Employment opportunities
Come work with us! Division of Substance Use Prevention and Harm Reduction staff are primarily contracted through the Health Federation of Philadelphia (HFP) and Philadelphia Mental Health Care Corporation (PMHCC). All of our open positions are listed here and on the HFP and PMHCC’s websites. We encourage you to regularly visit this page as we often post positions as we receive grant funding.
Current Openings
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The Street Team will be tasked with increasing harm reduction resources and training in neighborhoods that have been most affected by overdose crisis, particularly North and Southwest Philadelphia. The people filling these positions will work in the field five days per week in zip codes 19121, 19132, 19141, 19144, 19140, 19139 and 19133 (subject to changed based on data) to distribute harm reduction resources and educational materials about the overdose crisis in the city. Street Team staff will interact directly with people in active addiction, people who use substances recreationally, people who are unhoused, as well as people who may have a stigmatizing view of substance use. The Street Team Specialist is a core member of the Community Engagement Program within the Division of Substance Use Prevention and Harm Reduction at the Philadelphia Department of Public Health and will be expected to work collaboratively within and across programs. People from the zip codes of focus, as well as people with lived experience and/or returning citizens are highly encouraged to apply.
For more information and to submit an application, visit the Health Federation page here.