Health Navigator - Hamilton, Canada - Hamilton Urban Core Community Health Centre

Hamilton Urban Core Community Health Centre

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Hamilton, Canada

1 week ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

HAMILTON URBAN CORE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE

Strong Core, Healthier Lives

Health Navigator - Hamilton Urban Safer Supply Program

1.0 FTE (35 hours/week)

Hamilton Urban Core Community Health Centre (HUCCHC) is a thriving inner city health centre and a leader in the provision of high-quality primary health services and health promotion programs.

Our comprehensive health services are delivered through a dynamic team of multidisciplinary, inter-professional health providers.

As an inner-city health centre our client populations include individuals and families with chronic and complex health and social conditions, many of which are living in poverty.

General Responsibilities:
We are seeking one Health Navigator (HN) to join our Hamilton
Urban Safer Supply Program (HUSSP).

The program provides clients using street-based drug supply, who are at high risk of overdose in the community and of medical complications due to drug use, a regulated supply of prescription through a Nurse Practitioner (NP) in an effort to reduce overdose and overdose deaths.

HUSSP is a multidisciplinary team that provides primary care and wrap around social supports to eligible safe supply clients. The team consists of Nurse
Practitioners, Registered Nurses, Case Manager, Cultural Ambassador, and Peer Mentor.

The Health Navigator (HN) is a role responsible for short-term task focused client work for individuals who use drugs.

In collaboration with the Case Manager, the HN will support the completion of tasks involved in the identified case plan.

The HN's are expected to collaborate with interdisciplinary harm reduction team to facilitate health and social care attachments for people who use drugs through supportive referrals, community connections, education, advocacy, and accompaniments.

Specific Responsibilities:

Facilitate access to service and individual advocacy for clients regarding issues such as housing, income support, food and clothing, health, employment, and legal services.
Build professional and trusting relationships with clients and service users who use drugs, provide supportive conversations
Use brief assessment, crisis response, and justlistening skills to help meet immediate, basic needs and make appropriate referrals to other health and support services
Collaborate with HUSSP colleagues to identify clients and service users who are seeking access to support and referrals
Provide client accompaniment support, as identified (HIV testing, medical, legal, housing etc.)
Excellent communication, problem solving and record keeping skills
Practice client advocacy when needed and support clients in being active in their care.
Support client transitions to independence by encouraging selfreliance around tasks of daily living
Facilitate attachments to health and social care
Demonstrated experience in organizing or facilitating health promoting activities
In collaboration with your team, develop and facilitate client engagement initiatives such as Drop-Ins, OneonOne activities, Surveys etc
Providing educational opportunities for people who use drugs including safer drug use,

HIV, Hepatitis C and overdose prevention

Support the development of program structure, evaluation and activities to increase capacity and develop a strong program model
Engage and provide supervision to volunteers, graduates, students and/or learners as appropriate and in accordance with the Centre's standards and commitment to learning
Complete administrative tasks in a timely manner
Employ creative problem solving to address client related issues
Respond to client crisis and employ deescalation interventions, respond to overdose

Qualifications:

Degree from a recognized university or a combination of relevant education and work experience
Extensive knowledge of community services and resources
Knowledge of drug use, specifically injection drug use, acquired through a combination of work experience, lived experience and/or education or training, are familiar with community services and resources, and respect and value the diversity of communities and individuals
Strong understanding of and commitment to harm reduction, traumainformed, and anti

- oppression practices

Confident in asserting and maintaining strong boundaries
Advocacy, crisis intervention and prevention, conflict resolution, and negotiation skills.
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Computer literacy
Demonstrated ability to work with multidisciplinary teams
A current police record check

Interested individuals should forward a resume and cover letter by

Monday June 19, 2023, 12:00pm to:

Hiring Committee - HUSSP Health Navigator
Hamilton Urban Core Community Health Centre Suite

Main Street Hamilton, Ontario L8P 4S- Hamilton Urban Core is committed to equity in employment. While we appreciate every _

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