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Linkage to Care Specialist

16 Jan 2024
Michigan, Detroit metro, 48201 Detroit metro USA
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Linkage to Care Specialist

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Job Description

TITLE: Linkage to Care Specialist

REPORTS TO: Lead Linkage to Care Specialist

DETAILS: Full-Time Position (40 hours per week)

LOCATION: Detroit Office

Annual Salary: $40,000

UNIFIED-HIV Health and Beyond, a multi-service organization for persons with HIV, seeks individuals to help persons link to HIV medical care. Candidates must be able to work with diverse populations; experience with HIV and linkage to care helpful.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

  • Develop with clients a service delivery plan based on identified needs, available community resources, and financial status of client. Direct clients to needed services and coordinate and monitor access to and delivery of quality services.
  • Weekly monitor and coordinate, through contact with client and community resource service providers, to ensure optimal utilization of offered services and adequate provision of needed services.
  • Establish and maintain up-to-date client records including demographics, proof of status, care plan implementation and evaluation of care.
  • Provide risk reduction education (i.e. safer sex education, and safer injection education) in order to prevent comorbidity risk and increased community viral load.
  • Assist in developing and maintaining a network referral system un the health care and social service community by becoming familiar with formal and informal services available to clients, reporting new services or changes in established services, and identifying gaps in available community services.
  • Connect clients to resources in order to access mental health, substance abuse, and other psychosocial needs.
  • Provide advocacy for clients as needed.
  • Conduct outreach and case finding activities as needed to keep clients connected to care.
  • Input and maintain client level data in designated data system.
  • Participate in bi-weekly multi-disciplinary case conference meetings.

Qualifications

REQUIREMENTS

  • Associates degree, High school diploma or equivalent required with at least one year experience in human services.
  • Must be able to function independently, be self-motivated, be able to work well with individuals from a variety of socioeconomic groups, and highly organized.
  • Knowledge of community resources helpful.
  • Have access to reliable transportation.
  • Basic computer literacy required, particularly in Microsoft Word and Excel.

Additional Information

Please provide a cover letter when submitting your application.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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Job Details

  • ID
    JC31800506
  • State
    Michigan
  • City
    Detroit metro
  • Job type
    Full-time
  • Salary
    N/A
  • Hiring Company
    UNIFIED - HIV Health and Beyond
  • Date
    2022-01-15
  • Deadline
    2022-03-16
  • Category
    Et cetera
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