Health Access Treatment Connections Navigator

At SFAF we show up for our community with expertise, empathy, and a commitment to creating space where everyone can show up fully. If you want to make a meaningful impact in an environment that’s as affirming as it is effective, we’d love to meet you.  Who are we?   San Francisco AIDS Foundation (SFAF) envisions a future where health justice is achieved for all people living with or at risk for HIV. Our mission is to promote health, wellness, and social justice for communities most impacted by HIV through sexual health and substance use services, advocacy, and partnership. We need passionate advocates for social change that embody our five key values: Justice, Dignity, Courage, Leadership, and Excellence.  What is 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.   What are the main 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.    Who are we looking for?  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, f...