Senior Linkage Specialist

• The Linkage Specialist will coordinate bi-directional referrals and hand-offs between HIV and HCV Prevention and Care and Substance Use Disorders/Co-Occurring Disorders (SUD/COD) interventions and treatment, providing Care Coordination, Navigation, Benefits Navigation, and linkage to other Supportive Services that further the goals of the SAMHSA-funded IMPACT program.
• Provide non-medical support services including housing, mental health and behavioral health services, nutrition, and any other services that address barriers to care and healthy living.
• Coordinate referrals of clients who screen positive for SUD/COD and link and navigate clients to IMPACT program.
• Connect individuals with hepatitis C to treatment and support services.
• Screen individuals for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) and connect them with the PrEP program.
• Conduct intake assessment of needs appropriate to patient's age, health conditions, and psychosocial factors and complete support service referrals pertinent to identified needs.
• Develop a service plan of action for meeting client’s assessed needs.
• Conduct assessment of insurance status and provide benefits navigation to meet client’s individual service needs, including with specific patient assistance programs such as ADAP, PrEP and PEP, and HCV treatment.
• Conduct Rapid HIV testing for high-risk individuals and refer to prevention services.
• Maintain accurate, up-to-date and complete client charts, utilize program-specific documentation templates, and enter client data in a timely fashion in program-related database.
• Utilize program-specific evidence-based interventions and other quality service delivery strategies to implement appropriate client-centered counseling and education.
• Demonstrate effective communication skills necessary to interpret age-appropriate response to client service/treatment plan.
• Participate in case conferences and regular supervision with immediate supervisor and other regular staff and program team meetings as required.
• Attends necessary training and in-services. and regular supervision with immediate supervisor as scheduled.
• Complete in timely fashion other job-related duties to meet program needs as assigned by the Program Manager
• Perform other duties as assigned.

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