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GLIDEsf · 3 weeks ago

Health Access Navigator

San Francisco

Full-time

Onsite

Entry Level

$30/hr - $31.50/hr

1+ years exp

GLIDE is a nationally recognized center for social justice dedicated to fighting systemic injustices and transforming lives. The Health Access Navigator role focuses on providing support and resources to individuals with a history of substance use and co-occurring disorders, helping them access medical services and harm reduction supplies.

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Responsibilities

Provide harm reduction supplies, including safer sex and safer use supplies, to community members via SAS desk and other locations, as applicable

Promote and recruit clients for syringe access services as well as substance use treatment, HIV/Hep C/STI testing; and other social and health services

Provide information, education, proactive counseling, referrals and linkages to SAS participants and HEAT clients

Help track inventory at distribution sites and actively resupply from Glide’s storage facilities, suppliers, partner agencies, and deliveries

Assist SAS Program Manager with all SAS data collection and preparation of monthly reports

Maintain a variety of resource information handouts at distribution sites

Help cross train new hires and volunteers as part of their onboarding

Provide group education, support groups, and presentations. Will assist with preparing outreach materials

Provide prevention & health education including safer sex, and safer injection drug use, overdose prevention education for PWIDs (People Who Inject Drugs), distribute condoms, dams, lubrication, hygiene kits, and other harm reduction/prevention materials and supplies

Assist with GLIDE’s DOPE Program (Drug Overdose Prevention Education) and Narcan distribution to prevent opioid overdose and over ramping or overdose with methamphetamine and or other substances

Assist with coordinating community outreach activities and Special Events to promote testing, linkages to care, health and wellness, prevention education

Develop rapport and trust with clients, through motivational interviewing techniques, to ensure a smooth and successful transition to long-term services and their providers

Develop and maintain an effective network, based on collaborative efforts, with other GLIDE service providers and appropriate community service agencies, to provide comprehensive services to clients; · Document service contacts and other efforts within program database

Apply strength-based, client-centered approach with adherence to cultural humility and trauma-informed service and harm reduction principles

Attend recurring individual supervision and other administrative meetings as directed by supervisor

Adhere to professional boundaries and standards, including requirements of HIPAA, best practices to maintain confidentiality, and reporting requirements (e.g., child reporting, abuse, etc.)

Meet professional obligations through efficient work habits such as: collaborating with co-workers, meeting deadlines, honoring schedules, attending, and actively participating in staff and individual meetings, supervision, and in-service training

Qualification

Harm reduction servicesCrisis managementMotivational interviewingSocial services experienceData collectionMicrosoft Office SuiteOutreach planningInterpersonal skillsCommunication skillsConfidentialityTeam collaboration

Required

Direct experience with harm reduction services (syringe access, outreach and health navigation)

Experience providing direct social services to homeless and/or very low-income clients who are dual-diagnosed and/or have experienced involvement in the criminal justice system

Knowledge of violence prevention and intervention, de-escalation & harm reduction practices and motivational interviewing techniques

A minimum of 1-2 years harm reduction services, case management, or advocacy experience working with socially and/or economically marginalized, multiply diagnosed populations

Experience providing direct social services to homeless and/or very low-income clients who are dual-diagnosed and/or have experienced domestic violence, and/or have been incarcerated

Proficiency in spelling, grammar, writing, and basic office computer programs (Microsoft Office Suite or equivalent, data entry and web navigation) is needed to draft required documentation

Excellent interpersonal/communication skills; ability to maintain effective working relationships with clients

Experience with crisis management and ability to provide de-escalation in individual and group settings

Ability to work professionally and ethically, including ability to maintain confidentiality and privacy of persons, documents, data, and communications

Demonstrated ability to work independently while working to meet the demands of clients

Ability to plan and implement outreach objectives and other programs and services; and ability to collect data and prepare reports to record efforts

Preferred

CA Rapid HIV/HCV Testing and/or Harm Reduction certification preferred

Current valid California Driving License in good standing preferred

Company

GLIDEsf

GLIDE is a nationally recognized center for social justice, dedicated to fighting systemic injustices, creating pathways out of poverty and crisis, and transforming lives.

Founded in 1929

San Francisco, California, USA

51-200 employees