I have a friend that would like a career working with HIV populations?

Question

I have a friend who is considering working with HIV populations as a counselor, advocate or an educator. She has a Masters in Education, and Divinity. She has a background simular to mine. (We both have a Masters in Divinity and Education) She has also recently discovered that she has HIV as a result of her husbands extra marital affairs.

She is really an awesome person as well as an awesome minister. I think that her unique background and experience would be an asset to that particular career.

QUESTION FOR YOU:

Do you all have any suggestions of organizations that she could explore or do you know of anyone who is hiring for that kind of job. (She really would like to make HIV HER NEW CAREER FIELD; coupled with her ministry background I think she can be a help to a lot of people.)

Answer 1

I am working with UT Health Science Center- Houston to develop an effective HIV, STD and pregnancy prevention program amongst middle school students. Most of these programs/studies are funded by CDC (Center for Disease Control). She should go to their website, they have a job search section. That way she can find jobs related to HIV education in her area. Another major organization is the NIH ( National Institute of Health) Both of these organizations fund most programs related to health promotion and prevention.

Good Luck!

Answer 2

Try the hospice organizations.