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Volunteer HIV Peer Support Group Facilitator
ORGANIZATION: UCSF Alliance Health Project
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13 people are interested
Alliance Health Project is looking for volunteer facilitators to cofacilitate peer support groups for people living with HIV. You will be asked to fill out an online questionaire and then attend an interview. Successful applicants will be invited to attend a training in group skills June 6th, 7th and 8th, 2025.
Following the training, some p[articpants may be matched with another peer facilitator to co-lead an support group for people living with HIV / AIDS depending on the number of openings we have to fill. Groups meet for 1 1/2 to 2 hours once a week and we ask that volunteers make a 1-year commitment, which includes attending a volunteer meeting the first Saturday of every month over Zoom from 10 - 11:30.
At present, all groups are meeting over Zoom with one group meeting in person twice per month and Zoom for other sessions.
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About UCSF Alliance Health Project
Location:
1930 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94102, US
Mission Statement
The mission of the UCSF Alliance Heath Project is to support the mental health and wellness of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) and HIV-affected communities in constructing healthy and meaningful lives.
Description
The UCSF Alliance Health Project (AHP) offers LGBTQ-affirming mental health services, substance use counseling, and peer support to low-income members of the LGBTQ and HIV-affected communities. We also provide free HIV testing and STD screening at our services center and mobile test sites. Our support groups include a Queer Women’s Disability & Chronic Illness Group, a Transgender Support Group, and a New Positives Support Group. Additionally, individual psychotherapy services and ongoing psychiatric clinical care, including medication evaluation and monitoring, are available to low income, uninsured or underinsured San Francisco residents. AHP also provides culturally competent mental health crisis services to the LGBTQ and HIV-affected communities.
AHP has a long history of treating some of San Francisco’s most complex patients. Founded as the AIDS Health Project in 1984, our agency has treated dually- and triply-diagnosed patients since the 1980s--those at risk of HIV or living with HIV/AIDS who also struggle with mental health and/or substance use issues. AHP case managers also assist unstably housed or homeless LGBT or HIV-affected clients to find affordable, subsidized housing while clinical staff treat their mental health and substance abuse issues.
AHP has counseled and provided HIV-test results to more than 200,000 individuals and has trained more than 80,000 health care professionals, educators, and students. AHP currently provides direct services to nearly 6,500 clients annually.
Thanks to volunteers throughout our agency, AHP is able to serve twice as many people as we would otherwise be able to help. Volunteers enable AHP to deal with the pressures of restricted funding for services and provide AHP with invaluable energy and commitment. In addition, volunteers help us remain especially close to the communities we serve.
CAUSE AREAS
Health & Medicine,
LGBTQ+,
People with Disabilities
WHEN
We'll work with your schedule.
WHERE
1930 Market StreetMobile Van LocationsSan Francisco, CA 94102
(37.7705 ,-122.42569 )
DATE POSTED
April 17, 2025
SKILLS
- Counseling / Mental Health
- Mental Health
- Healthcare
- People Skills
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Orientation or Training
- Groups meet for 1 1/2 to 2 hours once a week and we ask that volunteers make a 1-year commitment, which includes attending a volunteer meeting the first Saturday of every month over Zoom from 10 - 11:30.
- Applicants have to complete an online questionnaire, be interviewed and successfully complete a weekend long training in order to be considered for placement.