Outreach Worker

People-Encouraging-People; Baltimore (MD); Presencial; USD 40.000 - 45.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Primrose in Baltimore, MD seeks a Street Outreach Specialist to provide services to people experiencing homelessness and to coordinate care between the agency, community and home settings.

The role emphasizes harm reduction, intake, enrollment in housing programs, and collaboration with community partners. Evening and weekend shifts may be required.

Strong communication and organizational skills are essential, along with the ability to document encounters in HMIS.

Formación

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Experience in housing services or outreach is preferred.
• Excellent communication, problem solving and organizational skills are required.

Responsabilidades

• Conduct street outreach to individuals experiencing homelessness and mental health and substance use disorders.
• Screen clients for eligibility for services and complete intake for Homeless Services and SUD/OUD programs.
• Coordinate client care and collaborate with other social and community agencies, advocating for clients.
• Refer clients to other treatment facilities or community resources as required.
• Enroll clients in HMIS and document encounters and progress toward housing.
• Provide information and resources to clients and families relating to nutrition, medications, and health conditions.
• Provide harm reduction training and naloxone/fentanyl test strips training as needed.
• Provide clients with harm reduction products; condoms, naloxone, and/or test strips.
• Act as liaison between the Agency and community programs.
• Provide on-call and/or rotating shift duty for evenings, weekends and emergencies.

Conocimientos

Communication skills

Problem solving

Organizational skills

Educación

High school diploma or equivalent

Descripción del empleo

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Full Time Full-Time Primrose, Baltimore, MD, US

$40,000.00 To $45,000.00 Annually

POSITION OVERVIEW

Provide outreach services to clients in the community and coordinate services between the Agency, community, and home settings. Outreach services target individuals experiencing homelessness, mental health, and substance use disorders.

REPORTING STRUCTURE

There are no staff persons reporting to this position.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES

• Conduct street outreach to individuals experiencing homelessness and mental health and substance use disorders.
• Screen clients for eligibility for services, complete intake for Homeless Services and SUD/OUD programs
• Coordinate client care and collaborate with other social and community agencies, advocating for clients;
• Refer clients to other treatment facilities/community resources as required.
• Enroll clients in HMIS and document encounters and progress toward temporary and permeant housing.
• Provide information and resources to clients and families relating to nutrition, medication, side effects, and all physical/psychiatric illnesses, dental care, and substance abuse prevention.
• Practice Harm Reduction practices providing training in communicable disease prevention; prevention of sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS, as needed and if credentialed.
• Provide training in the use of naloxone and fentanyl/xylazine test strips.
• Provide clients with harm reduction products; condoms, naloxone, and/or fentanyl/xylazine test strips.
• Act as a liaison between the Agency and various community programs.
• Provide on-call and/or rotating shift duty as needed for evenings, weekends and during emergencies.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Street Outreach and Harm Reduction
• Candidate recruitment for the Homeless Services and SUD/OUD programs
• Intake and Enrollment in Housing Services
• Education and training.

EDUCATION, WORK EXPERIENCE AND JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Education: High School Diploma and/or equivalent work experience.
• Skill Requirement: Experience working in the housing services and/or outreach field. One to six months OJT required for efficient job performance.
• Job Requirements: Excellent communication, problem solving and organizational skills.

COMMENTS

Must exhibit knowledge of mental health treatment