Outreach Worker (Health, Behavior and Society)
Core
Conduct community outreach to provide harm reduction services, safer injection equipment, and HIV/STI testing to female sex workers in Baltimore.
Role type
Community outreach worker (harm reduction)
Builds
Safer injection equipment, condoms, hygiene items, and education for at-risk populations
Domain
Public health / Harm reduction
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Community engagement, harm reduction education, Naloxone administration, syringe service provision, resource distribution
Preferred skills
Experience working with diverse populations, prior interview and fieldwork experience, prior outreach work experience
Responsibilities
Promote SPARC Center services and events, distribute Naloxone and train community members on its use, distribute safer drug use and safer sex supplies, attend community meetings to develop rapport, build rapport with sex workers and local business owners, assist with general tasks in the Drop-In Center
Seniority
Entry-level, non-exempt