When you join the Arrowleaf team, you are committing to a meaningful career where your work will make a difference for your neighbors throughout Southern Illinois and strengthen our region as a whole. You’ll have a chance to build well-being not just for the people you work with, but for yourself as well, as you gain life-changing experiences, enjoy highly competitive benefits, and experience unmatched opportunities for advancement.

About the role:

Area of Focus: Community Collaboration

• Teaches interpersonal, communication, drug refusal, and healthy coping skills to students utilizing an evidenced-based and state approved Youth Prevention Education curriculum.
• Implements and maintains state approved/developed communication campaigns and community wide prevention activities that align with IDHS standards.
• Assists with the development, maintenance, and distribution of a resource guide of community resources for the designated service area including the regular promotion of “drug-take-back” programs.
• Provides crisis response and intervention services to clients by utilizing short-term crisis intervention and conflict resolution techniques and referral to appropriate health and human service resources.
• Assists with conducting the Illinois Youth Survey to schools within the designated service area and assists with the completion of My-Generation Rx program.
• Regularly and professionally communicates with school personnel within the designated service area, as assigned, to ensure completion of SUPS programming schedule and maintains communication with SUPS Program Manager of adjustments in scheduling.
• Assists with completion of Youth Prevention Education pre- and post- data collection, grading, and data recording for reporting needs.
• Completes all required forms and documentation in a timely and efficient manner.
• Demonstrates active involvement in team/program meetings, supervision, and agency/community events and activities as assigned.
• Ability to screen, assess and provide interventions for clients that are exhibiting symptoms of trauma.
• Participates in after-hours crisis response rotation.
• Other duties as assigned.

You will enjoy:

• A flexible schedule
• A culture of collaboration
• Professional & upward mobility opportunities
• A family-oriented atmosphere
• Health wellbeing stipend
• 100% employer-paid health insurance & life insurance
• Up to 368 hours of paid time off just within your first year of employment! Includes 13 holidays, personal, sick and bereavement leave, vacation and volunteer paid time off.
• Additional opportunities for compensation are available above starting salary!

Arrowleaf is the human services organization in Southern Illinois best positioned to support individuals of all ages so that they can contribute to vibrant and more robust communities. That’s because only Arrowleaf: Innovates our service offerings to best support the communities’ needs; Leads community collaboration to better support the success of each individual we work with; and contributes to community prosperity and tracks economic development.

Mission: Arrowleaf’s mission is to help all Southern Illinoisans reach their full potential. We provide resources and opportunities that support individuals of all ages so they can thrive, make our communities more vibrant, and build economic prosperity that benefits everyone.

Vision: We envision a Southern Illinois where all individuals are contributing to a community that is safe and vibrant for everyone.

Visit our website: myarrowleaf.org/employment to learn more about Arrowleaf

Selection of employees for Arrowleaf shall be performed in such a manner as to ensure equal consideration of all qualified applicants. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability, marital status, protected veteran status or national origin.