Christ Centered Ministries
OUTREACH SPECIALIST / LEAD
Christ Centered Ministries, Inglewood, California, United States, 90397
PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
The
Outreach Specialist / LEAD
will work within a Street-based Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) to engage, assess, and develop permanent housing plans with individuals experiencing homelessness, utilizing best practices to provide intensive case management services and crisis intervention.
Outreach Specialist / LEAD
will collaborate with various community-based organizations to ensure appropriate service connections are obtained and provide follow-up referral/service tracking to individuals experiencing homeless living on the streets.
• Provides mobile, field-based outreach to people experiencing homelessness living on the streets and in encampments.
• Works within the goals of CES to reduce street homelessness by linking program participants to mental health, health services housing services, and other supportive services for which they are eligible.
• Motivates individuals experiencing homelessness to engage in outreach services and associated community referrals that promote well-being by building rapport and providing emotional support to participants.
• Works closely with mobile medical team to ensure homeless single adults on the streets are triaged to needed medical care and health care assessment.
• Works collaboratively with other outreach entities in the community (LAHSAâ€'s ERT, LAPD, DMH, VA)
• Provides crisis prevention, crisis intervention and de-escalation services as needed.
• Provides ongoing street-based housing focused case management services utilizing a Harm Reduction and Housing First approach.
• Provides follow-up services to ensure that referrals are completed; provide advocacy as needed.
• Maintains thorough and accurate records in both written form and through assigned electronic database.
• Attends various, regular staff, agency and community meetings as designated by supervisor.
• Additional tasks, projects, and responsibilities as assigned by
Other duties as required.
Christ-Centered Ministries is an EEO employer - M/F/Vets/Disabled
The
Outreach Specialist / LEAD
will work within a Street-based Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) to engage, assess, and develop permanent housing plans with individuals experiencing homelessness, utilizing best practices to provide intensive case management services and crisis intervention.
Outreach Specialist / LEAD
will collaborate with various community-based organizations to ensure appropriate service connections are obtained and provide follow-up referral/service tracking to individuals experiencing homeless living on the streets.
• Provides mobile, field-based outreach to people experiencing homelessness living on the streets and in encampments.
• Works within the goals of CES to reduce street homelessness by linking program participants to mental health, health services housing services, and other supportive services for which they are eligible.
• Motivates individuals experiencing homelessness to engage in outreach services and associated community referrals that promote well-being by building rapport and providing emotional support to participants.
• Works closely with mobile medical team to ensure homeless single adults on the streets are triaged to needed medical care and health care assessment.
• Works collaboratively with other outreach entities in the community (LAHSAâ€'s ERT, LAPD, DMH, VA)
• Provides crisis prevention, crisis intervention and de-escalation services as needed.
• Provides ongoing street-based housing focused case management services utilizing a Harm Reduction and Housing First approach.
• Provides follow-up services to ensure that referrals are completed; provide advocacy as needed.
• Maintains thorough and accurate records in both written form and through assigned electronic database.
• Attends various, regular staff, agency and community meetings as designated by supervisor.
• Additional tasks, projects, and responsibilities as assigned by
Other duties as required.
Christ-Centered Ministries is an EEO employer - M/F/Vets/Disabled