Health Educator (San Francisco)

San Francisco AIDS Foundation is hiring a health educator.

Responsibilities for this position include:

• Responsible for building ongoing relationships with people who use drugs, providing on site referral and linkage to substance use disorder treatment, medical care, HIV, HCV and STI testing, and other health and social services

• Creating warm and welcoming environments for people who use drugs, with an emphasis on excellent customer service and compassionate care 

• Provide on-site health education at both mobile sites and 6th St Center 

• Provide health coaching focused on overdose prevention, HIV and HCV prevention, and other health improvement activities

• Link participants to treatment for Substance Use disorder, HIV/HCV testing, the HCV Wellness Program, and HIV Health Navigation team, and all other onsite services 

• Provide overdose prevention, recognition and response trainings with naloxone distribution

• Program staff provide de-escalation, conflict resolution, and crisis interventions.

• Provide street and van-based outreach and engagement.

The ideal candidate will have:

• One to Three years of experience working with people who use drugs, highly marginalized groups, or people experiencing homelessness required.

• Experience using motivational interviewing and strong understanding of harm reduction practices and principles, experience doing health education preferred.

• Understanding of overdose prevention recognition and response, HIV/HCV disease prevention and treatment required.

For more information or to apply, please click here.