Peer Educator - Access to Healthcare

Position Summary

Responsible for conducting outreach, providing general risk reduction, providing referrals to needed services, distributing HIV/AIDS information and condoms, participating in training and support activities, utilizing data forms to document and report activities performed.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Conducts community outreach and door-to-door outreach in targeted areas identified by the Program Manager to meet grant targets.
• Participates in community health and community fairs as an agency representative.
• Provides referrals of clients to necessary health and support services in the community, including making appointments for clients at CHN clinic sites.
• Facilitates related services for health center patients and CHN staff as appropriate, with respect to their confidentiality and privacy.
• Performs other related duties, as assigned.

Other Functions

• Identifies community resources and makes contact with such agencies.
• Escorts clients to necessary services, as appropriate.
• Documents clients reached through community outreach and report this in AIRS.
• Participates in training, in-services, and support activities for peer educators.
• Distributes HIV/AIDS educational literature to clients and agencies.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Certificate/License Required

A high school diploma or G.E.D. equivalency.

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities Required

• Should be a member of the targeted communities and of the targeted service groups (a ‘peer’).
• Good communication skills and experience with HIV issues.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Knowledge of geographic area of work site and of language appropriate to community.
• Demonstrate ability to work with HIV-infected individuals.
• Interest in and conviction of purpose and aims for all programs in the clinic.
• Respect for the rights of individuals to make their own decisions about their medical care.
• Ability to communicate easily and display a cordial manner towards individuals from a variety of socio-economic, cultural and religious background.