PEER NAVIGATOR

POSITION SUMMARY:

The peer navigator works with the program manager to provide client-centered group or individual psycho-social support services to assist person living with HIV (PLWH) by providing a safe space where lived experiences and challenges can be discussed without judgement.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Topics discussed with PLWH include: living with HIV, health lifestyle and relationships, adherence treatment, access and barriers to care, Prevention methods (PrEP, PEP, DoxyPEP, treatment as prevention, disclosing status and stigma.
• Conduct field outreach operations and Integrate with other HIV clinic team members to effectively identify, locate, and reengage clients who have lapsed in the HIV care.
• Support individuals who may be newly diagnosed as living with HIV, or who may require additional support to engage in and maintain HIV medical care and support services to ensure that clients are linked to care and continuously supported to remain in care.
• Conduct individual and group interventions to address personalized goals and develop needed skill set for healthy living, ensure medication adherence and support a positive outlook for individuals living with HIV.
• Collaborate with other HIV clinic team members to align substance use treatment goals with overall care, documents, interactions, and contributes to program evaluation.
• Acts as the liaison between HIV counseling and testing sites and the medical clinic to ensure that new clients are enrolled in medical care seamlessly and in a timely fashion.
• Provide education on HIV clinic services available and additional key resources to clients.
• Demonstrate cultural and linguistic competency to effectively communicate with and support a diverse range of clients.
• Participate in case conference as needed.
• Travel as needed.

Education and Qualifications:

• Is reflective of the community being served
• Has lived experience relevant to the communities served (for example, experience navigating HIV care, stigma, or related social service systems).
• Must NOT be a current client of Contractor’s clinic
• Ability to work effectively with people of diverse races, ethnicities, nationalities, sexual orientation, gender identities, gender expression, socio-economic backgrounds, religions, ages, English-speaking abilities, immigration status, and physical abilities in a multicultural environment.
• Valid Class C California Driver’s License, proof of vehicle insurance, and reliable transportation for travel to a variety of sites throughout LAC.
• Knowledge of HIV Disease, behaviors that transmit HIV, and those disease conditions that are co-morbid with HIV
• Ability to interact in a nonjudgmental and empathetic manner with PLWH and AIDS as well as their partners;
• Must have good interpersonal skills
• Comfortable with field outreach
• Ability to advocate for clients

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, sit, talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to use hands to handle, or feel objects, keyboard or controls; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.