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Low Threshold Team Staff/Casual Hourly Employee (Bureau of Recovery Services)

Boston Public Health Commission
Boston, MA
Full-time

Job Description

The mission of the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) is to protect, preserve, and promote the health and well-being of all Boston residents, particularly the most vulnerable.

The BPHC envisions a thriving Boston where all residents live healthy, fulfilling lives free of racism, poverty, violence, and other systems of oppression.

The BPHC sets an expectation that all staff and leadership commit, individually and as part of the BPHC team, to hold ourselves accountable to establishing a culture of antiracism and advance racial equity and justice through each of our bureaus, programs, and offices.

The Bureau of Recovery Services Street Outreach Team and Engagement Center provide community response and engagement to Newmarket Square and surrounding neighborhoods.

The Team is based out of the Recovery Services' Engagement Center connecting vulnerable individuals to programs, checking in with businesses and neighbors, and providing syringe access and collection.

Duties

  • Provide outreach, education, case management, advocacy, referral and support services to Boston residents with a particular focus on high risk clients.
  • Responsible for providing level of care assessment and referrals to substance use treatment throughout sites in Boston;

identifies needs related to substance use treatment and makes appropriate referrals.

  • Provide milieu support to Engagement Center and low-threshold transitions housing site as assigned.
  • Assist clients with filling out assessment information regarding program participation and evaluation.
  • Facilitate linkage to other recovery support and substance use-related services, including low-threshold programs.
  • Participate in community meetings and prepares presentations for same. Serves as liaison to assigned programs.
  • Participate in regularly scheduled staff meetings and training.
  • Responsible for the safe transportation of clients to various treatment programs in the Greater Boston Area.
  • Performs other duties as required
  • 30+ days ago
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