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Job Req ID:  113107

Healthy Relationship Coach

The Department of Mental Health is seeking two full-time Healthy Relationship Coaches. We are looking for someone who is comfortable discussing relationships, trauma, and sexual health with Black or African American women. Healthy Relationship Coaches will provide support to Black or African American women enrolled in a clinical trial(s) to improve access to HIV prevention. Healthy Relationship Coaches are defined as “role models who share similar experiences and community membership, and who are trained to provide effective services that will increase the linkage, retention, and adherence of the people they serve.” Upon training, Healthy Relationship Coaches will facilitate access to care through navigation services, peer support, community outreach, and will help clients assess barriers to accessing HIV prevention. The Healthy Relationship Coaches will be available to escort clients to appointments including helping with off-site services. The Healthy Relationship Coaches will check-in with clients on a regular basis to ensure support and engagement around care via one-on-one peer education and weekly self management skills-building sessions. The Healthy Relationship Coaches will also facilitate psychoeducation weekly group sessions with a Licensed Clinical Therapist. The Coaches will also assist with transportation and help develop support and engagement for Black or African American women as well as help with data management and collection as needed.


This is a full-time position, offers a five-day work week, generally Monday through Friday work week. The schedule may include some periodic weekend support/planning of program activities but will otherwise consist of a weekday schedule determined in conjunction with the Supervisor.


Specific Duties & Responsibilities

  • Serve as an empathic, trustworthy, knowledgeable, and reliable resource for the client’s HIV prevention care.
  • Lead outreach events, one-on-one sessions with clients, and recruitment events.
  • Establish rapport with clients and provide project information to the community.
  • Assist study team with data collection, make outreach and data collection reminder calls, emails, and prepare outreach and follow-up data materials.
  • Engaging in client outreach to contact clients who have missed weekly sessions.
  • Provide oral and written reports to the study team during regular team meetings.
  • Timely data entry necessary for tracking program goals, outcomes, assessments, referrals, and other information as necessary.
  • Assist clients with short-term access to program and community services and access to referrals and other resources available in the target area.
  • Helping clients acquire transportation, and, as necessary, to appointments for medical, behavioral health, benefits, or other necessary services.
  • Record and track client information securely and confidentially. Monitor recruitment and retention of clients.
  • File, retrieve, and maintain client records.
  • Attend meetings and trainings.
  • Build and support clients’ skills in HIV systems navigation, patient-provider communication, and HIV prevention compliance.
  • Other research-related tasks to support the study will be required as needed.
  • Helping clients acquire transportation, and, as necessary, to appointments for medical, behavioral health, benefits, or other necessary services.
  • Any other duties at the discretion of the manager, supervisor, or PI of the project.


Minimum Qualifications
  • High School Diploma or graduation equivalent.
  • Two years related experience.
  • Additional education may substitute for required experience, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.


Preferred Qualifications
  • One year of working with culturally diverse environments including working with racial and ethnic minority women.
  •  year of professional level experience providing technical assistance in-person, by phone, or computer.
  • Knowledge of how to deliver educational programs in various settings.
  • Experience (volunteer or paid) providing HIV peer navigation or HIV care, or prevention services at a community-based organization, HIV clinic, sexual health clinic, or health department.
  • Experience using business software systems in the completion of work assignments (i.e., Word Excel, PowerPoint). Experience with and ability to comfortably use a computer and technology (including the internet applications).
  • Experience recruiting high-risk populations and street smarts.
  • Good in-person communication skills.
  • Prior peer mentoring experience with racial and ethnic minority women experiencing violence, trauma, and related challenges.
  • Ability to manage conflict, mitigate/respond to stressful situations and engage traumatic stories.
  • Ability to understand and maintain professional boundaries.
  • Ability to listen with care, treat clients with respect and dignity, and respond to each individual’s unique needs.
  • Willingness to participate in ongoing institutional and other trainings to complement the Peer Navigator’s skills and abilities and provide Peer Navigation services in a trauma-informed manner that is consistent across the entire cohort.

 

 

Classified Title: Community Outreach Specialist 
Job Posting Title (Working Title): Healthy Relationship Coach   
Role/Level/Range: ACRO40/E/02/CC  
Starting Salary Range: $15.50 - $26.00 HRLY ($55,000 targeted; Commensurate with experience) 
Employee group: Full Time 
Schedule: Monday to Friday: 9 am – 5 pm 
Exempt Status: Non-Exempt 
Location: School of Public Health 
Department name: ​​​​​​​Mental Health Research Projects 
Personnel area: School of Public Health 

 

 

Total Rewards
The referenced salary range is based on Johns Hopkins University’s good faith belief at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as geographic location, work experience, market conditions, education/training and skill level. Johns Hopkins offers a total rewards package that supports our employees' health, life, career and retirement. More information can be found here: https://hr.jhu.edu/benefits-worklife/.

Please refer to the job description above to see which forms of equivalency are permitted for this position. If permitted, equivalencies will follow these guidelines: JHU Equivalency Formula: 30 undergraduate degree credits (semester hours) or 18 graduate degree credits may substitute for one year of experience. Additional related experience may substitute for required education on the same basis. For jobs where equivalency is permitted, up to two years of non-related college course work may be applied towards the total minimum education/experience required for the respective job.

**Applicants who do not meet the posted requirements but are completing their final academic semester/quarter will be considered eligible for employment and may be asked to provide additional information confirming their academic completion date.

The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check. Johns Hopkins is committed to hiring individuals with a justice-involved background, consistent with applicable policies and current practice. A prior criminal history does not automatically preclude candidates from employment at Johns Hopkins University. In accordance with applicable law, the university will review, on an individual basis, the date of a candidate's conviction, the nature of the conviction and how the conviction relates to an essential job-related qualification or function.

The Johns Hopkins University values diversity, equity and inclusion and advances these through our key strategic framework, the JHU Roadmap on Diversity and Inclusion.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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