Prevention Navigator

Compensation Range

$21/hr - $23/hr

Benefits

We have three comprehensive healthcare plans to choose from based on your priorities and budget. Housing Works covers most of the plan; you pay a portion, based on your salary. Staff begins accruing PTO immediately for a total of up to 30 days earned in the first year. We offer employees an educational benefit. This money is available for tuition loan reimbursement, tuition costs, and text books.

Overview

The Prevention Navigator will assist the Care Manager and Care Navigator with all aspects of care coordination for SAMHSA HOUSE 2.0 clients: complete initial enrollment (all required SAMHSA and program forms/assessments), promote compliance with appointments and treatment regimens, and encourage self-sufficiency. The Prevention Navigator will assist clients to access services, such as primary care, substance use treatment, mental health counseling, transportation, intensive care management, housing, and vocational/educational resources, through phone calls to clients and providers, and home visits when needed. The Prevention Navigator will participate in outreach events as needed as well as field-based client outreach.

Responsibilities

• Provide Outreach and Engagement to target population
• Enrolling clients to The HOUSE 2.0 Program
• Support case manager in provision of case management services
• Follow up with the client and the referral provider to ensure that appointments are kept and that the patient is re-engaged in care and referred to needed treatment/prevention.
• Conduct rapid HIV and Hep C testing
• Perform various administrative duties, including updating the client list and outreach logs; assisting with outreach calls, and scheduling intakes and follow ups.
• Maintain essential data for reporting and program evaluation in SPARS, eICare, including program enrollment, progress notes, care plans, referral activity, and updating contact information.
• Complete UND enrollments and PrEP referrals as determined by client need
• Promote sexual health and wellness using risk neutral approaches and evidence-based interventions
• Build and maintain resource lists for external services and emergency services (i.e., housing, domestic violence, food pantry)
• Participate in scheduled supervisory sessions with the Program Coordinator, Clinical Supervisor, and other Departmental Leaders as needed
• Participation in youth community events, such as kiki balls, LGBT events, testing events, etc.
• Conduct client/field-based outreach as needed
• Attend IDT meetings and daily huddles and complete updated info by due date in preparation for meeting.
• Facilitate groups and EBIs and complete documentation within 48 hours

Other functions that may be required with this position include

• Participate in reoccurring interagency meetings, as well as external community meetings to improve integrated care and maintain relationships with community partners
• Participate in department activities such as new staff onboarding, YPS Pride Committee, CQI efforts, etc
• Participate in Housing Works advocacy events (minimum 3 in person per year, 4 via other mode July-June)
• Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements

Education

• High school diploma/GED required
• Bachelor's degree in human services, Public Health preferred

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience providing HIV health education and risk reduction to MSM/Transgender communities of color
• Demonstrated understanding of PrEP/PEP and HIV treatment in communities with barriers to accessing care
• Strong socio-cultural identification with the priority populations of this service category
• Knowledge of issues pertaining to homelessness, substance use, harm reduction, mental illness, transgender healthcare, and LGBT individuals

• The following additional competencies are viewed as important to success in this position:
• Good computer skills (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc)
• Strong organizational skills and verbal/written communications skills

Working Conditions

• Ability to work regular evenings and several weekends a month
• Flexibility with schedule and travel required due to attending outreach events around the city

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• Housing Works was founded in 1990; With a long-term commitment to AIDS advocacy.
• Housing Works established New York State’s first harm reduction-based, OASAS-licensed outpatient drug treatment program.
• Other services include Health Home care management, behavioral health, and syringe exchange programs.
• A pioneer in the social entrepreneurship movement, Housing Works operates 10 high-end thrift shops in Manhattan and Brooklyn and a much-loved Bookstore Cafe in Soho.
• For more information, visit www.housingworks.org

Housing Works fights for funding and legislation to ensure that all people living with HIV/AIDS have access to quality housing, healthcare, HIV prevention, and treatment, among other lifesaving services.

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• In addition to federal law requirements.
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This position is included in a bargaining unit of Housing Works’ New York City employees represented by a labor union known as the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union (“RWDSU”). Accordingly, the RWDSU has the exclusive right to bargain over the terms and conditions of employment related to this position and this position may become covered by the terms of a collective bargaining agreement (a “CBA”) between Housing Works and the RWDSU