Trans Thrive is a wrap-around, drop-in service center offering psycho-social educational workshops, prevention case management, and drop-in services to support transgender clients in improving their health and well-being, reducing their risk for HIV and substance abuse, and providing seamless referrals and linkages to substance abuse treatment programs. The specific target group of transgender individuals include: African Americans, Latinos, Asians & Pacific Islanders, and Native Americans.

Job Description: 

The Program Specialist will provide comprehensive, holistic drop-in services for transgender clients who are identified by the TRANS: THRIVE staff team as most appropriate and ready for substance abuse treatment/program and other services. This position will develop, facilitate, coordinate and implement group-level workshops, as well as support the day-to-day operations of the Trans: Thrive wrap-around drop in service center offering educational workshops and social programs to support transgender clients to improve their health and well-being, reduce risk for HIV and substance abuse, and provide seamless referrals and linkages. This work requires to coordinate and conduct outreach to transgender people who are at high risk for HIV/STDs, experience multiple barriers to services, need employment counseling, and need multiple linkages to care, and who require extensive individual risk reduction to prevent HIV/STDs infection. 

This Program Specialist will provide these services targeting transgender people, particularly African-American, Asian and Pacific Islander, Latino, trans youth of color, gender variant and questioning youth who experience multiple barriers to services, need employment counseling and assistance to multiple linkages to care. This position requires evening and weekend hours. This position will also work with the incarcerated trans population.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

Program Implementation

• Develop curriculum and facilitate educational workshops, social/support, community forums and jail groups 
• Support and able to conduct intake, assessment and re-assessment of eligible transgender clients and provide prevention case management, develop individual-client centered case management goals, harm and risk reduction counseling and treatment plans following agency’s standards of practice
• Support, facilitate and organize the provision of services offered by the drop-in, including hygiene and clothing services and coordinate with TRANS:THRIVE staff team to ensure appropriate level of services for clients
• Provide front desk coverage and support drop-in management with the Program Manager.
• Perform data collection, data entry, maintenance, and timely submission of documents for monthly reports and track client enrollment/activities and contractual program documentation and reporting requirements.
• Participation in trainings and monthly staff, program meetings and agency events.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Program Recruitment and Outreach

• Conduct outreach and recruitment activities to deliver peer-based HIV prevention services in venues where transgender communities congregate and socialize including the jails.
• Support recruitment, training and maintenance of supervised volunteers/interns and program participants.
• Enroll clients in needle exchange and syringe access program, provide related services, and provide education on prevention, safer substance use, and other topics relevant to injection drug and/or hormone users. 

Minimum Qualifications

• Some college is preferred but a combination of experience and education will be considered.
• 3-5 years of working or interpersonal experience with transgender individuals and issues
• Familiarity with issues and concerns of Transgender sex workers and substance users; experience in working with multiply-diagnosed patients (HIV, mental health conditions and substance abuse), sexual and gender minorities, immigrants and refugees 
• Sensitivity to cultural and ethnic concerns as it relates to substance abuse and HIV;
• Demonstrated experience in facilitating community groups/meetings/events
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and privacy of persons, documents, data, and communications; understanding of the importance of confidentiality and boundaries in prevention and education work.
• Must be able to handle multiple tasks and work under pressure and have ability to work professionally and ethically within multi-racial and multicultural settings; and appropriately seek out support
• Ability to work independently as well as within a multidisciplinary team 
• Demonstrated excellence in attendance and reliability, interpersonal, organizational, verbal, and written communication skills; maintains a pleasing and dynamic personality towards work and towards staff and co-workers and clients
• Detail-oriented with strong follow-through skills, including attention to and respect for detail, accuracy, and deadlines
• Ability to work weekends, evenings, and non-traditional work hours
• Fully vaccinated against COVID-19, complete with booster shot(s) and able to show proof of vaccination 
• Up-to-date with vaccinations, especially seasonal flu shot vaccine
• Proof of TB clearance (issued within the past 12 months or less)

Preferred Qualifications

• Fluency in English and Spanish.

Location:

• San Francisco, CA