• Job Description

  Req#: 474492

  Overview:

  Provides general health education and HIV/STD-specific education and counseling, testing, and referral services. Travel will be required to college campus in accordance to public health guidelines.

  Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Provides targeted outreach and recruitment, HIV/STI counseling, testing, and referral (e.g. blood based, Orasure®, Oraquick®) as well as Health Education and Risk Reduction to High Risk and/or Persons Living With HIV/AIDS.

  • Assists these persons by providing support in maintaining safer sex practices in order to prevent HIV/STI infection or re-infection as well as accessing CTR services.

  • Evidenced Based Interventions (EBIs) in accordance with program curriculum.

  • Provides general health education (i.e. cardiovascular health, cancer prevention, diabetes prevention).

  • Communicates with others (internally and externally) to provide or exchange necessary information.

  • Performs quality management/assurance activities.

  • Must be highly available and flexible to work some late nights and maintain a flexible schedule.

  • Responsible for establishing trusting relationships with community partners, patients and their families, and provide general support and encouragement.

  • Providing ongoing follow-up, basic motivational interviewing and goal.

  • Follow-up with patients, such as by phone, home visits and visits to other settings where patients can be found.

  • Provide referrals for services to community agencies as appropriate.

  • Exhibit excellent working relations with patients, visitors and staff, effectively communicating Avenue 360’s mission.

  • Work closely with medical provider to help ensure that patients have comprehensive and coordinated care. Follow-up with patient should be continuous from initial identification through closure.

  • Be knowledgeable about community resources appropriate to needs of patients/families.

  • Responsible for providing consistent communication to the supervisor ensuring that provided information, and reports clearly describe progress.

  • Attend regular staff meetings, trainings and other meetings as requested.

  • Other duties as described by the supervisor.

  Education, Experience, Licensure/Certification and Skills/Abilities Related Requirements :

  • High School Diploma or equivalent required .

  • Knowledge of HIV/STI and related services, Homeless, and Mental Health/Substance Abuse community resources, and working with other communities and/or populations as described within the program.

  • Must be comfortable and culturally competent to work with special populations including the Lesbian Gay Bi-sexual Transgender (LGBT) community.

  Continuing Education and Training Requirements :

  Participates in trainings required by the funding source and/or as required by licensure

• About the company

  For over 30 years, Houston Area Community Services and Bering Omega have worked to bring health services to an underserved population of Houston. And in November of 2016, Houston Area Community Services and Bering Omega merged to join forces under the ...

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