What are the responsibilities and job description for the Outreach Worker position at Sun River Health?
Sun River Health provides the highest quality of comprehensive primary, preventative and behavioral health services to all who seek it, regardless of insurance status and ability to pay, especially for the underserved and vulnerable. Sun River Health is a Federally Qualified, Non-Profit Health Center serving communities in Suffolk, Rockland, Orange, Duchess, Ulster, Sullivan, Columbia and Westchester County. Sun River Health is currently seeking a full-time Outreach Worker to join our team based out of our New Paltz site with travel as needed to specialty offices or other services provided in areas such as but not limited to Orange, Ulster, Dutchess counties.
An Outreach Worker will provide outreach services for clients and help to identify individuals and/or members of their families who are in need of preventative and primary health care services. S/He is responsible for providing education and prevention services to clients. For transporting patients you are assigned a company vehicle.
Outreach schedule
Monday 7:30am-6pm
Tuesday 9-5pm
Wednesday 7:30am-5pm
Thursday 7:30am-5pm
Fridays 7:30am-12pm
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Assists in obtaining essential support services such as Medicaid, food stamps, transportation, translation services and day care.
- Serves as an advocate for the patients, and acts as a liaison between the patients and community agencies.
- Attends in-service education and training programs.
- Provides basic health information and education to patients.
- Arranges referrals and provides transportation as needed
- Completes daily activity logs, referral forms and other reports, as necessary.
- Provides all facility support for the Hudson Community and Health Center.
Minimum Education Requirement:
High School Graduate diploma/GED
Minimum Related Work Experience:
0-1 year of community outreach experience
Ability to communicate in English and Spanish (orally and written) required
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $24.00 - $26.00 per hour
Responsibilities:
Relation to Mission
The mission of Sun River Health is to increase access to comprehensive primary and preventive health care and to improve the health status of our community, especially for the underserved and vulnerable.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Sun River Health provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, sexual preference, or non-disqualifying physical or mental handicap or disability in each aspect of the human resources function.
Americans with Disabilities Act
Applicants as well as employees who are or become disabled must be able to perform the essential job functions either unaided or with reasonable accommodation. The organization shall determine reasonable accommodation on a case-by-case basis in accordance with applicable law.
Job Responsibilities
The following statements reflect the general duties, responsibilities and competencies considered necessary to perform the essential functions of the job and should not be considered as a detailed description of all the work requirements of the position. Sun River Health may change the specific job duties with or without prior notice based on the needs of the organization.
Salary : $24 - $26
