PrEP Navigator and Tester

Position-Specific Duties/Responsibilities

• Provide testing, education, counseling, and outreach that is specific, sensitive, and culturally relevant to persons of all gender identities and expression/presentation, diverse sexual orientations, communities of color, all ages (adolescents/ adults), and culturally diverse communities throughout all boroughs of King County.
• Provide individual, sex-positive, risk-reduction counseling, including brief PrEP/PEP/STI education/referrals.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date client testing records for HIV testing and referrals.
• Submit a weekly program and activity progress reports to Prevention Program Manager.
• Occasionally conduct community presentations to increase awareness of HIV prevention and testing in collaboration with the clinical team.
• Conduct outreach to recruit for testing to the priority populations in venues, neighborhoods, or areas where the client may congregate.
• Conduct scientific-based prevention education sessions for individuals at high-risk for HIV infection, including individual sessions, workshops, and social marketing activities for on-going recruitment.
• Help prepare and develop program curriculums, materials, fliers, and all other printed materials required by the program or based on the client’s needs.
• Coordinate with the Wellness Program staff and Prevention Services for health education and materials approval.
• Link newly diagnosed individuals to care services, including case management and doctor appointments, as well as helping with access to health insurance.
• Conduct process and outcome evaluation activities.
• Collect data, perform data entry, and prepare monthly program statistics.
• All other duties as assigned.

Organizational Responsibilities

• Coordinate and collaborate with other prevention programs and services within Seattle/King County to better serve targeted populations and the community as a whole
• Develop relationships with community leaders and serve as the organization's liaison with various constituents
• Works well under general supervision
• A degree of creativity, initiative, and latitude is required
• Reports daily to a supervisor or manager
• This position will require working some weekends, evenings, and holidays
• Other duties as assigned

Professional Qualifications

• Multi-lingual applicants welcomed ( Spanish and African languages and dialects a plus)*****
• Successful experience working with an ethnic, racial, economic, and sexually diverse population
• Background and/or willingness to work with men who have sex with men (MSM)
• Willingness to work non-traditional hours.
• Have knowledge and sensitivity about the needs/issues of various subpopulations such as people of color and the LGBT community
• Must demonstrate sound judgment, initiative, and discretionary abilities.