HIV Care Case Manager, Gay and Lesbian Latino AIDS Education Initiative

Posted by on January 25, 2010

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT

TITLE:        HIV Care Case Manager
LOCATION:    The Gay and Lesbian Latino AIDS Education Initiative – GALAEI
SUPERVISION:    Executive Director
POSITION:    Full-time (35 hours weekly) with benefits.  Salary:  $30,000+
FUNCTION:    The HIV Care Case Manager provides individualized case management services to HIV-Positive clients.  Specific duties include: intake, assessment of client needs, care planning, advocacy, service linkage, and outreach and education. Delivers individualized case management from a harm reduction and culturally appropriate perspective and participates in ongoing clinical supervision as part of a team of two care case managers.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
•    Conduct client intake, periodic assessments, and care planning for  clients
•    Document all delivered services – obtain mental health, clinical care, housing, public benefit, or other services needed to improve the client’s physical and emotional health – keep individual client charts
•    Advocate on behalf of the client to assure appropriateness of services and client compliance with requirements
•    Develop collaborative relationships and ensure for the coordination of AIDS services, health, and other services for the client
•    Provide non-judgmental, harm reduction focused education and additional resources around sexually transmitted diseases
•    Provide safer sex materials and risk reduction, skills building education to client
•    Participate in general community outreach efforts of the agency
•    Participate in program activities, including program promotion, outreach, client recruitment, clinical supervision, etc.
•    Encourage the involvement of clients in other community activities which encourage understanding of secondary  HIV prevention, community stability, and affirmative lifestyle choices
•    Complete administrative duties including filing, shredding, collating, stocking, recording results, supply inventory, daily computer data entry and other operational needs related to the case management effort
•    Arrange interpretation and translation services as necessary
•    Maintain client records and prepare monthly program report and data submissions to CareWare
•    Adhere to agency compliance with contracts, policies, regulations, confidentiality policies, HIPPA, etc.
•    Other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS:
•    A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in social work or social sciences is required.  Candidates not meeting this requirement will not be considered
•    Must possess knowledge of HIV transmission and  issues related to risk behavior including sexual and substance use  behaviors
•    Must be sensitive, friendly, and have the “people skills” to work with clients including those who are lesbian gay bisexual transgender, sex workers, substance users, low-income individuals, and immigrants/refugees
•    Counseling skills and group facilitation skills preferred
•    Bilingual (English / Spanish) experience strongly desired. MUST be able to read, speak, and write in English fluently
•    Excellent communication, computer and interpersonal skills required
•    Must be highly organized, able to work under pressure, dynamic, creative, and self –motivated

Position Posted:  January 19, 2010
Qualified  candidates should submit a resume and cover letter to: [email protected] or
GALAEI
1207 Chestnut Street, 5th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107.
Attn:  CARE CASE MANAGEMENT POSITION POSTING.
No telephone inquiries, please.