Outreach Services Associate

Position Summary: The Outreach Services Associate is responsible for conducting targeted community outreach and engagement, risk reduction education, referrals, and case documentation including appropriate follow-ups based on acuity levels. This role involves working with vulnerable communities such as LGBTQ+, homeless, substance users, and others. The associate will drive the mobile van to various locations within Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Conduct targeted community outreach and engagement, providing risk reduction education, referrals, and case documentation with appropriate follow-ups based on acuity levels.
2. Conduct comprehensive assessments of clients' needs for primary care treatment and/or supportive services, including early interventions such as PrEP/PEP, peer-based counseling, and health education tailored to clients' health literacy levels and language preferences.
3. Provide up-to-date HCV, Syphilis and HIV-related risk reduction sessions on-site and off-site, referring clients based on their behavioral/sexual risk assessment/profile.
4. Secure and maintain health screening exams in a HIPAA-compliant environment.
5. Identify new community partners and data-driven hotspots for conducting HIV / Syphilis and HCV rapid testing.
6. Complete required data collection.
7. Assist clients in navigating healthcare services systems.
8. Coordinate care with Linkage to Medical Case Managers.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Drive the mobile van to various locations within Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Job Qualification

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• 0-1 years of relevant experience, required.
• Bilingual, Spanish speaking highly preferred.
• Previous Outreach experience
• Previous experience working with the LGBTQ+ community.

*Additional Salary Detail
The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).