Harm Reduction Peer Support Specialist

“It’s all about life” is not just our tagline.  It’s fundamental to everything we do.  Our guiding principles – trauma-informed care, harm reduction, person-centered approach and a housing first model – are the core of how we do it.

The mission of the Alaskan AIDS Assistance Association (Four A’s) is to support and empower people living with or affected by HIV/AIDS and to work toward the elimination of HIV infection and its stigma in all Alaskan communities.

Four A’s is currently recruiting for a Harm Reduction Peer Support Specialist to prevent the spread of infectious disease and overdose fatalities by offering lifesaving supplies to directly impacted people in the Mat-Su Valley. Working to empower people who use drugs (PWUD) through connection, education, and linkage to a variety of healthcare options and social resources, this position will provide direct services to PWUD and other marginalized groups who are at high risk for HIV, Hepatitis C, overdose, and other chronic health conditions, working out of the Four A’s mobile health van.

We approach our work with curiosity, compassion and a collaborative, team-focused mindset, whether working with individual clients, colleagues or external community partners and providers.

Interested applicants, including those with lived experience of drug use, incarceration, homelessness, and/or sex work; people of color, women, and members of the LGBTQIA+ communities; and people living with HIV/AIDS and/or hepatitis C are strongly encouraged to apply.