Bilingual Community Mental Health Educator for Substance Use

Would you like to join a growing, compassionate team of people who share a vision for a brighter future? El Futuro is a nationally recognized nonprofit organization and leading provider of behavioral mental health treatment and support services. We operate clinics across central North Carolina, specializing in services for Spanish-speaking individuals. Our mission is to nurture stronger familias to live out their dreams.

El Futuro is currently hiring a full-time Community Mental Health Educator for Substance Use to deliver culturally responsive education, outreach and referral, and linguistically relevant psychoeducation services to community members who are at risk for or affected by alcohol and other substance use across the state.

This position works 30 hours per week, hybrid schedule, with one day in-person required at the Durham clinic, and must be available for Friday morning meetings, 9:00-11:00am. The typical schedule includes two to three evenings per week and occasional weekends.

The annual salary for this position is $44,000.00 (based on 30 hour per week schedule). El Futuro provides employer paid dental, vision, life, and long-term disability; 403B matching; generous PTO and paid holidays; paid family medical leave; paid parental leave; and paid time off for professional development.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

The Community Mental Health Educator for Substance Use performs the following essential functions, either independently or in coordination with program staff and external partners. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions:

• Develop and deliver culturally and linguistically responsive and relevant psychoeducational workshops, presentations, and training sessions in Spanish and English across North Carolina. 

• Engage Latino communities in conversations about substance use prevention, stress, trauma, and emotional wellbeing. 

• Collaborate closely with El Futuro’s substance use, clinical, community engagement, and training teams to ensure alignment with organizational goals. 

• Represent El Futuro at community events, forums, schools, churches, health fairs, conferences and stakeholders' meetings. 

• Adapt educational content and delivery methods to meet the needs of different audiences (e.g., youth, parents, caregivers, educators, faith communities and school staff). 

• Collect participant feedback, community input, and program data to support program improvement and impact evaluation. 

• Identify emerging community needs and high-priority areas for substance use health education. 

• Support the planning and coordination of statewide events and campaigns and events related to substance use health awareness, health equity and stigma reduction. 

• Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with community partners, schools, faith organizations and other organizations serving the community.

• Facilitate referrals and link community members to appropriate prevention, treatment, recovery, and supportive services when needed.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Psychology, Social Work, Education, or related field OR equivalent training and experience.
• Experience in community outreach, health education, or related field (mental health experience preferred).

Preferred:

• Experience providing training/workshops with adult learners.
• Direct practice experience with Latino clients.
• Experience in curriculum and/or training content development.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES

Required:

• Fluency in spoken Spanish and English. Must be able to read and communicate, including providing training and other professional services in Spanish and English.

• Knowledge and experience relevant to providing trauma-informed, culturally responsive mental health services, including substance use, for the Latino community.

• Excellent public speaking, facilitation, and communication skills.

• Comfort working in diverse community settings (e.g. churches, schools, health clinics, etc.).

• Comfort using web conferencing platforms (e.g. Zoom, Teams etc.), as well as comfort with computer programs including MS365 products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, and others).

• Strong organizational and time-management skills, including the ability to self-monitor and work independently.

• Flexibility, creativity and a spirit of collaboration to address developing programmatic needs.

• Alignment with El Futuro’s mission to nurture stronger familias to live out their dreams. 

• Alignment with El Futuro’s values: Calor Humano, Trust, Resilience, Belonging, and Community. 

Preferred:

• Familiarity with the principals of implementation science and adult learning styles

• Familiarity with content creation, project management, and data management programs (Canva, Monday.com, RedCap or similar)

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Setting: Hybrid role, primarily remote; with occasional in-person work in the Durham Clinic and at community locations throughout the service area.
• Assigned Office Site: Durham Clinic.
• Work Week: Typically works a standard Monday through Friday schedule. Friday 9:00am to 11:00am is required time for organization-wide and team meetings.
• Extra Time: Required to work occasional evenings and weekends to provide training and to attend community meetings, events, or attend staff meetings outside the regular schedule.
• Technology & Systems: Regular use of computers, digital platforms, phone, video-conferencing tools, and electronic records systems.
• Travel: Required to travel regularly to provide training in the Triangle area and within North Carolina.

To apply, submit your cover letter and resume.

El Futuro is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in its employment decisions on the basis of any protected category. We believe we are most impactful when people with a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, and identities come together with common purpose. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.