BOLD) Prevention Fellowship Program is focused on increasing the number of prevention professionals working within Black/African American communities and building their capacity to identify and chronicle programs, practices, and policies proven effective in reducing substance misuse risk factors and consequences and promoting mental health and protective factors or assets in Black/African American communities.
This is a paid full-time, one-year fellowship that will be placed with Rhode Island’s Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities & Hospitals (BHDDH), located in Cranston, Rhode Island. Fellows will work on projects as assigned by their placement site but will also have a portion of their time dedicated to learning and capacity development activities coordinated by the Prevention Technology Transfer Center (PTTC) network. The BOLD Fellow will receive mentorship from prevention staff at their placement site as well as through AdCare’s PTTC program staff.
Duties and tasks include:
- Assist with planning and development of a Rhode Island Teen Institute
- Assist with changes and updates to Rhode Island’s IMPACT prevention data collection system
- Assist with the review and approval of regional prevention strategic plans
- Assist with the development of media projects
- Assist with research and developing considerations to address cultural competency in prevention programming
- Participating in the schedule of BOLD Fellows prevention science trainings and cohort activities
- Participating in a cohort research project to support prevention in Black or African American communities.
- Other duties as assigned
