Care Outreach and Resource Librarian, Philadelphia FIGHT

Posted by Philadelphia FIGHT on April 27, 2015

Care Outreach and Resource Librarian
Opportunity Type: Job

Reports to: Library and Digital Literacy Manager

Philadelphia FIGHT is a comprehensive AIDS service organization providing state of the art, culturally competent, HIV primary care, and opportunities for clinical research, social services, consumer education, and outreach to people living with HIV and those at high risk. Our goal is to end the AIDS epidemic within the lifetime of people living with HIV now. The AIDS Library is a small public, lending library located within Philadelphia FIGHT. It serves the general population including people living with HIV, their friends, family members, and caregivers, health care professionals, youth, activists, ex- offenders, and those working in social service fields. The Care Outreach and Resource Librarian is a professional who is responsible for maintaining in print and electronically the vast resources and benefits that may be available to our patrons and assisting them in learning and understanding how to access these benefits. This position is multi-faceted and requires someone skilled in de-escalation and counseling who can provide one on one support to individuals needing access to critical benefits and services, design and develop the Greater Philadelphia AIDS Resource Guide yearly and other AIDS Library publications, and work with a team of HIV and Library professionals to deliver in-depth knowledge of local, regional, national, and international HIV/AIDS resources.

Qualifications
Education/Experience: This position requires a Master’s degree in a relevant field or the equivalent experience of a minimum of three years working with high risk, low-income populations.

Skills: Therapy, counseling, case management, teaching, or experience working with low-income, low-literacy populations is desirable; Excellent reading skills and deductive reasoning skills; excellent communications, interpersonal skills and collaborative skills; flexible, self-motivated, organized, able to work well under pressure; computer literacy required; must be able to provide LGBTQ and Trans-competent and sensitive services; experience or training in database searching required; knowledge of Spanish desirable. EOE

http://www.fight.org/job-opportunities/care-outreach-and-resource-librarian/