Experience

HopeHealth, Inc.

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Linkage and Adherence Coordinator

  • Oct 2012 - Present

  • Identify clients in need of getting back into medical care; keep clients on caseload for a period of up to 3 months to assist them in getting and staying in care, and then transfer them as needed to a qualified and certified medical case manager or non-medical case manager for further services and support • Work to get appointments rescheduled for clients who have missed recent appointments • Work with individuals who are diagnosed with HIV and link such clients to other resources, as needed, to meet other needs (e.g., financial support, emotional support) • Maintains client records (paper chart and Provide record) by documenting case • Recruit and link HIV+ individuals (65) to the L2C program while utilizing the ARTAS. Anti-Retroviral Treatment and Access to Services (ARTAS) is an individual-level, multi-session, time-limited intervention with the goal of linking recently diagnosed persons with HIV to medical care soon after receiving their positive test result. The target population for ARTAS is any individual who is recently diagnosed with HIV, typically defined as within 6-12 months, and willing to participate in the intervention • Build an effective, working relationship between the Linkage Coordinator and each client • Focus on the client’s strengths by: o Conducting a strengths-based assessment o Encouraging each client to identify and use his/her strengths, abilities, and skills to link to medical care and accomplish other goals o Facilitate the client’s ability to identify and pursue his / her own goals o Identify and pursue his/her own goals o Data entry into various computer programs • Facilitate CDC approved intervention e.g. Healthy Relationships (2-3 cycles) that will foster and encourage positive behavior change and positive life skills. Engage clients in ARTAS program to participate in intervention • Collaborate with medical case managers and Health Department staff to monitor and improve clients’ compliance with medical care Show less



Palmetto AIDS Life Support Services of South Carolina, Inc.

• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Program Assistant

  • May 1999 - Oct 2012

  HIV/STD Education and Testing HIV/STD Education and Testing