Staff Analyst, Contingency Management

Salary Range: $6,806.73 - $9,820.80 monthly

SUMMARY

Staff Analyst to work on harm reduction programs, in collaboration with health and justice partners, aimed at improving health and wellbeing of Los Angeles residents with lived experience of substance use, sex work, justice system engagement and those experiencing homelessness or who are formerly homeless. 

Harm Reduction services play a critical role in the health and wellness of DHS patients and the people served by DHS programs.

Harm Reduction services are evidence-based, population health interventions are the best method of preventing overdose deaths and reducing the transmission of HIV/ AIDS and Hepatitis C.

Harm Reduction services get overdose medication and safer drug consumption supplies into the hands of people who need them.

In addition to saving lives, addressing health equity and improving health and wellness, the services also build on the dignity and humanity of people who use drugs or are engaged in sex work and welcome them into a community of care.

The Harm Reduction Division coordinates the Department of Health Services’ existing harm reduction efforts and leads an expansion of services.

The services help address the overdose mortality crisis and reduce physical and behavioral health disparities among DHS patients, particularly for people who use drugs, people engaged in sex work, people with justice system involvement and people experiencing homelessness.

This Staff Analyst will work on multiple programs, including providing oversight of a pilot contingency management program designed to support program participants with making positive behavioral changes to prevent them from losing their housing and to improve their overall health outcomes.

When implemented as a continuum of harm reduction programming, contingency management programs have effectively demonstrated a decrease in harmful behaviors associated with stimulant drug use.

The Staff Analyst will develop policies and procedures for the program, support the development of participant selection criteria and oversee the evaluation of the project.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS of the Staff Analyst include, but are not limited to:


* Provide technical assistance and ongoing support for service providers implementing contingency management programs;


* Design and implement creative and evidence-based program services;


* Provide operational and project management support to the program(s);


* Providing oversight of the contracting process which includes development of Requests for Proposals, evaluation of responses to Proposals, making recommendations for vendor selection and development of Scopes of Work;


* Making recommendations regarding the use of division resources including programming and funding opportunities;


* Developing and implementing quality assurance processes to ensure a high quality of programming;


* Manage projects, including timelines, staffing, work plans, and budgets;
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