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Position Title: Connect for Health Desk Advocate

Summary: Connect for Health (formerly known as Health Leads) is an organization that envisions a different kind of health care system: one that addresses basic resource needs, such as food, heat, and clothing, among others, as a standard part of quality care.

Connect for Health understands that a lack of basic resources is often at the root cause of poor health. It acknowledges that medicine alone cannot treat the non-medical factors that impact patients' health, and thus strives to integrate basic resources into healthcare delivery. By providing high-impact services to low-income families, Connect for Health is committed to the fight for health equity.

Our program is located at Hasbro Children's Hospital and Rhode Island Hospital's Center for Primary Care.

Desk Advocates Responsibilities include:

·         Working with clients who phone or walk up to the desk; shifts are between 2 – 2.5 hours.

·         Enrolling patients who walk up to the desk and providing them with in-person assistance;

·         Entering provider referrals and screens into databases, calling patients referred or screened, and enrolling new clients; and,

·         Conducting weekly phone follow-up with designated clients, while on shift at the desk.

·         Coordinate community resource connections.

·         Attend weekly advocate development and group follow-up meetings, follow-up with clients outside of work (phone)  as necessary.

·         Total maximum commitment per week: 7 hours

 

Skills & Qualifications:

·         Undergraduate students interested in public health, medicine, and social justice. 

·         Ability to work independently and in a team based approach.

·         Attention to detail is important.  

·         Bilingual (English/Spanish) is a plus. 

 

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