Cascade AIDS Project (CAP), the oldest and largest AIDS Service Organization (ASO) in Oregon and Southwest Washington, is committed to preventing HIV infections, supporting and empowering people living with or affected by HIV and eliminating HIV-related stigma and health disparities. Learn more about us at http://www.cascadeaids.org/.
CAP is excited to announce that we have expanded our services in SW Washington to Cowlitz and Wahkiakum counties! We are currently hiring a 1.0 FTE Wellness Case Manager to provide high-quality, coordinated, strengths-based social services consistent with the agency’s mission. The individual helps guide low-barrier individuals living with HIV through the continuum of HIV-related and other relevant systems of care. This requires maintaining an awareness of cultural issues and developing effective relationships with a diverse client population.
Responsibilities include: outreach to low-barrier People Living with HIV (PLWH); screening clients for resiliency, developing goal plans, and implementing agreed-upon communication plans; assisting clients with applications for insurance, public assistance benefits, etc., and monitoring the process from initiation through formal decision; providing information and referral to a wide range of community services; providing advocacy within multiple settings including educating clients to self-advocate when appropriate; assisting clients with navigating through the housing system and providing emergency rental assistance and eviction prevention strategies; providing problem solving interventions as needed to assist client’s completion of their goals; working closely with providers and inter-disciplinary team to facilitate client care and resolve short-term needs.
