The Clare Project is taking part in the ‘Towards Zero’ community programme which aims to reduce HIV transmission in West Sussex.
The project aims to:
- Improve the uptake and accessibility of HIV testing and PrEP for the TNBI community.
- Improve awareness within the TNBI community and the healthcare professionals serving them, of HIV testing, PrEP and effective barrier methods.
- Provide insight into the health and healthcare needs of the TNBI community around sexual health and HIV to inform future service commissioning.
We are looking for a transgender and/or nonbinary person who is living with HIV to provide 30 paid hours of lived experience advice and support to our project team, throughout June-December 2024, with the possibility of future involvement and professional development opportunities.
This role can either be community-facing and involve directly interviewing, supporting and training healthcare professionals and community members, and/or anonymously through 1:1 advice sessions with the project lead.
Essential Criteria:
- Living with HIV in Sussex and from the trans and/or non-binary community, aged 18+.
- Available for 30hrs of Community Involvement Activity between June 2024-December 2024, approximately 6hrs per month, including induction/training.
- Able to participate via online platforms, with some face-to-face contact and travel (reimbursed).
- Able to be paid monthly via invoice or PAYE, at a rate of £16.80ph.
Desirable Attributes:
- Living or have lived in West Sussex.
- Have lived experience and/or intersecting identities such as: including neurodivergence, disabilities, Black and/or a Person of Colour (sometimes referred to as BAME or Racially Minoritised), care experienced and/or aged 50+.
Please note it is not an essential criteria to have a lot of knowledge on HIV and/or sexual health, or the Towards Zero project, as this will be included in induction.
If interested, please email project lead and transgender healthcare consultant Luka White at L.White@clareproject.org.uk by 16th June 2024.