Substance Use Prevention Program Specialist presso Los Angeles County Office of Education, CA

About the Department

Insurance: Your choice of several medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans To learn more, visit: https://www.lacoe.edu

Online applications must be submitted by: 10/3/2025 5:00 P.M. (Pacific)

Retirement: PERS Defined Benefit Plan Paid Time Off: 12 vacation, 15 holidays, and 12 illness days.

The Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE) invites qualified applicants to apply for the Substance Use Prevention Program Specialist position.

Under general supervision, organizes, implements, and delivers evidence-based curriculum and services on substance use prevention to K-12 students in school-based settings; engages with community partners in implementing comprehensive prevention strategies; and assists in ensuring that substance use prevention programs deliverables are met. 

The Well Qualified Candidate Will Possess the Following

Knowledge:

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• Prevention services frameworks, such as strategic prevention framework, spectrum of prevention, SAMHSA’s Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) Strategies, Institute of Medicine (IOM) Classifications for Prevention, and environmental prevention strategies.
• Public health frameworks
• CASEL’s Social Emotional Learning framework
• Strategies and methods of engaging and instructing youth
• Community resources specializing in substance use prevention
• Electronic and web-based activities tracking processes and systems
• Social media management and content creation
• Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other Microsoft Office applications
  
  

Competencies:

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• Critical Thinking – Analytically and logically evaluating information, propositions, and claims
• Fact Finding – Obtaining facts and data pertaining to an issue or question
• Professional & Technical Expertise – Applying technical subject matter to the job
• Using Technology – Working with electronic hardware and software applications
• Action & Results Focus – Initiating tasks and focusing on accomplishments
• Adaptability – Responding positively to change and modifying behavior as the situation requires
• Attention to Detail – Focusing on the details of work content, work steps, and final work products
• Professional Integrity & Ethics – Maintaining trust through honesty, adherence to principles, and personal accountability
• Self-Management – Showing personal organization, self-discipline, and dependability
• Oral Communication – Engaging effectively in dialogue
• Presentation Skill – Formally delivering information to groups
• Writing – Communicating effectively in writing
• Customer Focus – Attending to the needs and expectation of customers
• Professional Impact – Presenting self as a positive representative of the organization
• Relationship Building – Establishing rapport and maintaining mutually productive relationships
• Cultural Proficiency – Modeling communication and interaction that respects and includes all individuals and their languages, abilities, religions and cultures
  
  

Required Education and Experience

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Education: A bachelor’s degree in public health, counseling, social work, sociology, behavioral sciences, or other fields closely related to the job requirements of this classification from an institution of higher learning recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. Foreign degrees and credit units require translation and equivalency established by an agency recognized by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing.

Experience: Two years of experience in providing substance use prevention services to students and families and collaborating with partners on community outreach, including one year of experience working with K-12 students.

Additional Requirements: California Certified Prevention Specialist (CCPS) certification is preferred. A valid California driver’s license and availability of private transportation or ability to provide transportation between job sites is required. Positions in this class may be required to work outside of regular working hours (e.g. evenings and weekends) for community outreach and youth engagement activities as needed by the job.

Hybrid remote schedules may be available.

Selection Process

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Candidates who meet the minimum requirements above will be invited to participate in an examination that may consist of a performance exam, technical project, and structured interview.

Contact

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Additional Information

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Minimum qualifications must be met by the close of filing date. For more information, please go to https://lacoe.edu/jobs/hr/classified.  For additional information on our testing procedures, please visit Applicant Resources on our website. Selection and promotion are based on a competitive examination process. Candidates who pass all exam parts are ranked according to overall exam score and placed on an eligibility (hiring) list. Vacant positions are filled from the top three ranks. Eligibility lasts for 12 months; however, additional recruitment may occur under a separate bulletin with additional candidates being merged onto the eligibility list. Some positions that involve public contact may require bilingual proficiency for which selective certification may apply (Education Code 45277.5). In addition, the eligibility list resulting from this examination may be used to fill vacancies in related job classifications for which no eligibility list exists (Education Code 45272). Veterans' Credit may be awarded for entry jobs.

Reasonable accommodations in completing an application, testing, and employment are available to individuals with disabilities. If you would like to request an accommodation, please call 562.803.8360 as early as possible.

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