Health Access Treatment Connections Navigator - Bilingual

San Francisco AIDS Foundation • San Francisco, CA

7h • Hybrid

About The Position

The newly created Health Access Treatment Connections Navigator (HATCN) role is a key tool in the front line effort to improve health outcomes for People Who Use Drugs. This role provides treatment connections, syringe access and disposal, overdose prevention education, naloxone distribution, and linkage to care and treatment for substance use disorder. HATCNs will build relationships with program participants at all sites to better provide client centered treatment connections grounded in a proactive relational counseling approach that utilizes motivational interviewing to connect individuals to the care they need. Collaboration with programs both internal to SFAF and externally across the city will be key to success.

Requirements

• Minimum 3 years experience working with people who use drugs, marginalized communities, or people experiencing homelessness.
• Knowledge of substance use and health concerns of People Who Use Drugs.
• Knowledge of health, substance use treatment, and social services throughout San Francisco.
• Experience using motivational interviewing and care navigation required.
• Ability to implement de-escalation techniques, follow safety protocols, and use sound judgement in independent decision making.
• Good organizational skills, data entry skills, and ability to use Microsoft and Google suites.
• Bi-lingual in Spanish and English required.

Nice To Haves

• Valid California driver’s license preferred.

Responsibilities

• Connecting participants to internal and external substance use and medical services.
• Ensuring connection and safe hand off to treatment and care.
• Provide substance use and primary medical care navigation including direct connections to internal and external services.
• Provide client centered, relational proactive counseling, motivational interviewing style substance use treatment readiness coaching, risk reduction counseling, and substance use treatment adherence counseling.
• Creating a warm and welcoming environment for participants, facilitating support groups, and emphasizing compassionate care.
• Documenting and entering all program data according to contract protocols in an accurate and timely manner.

Benefits

• Combined PTO/Sick Time Off of 24 days for the first two years of employment, 29 days after two years of employment.
• 403(b) Plan
• SFAF matches employee contributes (1 to 1) up to 3% of Salary.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed