HIV Advocate; Linkage to Care

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The HIV Advocate (Linkage to Care) plays a vital role in preventing opioid overdoses, addressing substance misuse, and advocating for individuals living with or at risk for HIV. This position provides strategic leadership, case management, and care coordination to connect clients with essential services, supporttreatment adherence, and promote HIV prevention and care. The role also includes overseeing outreach activities, facilitating educational sessions, and leading a team of peer navigators to ensure clients receivecomprehensive, compassionate care tailored to their needs.

• Oversee the process from intake to assessment to treatment adherence as part of a care coordinationteam.
• Conduct assessments upon program intake to identify risks, health service needs, and HIV preventionor treatment requirements.
• Coordinate with team members to provide assistance and support to individuals seeking medical care,substance misuse treatment, and HIV-related services.
• Serve as a liaison with medical providers to ensure access to and retention in healthcare services,including HIV care and treatment.
• Supervise peer navigators to promote services in the community and provide one-on-one support for participants enrolled in treatment or HIV care services.
• Assist participants in scheduling and attending physician appointments, including arrangingescort/transportation as needed.
• Manage crisis intervention and provide supportive counseling to participants as necessary.

• Provide education to participants on HIV prevention, transmission, and treatment, including PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) and PEP (post-exposure prophylaxis).
• Develop and deliver educational messaging regarding HIV testing, treatment adherence, and wellness for individuals living with or at risk for HIV.
• Facilitate onsite educational sessions and support groups for individuals interested in HIV prevention,treatment, and post-care services.
• Advocate for individuals living with HIV to ensure they receive equitable access to healthcare, housing,and other essential services.
• Collaborate with local HIV prevention and care programs to enhance service delivery and communityoutreach.

• Build and maintain relationships with community organizations to connect clients with needed services,including HIV-specific resources.
• Plan and oversee community activities and events to link clients with service agencies and promote HIVawareness.
• Lead research, planning, and execution of weekly outreach activities, including street-based and park-basedoutreach.
• Provide agency and community briefings on treatment initiatives, harm reduction strategies, and HIVprevention efforts.
• Conduct peer-to-peer and evidence-based training for the community on HIV prevention and substance misuse.

• Implement onsite educational sessions and support groups for individuals interested in substance misuse treatment, hepatitis C treatment, and overdose prevention.
• Provide education on injection drug use, overdose prevention, HCV prevention and treatment, and HIV transmission and prevention.
• Facilitate discussions and workshops on reducing stigma around HIV and substance misuse.

• Serve as the primary contact for administrative and medical document retention and dissemination to coordinate care services.
• Assist participants with procuring necessary documents to begin or continue care, including HIV-related services.
• Provide audit-worthy documentation for all services in the Electronic Health Records (EHR) system and Access Database.
• Collaborate with the Assistant Director of Care Coordination on program reports and service utilization.
• Participate in weekly care coordination meetings and team discussions to identify systems-levelimprovements for service quality and efficacy.
• Work with team members, medical consultants, and interns to provide services, programming, needsassessments, and evaluations.

• Strong understanding of harm reduction principles, substance misuse, HIV prevention andcare, and public health strategies.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, EHR systems, and online search engines.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to build relationships with…