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Function:Under the supervision of the Youth on Fire Program Manager proactively engage homeless and street-involved youth by establishing rapport and readily responding to individual needs in the program’s drop-in space; (2) provide harm reduction materials, supportive referrals, and prevention case management to YOF members, and; (3) work with the YOF team to create a safe and supportive environment in the drop-in center.Representative Duties:Provide clients with easily accessible and low-threshold services that operate within the harm reduction framework. This includes enrolling …
Function:Under the supervision of the Outreach Manager, the Outreach Coordinator will conduct street and mobile outreach to injection drug users in high-need areas of Greater Boston. The Outreach Coordinator will assist in implementation and evaluation of outreach workplan, operate the outreach van, lead van maintenance and inventory management, oversee outreach staff, organize overdose prevention trainings, ensure targets toward deliverables are being met, and build relationships with stakeholders.Representative Duties:Provide direct supervision of up to two outreach staff. Assist in hiring, training …
Description:Under the supervision of the Vice President, Public Health Division, and member of AAC Executive Team, the Director provides strategic direction and management oversight to the Drug User Health Program of Fenway Health. Key responsibilities include the implementation of integrated community based and clinic based services for people who inject drugs, with a focus on prevention and treatment of infectious diseases, navigation support and linkage to clinical care, behavioral health, substance abuse treatment, and other supportive services. The Director will …
DescriptionUnder the supervision of the Manager of Youth on Fire works to create, implement, and oversee the Housing Search Services within the Youth on Fire program; provide housing search services directly to clients. Assist with administrative tasks. Work collaborative with internal and external colleagues to ensure access to services. Representative Duties:1. Implement housing search services within Youth on Fire:Implement and maintain a housing search services program with the Youth on Fire program.The program will be modeled off AIDS Action’s Housing Search …
Function:Under the supervision of the Site Coordinator, the Health Navigator will provide follow-up counseling and supported referrals for PWIDs who are at high-risk of infection or HIV/HCV/STI positive, while delivering harm reduction services in a drop-in setting. This includes: providing prevention and screening services to drug users, needle exchange, HIV/HCV/STI testing, PrEP and HCV referrals, overdose prevention training, emergency response and overdose response, conflict de-escalation, motivational interviewing, crisis counseling, data collection and individual and group-level interventions aimed to reduce disease …