Outreach Worker

Job Details

Location:

Epworth Drop-In Center
- Normandy
- St. Louis, MO 63121
Position Type:
Full Time
Education Level: High School
Salary: $15.00 per hour

Shift: Day
Category:
Other

This position is responsible for identifying the needs of homeless, runaway, foster, and at‑risk youth and connecting them with resources, crisis intervention, referral information, and tangible goods to provide for their basic needs. The work involves conducting presentations and outreach in the community; implementing the Drop‑In Center program, policies & procedures in everyday activities; connecting youth to community resources and assisting them with basic needs;

role‑modeling daily living skills and socially accepted behavior to youth; and providing structure, limits, guidance, and consistency to the activities of the youth who access the Drop‑In Center. The job includes facilitation and/or participation in recreational and educational group activities.

This position demonstrates commitment to the mission, vision, and values of the agency by engaging in respectful, cooperative relationships with customers (i.e., clients, employees, and external stakeholders); being accountable for providing services and ensuring safety to customers while empowering customers in achieving the agency’s mission.

• Ensure that all youth visiting the Drop‑In Center are eligible and appropriate for services and conduct searches prior to admission. Complete intake forms to assess needs and ensure all youth sign in and out upon arrival and exit.
• Monitor youth to ensure compliance with agency rules, cleanliness, and personal habits; ensure safety and care of the youth.
• Conduct individual assessments and counseling with youth who access street outreach services and the Drop‑In Center; build rapport and establish trust with these youth.
• Develop and maintain knowledge of websites, resources, local programs, and learning opportunities that could support youth and disseminate this information via verbal referrals, fliers, postings, presentations, and activities in the Drop‑In Center and in the community.
• Develop and maintain knowledge of and relationships with programs in the St.Louis area that could serve as resources for youth, especially area shelters.
• Track, organize, secure, and maintain supplies for the Drop‑In Center and Street Outreach programming.
• Plan and facilitate activities for youth, providing instruction on areas such as interpersonal relations, social skills, anger management, self‑care skills, life skills, work habits, study skills, money management, self‑advocacy, and choice making. Develop a monthly calendar of such activities.
• Collaborate and connect with community partners to provide resources and support to youth who access the Drop‑In Center and outreach services, and deliver presentations to and conduct tours for these partners as needed.
• Provide basic computer assistance and guidance to youth with completing resumes, job applications, financial aid forms, and other documents that may further a youth’s progress toward achieving goals.
• Perform regular community mapping and identify areas where homeless, runaway, and at‑risk youth congregate.
• Provide crisis intervention services to at‑risk, runaway, and homeless youth on the streets and in the Drop‑In Center. Connect and transport these youth to shelter, housing resources, and other appropriate resources as needed.
• Provide and deliver tangible items to homeless, runaway, and at‑risk youth, including but not limited to food, hygiene items, safer‑sex kits, and clothing.
• Assist youth with laundry, food preparation, and accessing the shower facilities and supplies closets in the Drop‑In Center.
• Deliver presentations and distribute written information…