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Prevention Advocate – Outreach for Harm Reduction Program
Work Location
Venice,CA
Job #20474
Work Hours
Monday-Friday, 8:30am-5:00pm; may include late shift hours (11:00am-7:30pm)
Employment Type
2 – Staff- Career
Duration
Indefinite
Salary Range
$30.53-40.3 Hourly
Posted Date
October 29, 2024
Bargaining Unit
UPTE – HX
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Make a difference in people’s lives every day. When you join UCLA Health, you’ll be working at an institution that provides leading-edge care to the people of L.A. and throughout the world. We provide our team members with the environment and support to do amazing work, because each and every one of them plays a vital role in our commitment to care.
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Description
Venice Family Clinic is a leader in providing comprehensive, high-quality health care to people in need regardless of their income, insurance or immigration status. The organization has more than 500 staff who serve 45,000 people with compassion, dignity and respect across an area that spans from the Santa Monica Mountains through the South Bay. We have a network of clinics, Early Head Start centers and mobile clinics plus an expansive street medicine program to reach people experiencing homelessness. Read more about us at venicefamilyclinic.org
Make a difference in the community at our Venice Family Clinic. As a Prevention Advocate for our Common Ground’s Syringe Services Program (SSP), you will play a vital role in helping reduce the transmission of HIV and Hepatitis C in our community. Our program follows the Harm Reduction model which calls for the non-judgmental, non-coercive provision of services and resources to people who use drugs and the communities in which they live in order to assist them in reducing attendant harm.
The Prevention Advocate SSP will:
- Participate in syringe exchange on site and out in the community, which includes providing sterile syringes and properly disposing of used ones.
- Conduct HIV and Hepatitis C testing and counseling and will educate clients on safer injection practices, overdose prevention and ways to reduce harm to themselves and those around them.
- Ensure newly diagnosed HIV+ and/or Hep C+ clients are referred and linked to medical services.
- Spend a portion of their time on outreach providing our Syringe Services Program to people experiencing homelessness, which includes creating and maintaining relationships with various “gate keepers” within surrounding communities to provide information regarding our services.
- Seek clients and provide referrals to services offered by our Common Ground program.
- Support and develop culturally appropriate education and outreach materials and will build and maintain a contact network of agencies and local community members to expand the Syringe Services Program.
- Perform other duties, including reviewing and completing data collection forms, compiling data for monthly reports and helping co-workers in any other duties assigned.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are core values of the Venice Family Clinic. We believe the professional and clinical environments are enhanced when diverse groups of people with diverse ideas come together.
Salary Range: $30.53 – $40.30 Hourly
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