Careers
at GA
Educator for Youth Sexual Risk Avoidance Program
The Nap Tann Project educates youth 15-19 years old on how to abstain from non-marital sexual activity through evidence-based programming and an array of positive youth development services. Under Nap Tann, the Educator/Youth Prevention Specialist’s responsibilities include virtual and face-to-face delivery of evidence-based curricula, as well as conducting outreach, recruitment, intake, and enrollment; facilitating participant…
Youth Prevention Specialist (Violence Prevention Program)
Project Not-In-Our-School (NIOS) is an in-school violence prevention program aimed at improving school security by providing middle students and teachers with the tools they need to recognize, respond quickly to, and help prevent acts of violence. The Youth Prevention Specialist is primarily responsible for delivery of the identified evidence-based curricula, with fidelity, to middle school…
Substance Abuse Therapist/Addiction Counselor
The Substance Abuse (SA) Therapist is responsible for providing program support to further the work of the Gang Alternative, Inc.’s (GA) trauma-focused programming including providing behavioral health services in an outpatient community-based program serving children, adolescents and their families. This Therapist specializes in treating patients with a chemical dependency on drugs or alcohol. S/he works…
Community Health Worker, SUPPORT
This position is directly responsible for assisting in providing HIV prevention services to underserved youth and adults ages 13- 24 years, under the agency’s SUPPORT program funded by SAMHSA. The CHW will assist in engaging, testing and preventing the transmission of HIV and STIs to youth who are at high-risk of infection. CHW is responsible…