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 providegeneral 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 initialidentification through closure.

• Be knowledgeable about community resources appropriate toneeds 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.