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Language English Any. Showing all 2 reviews. HealthCorps Fellowship is the best! Indeed Featured review The most useful review selected by Indeed. Originally an AmeriCorps fellowship, WAP provides the same experience for better pay, better team dynamics, and in my opinion an overall better experience. Was this review helpful?

Yes No. Report Share. I work at a DC public health non-profit that specializes in HIV prevention My role as a fellow is to assist in daily outreach and manage volunteers. Pros Interaction with people, a lot to do, sense of community. Cons The schedule is hectic.

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Indeed Featured review The most useful review selected by Indeed. Originally an AmeriCorps fellowship, WAP provides the same experience for better pay, better team dynamics, and in my opinion an overall better experience.

The entire process takes only 30 minutes. Due to COVID, most of our interactions with the clients outside of these outreach events consist of telehealth appointments over the phone. We begin the appointment by asking them how they are, and if anything is giving them a hard time. Whether they sound rushed, at ease, or worried. Sometimes I hear the bustle of their home in the background. Other times, I hear the cacophony of traffic as people commute to work. Often, the phone conversations extend beyond the follow-up appointment.

One of my favorite clients tells me about his beloved cat and their adventures together. HIPS, meaning Honoring Individual Power and Strength, stands at the core of client-centered health care and exemplifies what it means to care for the whole person. Each week consists of a series of MAT clinics where my incredibly compassionate coworkers and I conduct intake and follow-up telehealth appointments and communicate directly with providers, pharmacies, and insurance companies to ensure that folks receive their Suboxone or Buprenorphine prescriptions.

We then draw from a wealth of resources internal to HIPS and externally in the community to address these multidimensional components.

In addition to remote telehealth appointments, there are a variety of outreach events including weekly trips on the HIPS Mobile Outreach Van to link folks who are ready to stop using opioids to our MAT program. In my three months at HIPS I have learned and grown, as an individual and future health professional, more than I ever could have imagined. Whether it is learning to unlearn the harmful stereotypes given to those engaging in street economies such as sex work and drug use, practicing patience and presence to form relationships with clients, or developing the skills necessary to combat the effects of stigma evident in insurance companies and the flexibility that individualized health care at HIPS necessitates, this work has proven to be truly transformative.

The experience of working with people battling substance use disorders, who may simultaneously experience homelessness or live with an HIV-positive status, has given me an understanding and knowledge to share about treating vulnerable populations with unique needs, populations that everyone needs to better understand. The residents receive hour nursing services, case management, addiction counseling, end-of-life care, and emotional and spiritual support.

Team members Jimmy Clarke and Reagan Dunham serve as Resident Care Aides, providing social support and advocacy, assisting residents with daily living activities and personal care needs, and providing companionship. Walking up Lanier Place on a quiet morning, one might not think much of the corner house, but I can now feel the familiar heartbeat that the house pulses through the neighborhood. Step inside the house, and it will be immediately clear to you how this humble home has changed so many lives and become the heart of a vibrant community.

It is a house built by kindness, and you can see that in its walls, which are held up by hundreds of pictures of former residents and staff. No task is menial or unimportant in a place like Jhouse. One day, I might accompany a resident to an appointment with their oncologist to discuss ongoing treatment, then take another resident to a thrift store. The next day, I might make breakfast, clean the house, perform bedside care and wound dressing, and administer medications.

The day after that, I could play cards with residents, help with administrative tasks, schedule appointments, and call social service agencies. The days I would never give up include sitting and being present with residents approaching their final days.

With this house comes all of the emotions of life. I know the importance of connection despite differences in background, and I know how to interact with someone who may seem to differ profoundly from me. I know how important it is to act with empathy, compassion, and most importantly, cooperation. I know how to tackle emotions head-on rather than skirting around them. Most importantly, I know how to form a connection based on respect and compassion. Some staff members were physically present in the house, but most were joining us via Zoom.

I nervously took my spot at the dining room and glanced around the room at the full-time Community Care Aides who had stopped their busy routine of cooking, cleaning, and administering medications to residents to sit still and reflect for the next two hours. I listened as staff members recounted memories about this person, who I never had the privilege of meeting, and heard them stress the importance of community as everyone worked through their feelings of grief and their hope for the future.

Attending my first confirmation.