The District of Columbia Pretrial Services Agency (PSA), a federal agency, has a requirement to obtain services for Health Educator/Nutritionist for our Treatment Department.
The D.C. Pretrial Services Agency (PSA) is an independent federal agency within the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency (CSOSA) in the Executive Branch of the Federal government. PSA's mission is to assess, supervise and provide services for defendants, and collaborate with the justice community to assist the courts in making pretrial release decisions.
The Health Educator /Nutritionist must be a qualified and experienced professional who is a certified health education specialist (CHES); a registered dietician; or hold a doctorate, graduate or baccalaureate degree in health education or a related field; or is currently enrolled in a doctoral or graduate degree program in health education or a related field and is able to demonstrate substantial coursework in nutrition, dietetics, public health, personal health violence prevention, disease prevention, accident prevention, or related areas.
The Health Educator/Nutritionist must have a minimum of one (1) year experience: 1) facilitating group or individual sessions regarding the prevention and treatment of illnesses; health promotion through proper dietary care and other wellness modalities; disease management; violence, accident, and disease prevention; 2) promoting sensible eating, sleeping, exercise and other health habits to combat the effects of acute and chronic substance abuse and other health problems; and 3) other public and personal health related areas.
The Health Educator/Nutritionist must have had a minimum of one (1) year experience working with adult populations, including individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds and individuals with substance use related, mental health or co-occurring disorders.
All interested sources that can provide this type of training should respond electronically and provide a summary of experience and expertise in this area. A copy of training and a list of references should be submitted electronically to the point of contact; Rachel Dobbs at [email protected], by the close of business June 30, 2010.
This is a 100% small business set-aside. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 621399 and the applicable size standard is $8.5M