About this Community Health Worker - HIV Care role at Mass General Brigham
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Job Summary
SummaryThe Community Health Worker - HIV Care is a key member of A Positive Place's HIV care and prevention team integrating community health work into clinical care by addressing social determinants of health and health equity. CHWs partner with individuals living with HIV in managing medical care, social services coordination, disease education, trauma and recovery, positive prevention, sexual health promotion, housing, and substance use risk reduction. The Community Health Worker - HIV Care works collaboratively with clients and other APP Care team members (housing, insurance, recovery coaching, peer advocacy, health navigation), as well as Infectious Disease specialists, PCPs, and other community programs to meet all needs.
Does this position require Patient Care?
Yes
Essential Functions
-Partner with Infectious Disease Specialists and patients to provide culturally responsive HIV/HCV/STI medical/social case management, care/service coordination to ensure patient satisfaction and equitable health outcomes.
-Conduct needs assessments, co-create health and well-being plans with individuals, addressing clinical and psychosocial drivers of health and barriers to access.
-Facilitate communications, act as a liaison between clients, partners, families, and providers to support clear decision-making, solve problems, and meet health goals.
-Navigate complex local, state, and federal resources/programs available to clients, bridging gaps in access to services, and improving client experience.
-Offer Advocacy & Support to amplify the voice of clients, empower individuals to understand their rights, and achieve self-identified goals.
-Provide ongoing follow-up and support to individuals to ensure continuity of care and successful achievement of health and well-being goals.
-Conduct Outreach & Health Education: Provide disease management and treatment education to newly diagnosed, partners, family members, and community providers.
-Advance health equity by bridging gaps between minoritized communities and health systems.
-Collect data and maintain accurate records of interactions and outcomes to improve client outcomes, reduce health disparities in diverse populations, inform improvement strategies, and design new services.
Qualifications
Education
High School Diploma or Equivalent required
Can this role accept experience in lieu of a degree?
No
Licenses and Credentials
Experience
Experience working with individuals living with HIV, unhoused individuals/families, people in recovery, trauma survivors, members of Black, Latine, GBTQ communities, formerly incarcerated individuals, and/or other historically minoritized populations with cultural humility 1-2 years required and Case management, harm reduction, client advocacy, systems’ navigation or other related community health work 1-2 years required and Crisis intervention, goal planning, mediating, sexual health promotion, substance use harm reduction, disease management, medication education 1-2 years required and Community-based and/or clinical care work setting, home visits, and other off-site locations 1-2 years required
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Demonstrated knowledge of local resources, community-based services, and government benefits available to HIV/AIDS individuals and families required.
- Skilled in strength-based, people-first, harm reduction, culturally humble, and restorative approaches to equitable community health care and prevention.
- Current driver’s license, good driving record, and reliable transportation.
- Bilingual (Spanish) required.
- A person with lived experience of populations served is a plus.
- Strong cross-cultural interpersonal, organizational, and oral and written communication skills.
- Basic-Intermediate digital literacy required.
Additional Job Details (if applicable)
Physical Requirements
- Standing Frequently
- Walking Frequently
- Sitting Occasionally
- Lifting Frequently
- Carrying Frequently
- Pushing Occasionally
- Pulling Occasionally
- Climbing Rarely
- Balancing Frequently
- Stooping Occasionally
- Kneeling Occasionally
- Crouching Occasionally
- Crawling Rarely
- Reaching Frequently
- Gross Manipulation (Handling) Frequently
- Fine Manipulation (Fingering) Frequently
- Feeling Constantly
- Foot Use Rarely
- Vision - Far Constantly
- Vision - Near Constantly
- Talking Constantly
- Hearing Constantly
Remote Type
Work Location
Scheduled Weekly Hours
Employee Type
Work Shift
Pay Range
$17.71 - $24.40/Hourly
Grade
3
EEO Statement:
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