Job Description

We are seeking an Outreach Worker who will work under the direct supervision of the ALIVE Study Coordinators and Clinic Director; the outreach worker will provide an essential skill set to multiple research studies. The outreach worker will play a pivotal role in locating and retaining participants. This is a grant-funded potentially time-limited position.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Conduct outreach to service agencies and care facilities in effort to maintain contact with participants.
• Establish and maintain working relationships with local area clinic personnel (admissions coordinator, clinical services coordinator, emergency services coordinator) that interface with study staff and participants of this study.
• Conduct follow-up activities (phone calls, mailings, and in-person reminders) to ensure that participants return for follow-up visits.
• Conduct street outreach (visit participants' residences, homeless shelters, free kitchens and hangouts) to locate participants who have been lost to follow-up.
• Other duties as assigned.

Special Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of HIV infection & AIDS, Hepatitis C and drug using & medical terminology associated with HIV disease.
• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Interaction with program staff is frequent and the ability to work well as a member of a research team with a high degree of self-motivation is required.
• Applicant should have reliable transportation and feel comfortable using their own form of transportation with clients and/or be familiar with the Baltimore transportation system and be able to assist clients.

• High School Diploma or graduation equivalent.

• Some college course work is a plus.
  
• Prior experience with client/participant outreach is desirable.
• Ability to use computer; proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel and REDCap; database and spreadsheet knowledge.
• Professional interaction with inter-agency and intra-agency staff is a regular component of this position.
• Applicant should feel comfortable working with a diverse group of people.
• Familiarity with Baltimore city agencies, homeless shelters, substance abuse programs is desirable.
• Previous involvement in research or experience in a clinical setting is desirable.

Classified Title: Outreach Worker 
Job Posting Title (Working Title): Outreach Worker   
Role/Level/Range: ACRO37.5/02/CB  
Starting Salary Range: $15.40 - $23.25 HRLY (Commensurate with experience) 
Employee group: Casual / On Call 
Schedule: Hours Vary 
Exempt Status: Non-Exempt 
Location: School of Public Health - East Baltimore Campus 
Department name: 10001101-Epidemiology 
Personnel area: School of Public Health 

About Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University remains committed to its founding principle, that education for all students should be grounded in exploration and discovery. Hopkins students are challenged not just to learn but also to advance learning itself. Critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, and entrepreneurship are all encouraged and nourished in this unique educational environment. After more than 130 years, Johns Hopkins remains a world leader in both teaching and research. Faculty members and their research colleagues at the university's Applied Physics Laboratory have each year since 1979 won Johns Hopkins more federal research and development funding than any other university. The university has nine academic divisions and campuses throughout the Baltimore-Washington area. The Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, the Whiting School of Engineering, the School of Education and the Carey Business School are based at the Homewood campus in northern Baltimore. The schools of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing share a campus in east Baltimore with The Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Peabody Institute, a leading professional school of music, is located on Mount Vernon Place in downtown Bal ... timore. The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies is located in Washington's Dupont Circle area.

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