HRSA Webcast: Recruiting, Hiring and Supporting Peers in HIV Care and Treatment
This Webcast, originally scheduled for June 18, has been rescheduled for Wednesday, July 1 at 2:00 p.m. ET.
The PEER Center and the Peer Education Training Sites invite all Ryan White grantees and individuals interested in learning more about recruiting, hiring and supporting HIV-positive peers in providing HIV care and treatment to participate in the following HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau Conference Webcast:
Peers living with HIV/AIDS play an essential role in engaging HIV-positive individuals in care and treatment. But the unique nature of that role brings with it special considerations and challenges when recruiting and hiring peers. This Webcast will help participants learn to identify strategies for recruiting and hiring peers including what qualifications to look for, how to conduct interviews, how to orient and train peers prior to working with clients, and how to introduce and retain peers as part of the health care team. The Webcast will include speakers from four organizations who will share their strategies for recruiting, hiring and supporting peers at their organizations:
• Christie’s Place, San Diego, CA, partner of the Lotus Project
• Women Organized to Respond to Life Threatening Disease (WORLD), Oakland, CA, Lotus Project
• Brooklyn Plaza Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, a partner of PACT Project
• Project ARK, St. Louis, MO, a partner of People to People Project
If you have registered for the June 18 event, you are already registered for the July 1 Webcast. If you have not yet registered and would like to attend the July 1 event, visit the HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau Web Conference page and click the "Select" button next to the Webcast listing to register.
