Cascade AIDS Project (CAP) is the oldest and largest AIDS Service Organization (ASO) in Oregon and Southwest Washington, as well as a Federally Qualified Health Center (Look-A-Like) that provides the LGBTQ+ community and beyond with compassionate healthcare. CAP’s mission is to promote well-being and advance equity by providing inclusive health and wellness services for LGBTQ+ people, people affected by HIV, and all those seeking compassionate care. Our House provides integrated health and housing services to people with HIV. Guided by compassion, we provide 24-hour specialized care, supportive services, and independent housing support services. To learn more about us at www.capnw.org, www.prismhealth.org, and www.ourhouseofportland.org.
CAP is excited to announce that we are hiring an experienced CareLink Navigator. The CareLink Navigator works with staff and management of Cascade AIDS Project (CAP) to provide time limited, high quality, coordinated, strengths-based social services consistent with the agency’s mission to people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) who are newly diagnosed and need additional support to engage in HIV related care, have not been in medical care for at least six months, and/or are releasing from incarceration and need assistance connecting to medical care, and other related support services. The CareLink Navigator assists participants with navigating the healthcare, mental healthcare, and substance use treatment systems as well as provides support in the form of referrals to housing and shelter resources as this is a critical component to their stability and medical engagement.
Responsibilities include: assessing participant needs; providing information and referrals; developing individual goal plans and assisting participants in carrying out the activities to achieve their goals; completing forms and entering data into agency databases in a timely and accurate manner; working collaboratively with housing case managers, peer support specialist(s), and community partners; participating in additional department and agency activities and events, and other duties as assigned.
This full-time (1.0 FTE) position reports to the CareLink Team Lead. The person in this position is stationed out of CAP’s Davis Street office but will travel throughout the five-county se
