- Assist with the planning of and implementation of outreach activities in a variety of schools and communities.
- Disseminate outreach materials and communicate with school and community populations about the Diverse Learners Fund opportunity.
- Provide individual assistance to all individuals in the understanding of and completion of the application process and attend to any necessary follow-up.
- Work well within a team of Outreach Workers.
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Outreach Worker - Chicago, United States - Ada S McKinley Community Services
Description
Location: 1359 W. Washington
TEMPORARY POSITION - END DATE 12/31/2024
Are you interested in helping to improve the lives of children, youth, and families in Chicago communities? Ada S. McKinley Community Services is looking for Outreach Workers for our Diverse Learners Recovery Fund program. For more than 100 years, Ada S. McKinley Community Services has been delivering comprehensive social services throughout the Chicago metropolitan area, Wisconsin, and Indiana. Our staff include a wide variety of professionals committed to empowering, employing, and educating people to change lives and strengthen communities.
The COVID-19 pandemic created prolonged periods of disruption in educational delivery that adversely affected all students and, particularly, for diverse learners who may have an identified disability or special learning need. In order to ensure equity for these students, the City of Chicago has created the Diverse Learners Recovery Fund to provide financial assistance to eligible students with disabilities. Ada S. McKinley Community Services has the responsibility for dispersing these funds through the Diverse Learners Recovery Fund program which provides outreach to eligible families and assistance with an application process to ensure all eligible families receive funds in a timely manner. For this reason, our organization is seeking to hire a team of Outreach Workers to conduct outreach actives to Chicago schools and communities to provide information and locate eligible applicants for the Diverse Learners Fund as well as providing hands-on customer service to facilitate application completion.
Hybrid - Minimum of 1 day in office and 3 days in the field
Schedule: Must be willing to be flexible - Primarily days - However may include some evenings & weekends
Salary: $36,000 - $40,000
Sign-on Bonus: $1,000
Reporting Relationship:
Reports To: Program Manager
Supervises (Position Title): None
Main Duties
Requirements:
For this position, we are looking for individuals with a High School Diploma or equivalent experience providing outreach and customer service activities. In addition, experience working with individuals with disabilities is a strong plus.
Travel is required for this position along with a valid driver's license and access to a vehicle. Reimbursement for mileage is provided. This position is expected to work some weekends and evening hours for planned outreach activities.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities (K/S/A):
This position requires the individual demonstrate the experiences, beliefs, attitude and awareness that indicate cultural sensitivity to the client population served.
This position requires the individual possess the ability to partner with clients individually and/or in family to help them mobilize resources and build resilience.
This position requires the individual possess the ability to coordinate effectively with other team members, other Agency resources and outside services in addressing client needs.
This position requires the individual possess an understanding of evidence-informed practices, engagement strategies, boundary setting, concurrent documentation, working in a community setting, organizing, motivational interviewing, and family systems.
Mental/Physical Demands: Ability to conceptualize and solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle or feel and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. The employee must lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally life and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Environmental Conditions: The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Duties are performed in a typical office environment. No unusual or adverse working conditions exist.
This description documents the general contents and requirements of the job. It is not to be construed as an exhausted statement of duties, responsibilities, or requirements. The principal duties and responsibilities shown are all essential job functions except for those indicated with an asterisk (*). The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
