Community Health Worker

3 weeks ago

Houston, United States AIDS Foundation Houston Full time

SUMMARY: This position reports to the Prevention Coordinator and is part of the healthcare team working to improve rates at which clients affected by HIV are retained in care and adherent to ARTs by conducting community-based and in-home outreach and short term (between 3-6 months) care coordination and providing outreach, HIV testing and counseling services to high-risk clients. This includes providing rapid HIV testing, social support, informal counseling, outreach activities and intensive navigation support to help clients address needs that make it challenging to stay healthy, including transportation, housing, insurance benefits, mental health, substance use, stigma, food, and in navigating complex care and support systems. This position requires working some evenings and weekends in the community and requires good judgement and independent thinking skills.

Daily Duties
- Provides targeted outreach and recruitment, HIV/STI counseling, testing, linkage, 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.
- Provide ongoing follow-up, basic motivational interviewing, and goal setting with clients.
- Follow-up with assigned clients through phone calls, home visits, and visits to other settings where clients can be found.
- Assist individuals, families, groups, and communities develop their capacity and access to resources, including health insurance, quality care and health information.
- Identify and characterize the various social networks, appropriate community venues and key peer leaders for outreach and education activities.
- Plan and execute education, outreach, and enrollment initiatives.
- Collaborate with various local organizations to build awareness of healthcare options, spur enrollment, and build referral linkages.
- Develop, discover, and attend community events in order to promote coverage options and the mission and services of the organization.
- Distribute outreach/education materials to patients, community stakeholders, partner organizations and businesses underscore awareness on health center and physician office services
- Work with other clinical, behavioral, and supportive service providers assigned to the same client.
- Assist clients in gaining support from family and friends to stay healthy.
- Promote and maintain positive relationships with the surrounding neighborhood.
- Provide health services, such as monitoring blood pressure, blood glucose levels and HIV/STI screenings.
- Provides general health education (i.e., cardiovascular health, cancer prevention, diabetes prevention).
- Performs quality management/assurance activities.
- Must be highly available and flexible to work some late nights and maintain a flexible schedule.
- Other duties as described by the supervisor.

Pay: $42,000.00 - $45,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
- Weekends as needed

Work Location: In person

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