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57 people are interested
Health Intern - Winter/Spring 2014
ORGANIZATION: ECDC African Community Center -DC
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57 people are interested
Job Summary: The Health Outreach intern will assist the Health Outreach Advocate in outreach activities about breast cancer risks, prevention, screening and continuum care outreach within refugee and immigrant communities in the Greater Washington, D.C. area.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist the health outreach advocate recruiting participants for education sessions about breast cancer, risks, prevention, screening, treatments, and area services through a variety of outreach strategies.
- Execute education sessions for breast cancer risks, prevention, screening, treatments, and area services (preferably in refugee languages).
- Help the outreach coordinator with providing information to clients.
- Research and develop relationships with local and community agencies to promote the dissemination of information about project activities to the community.
- Recruits participants for workshops and mammograms
- Provides transportation and interpretation service to clients as needed.
- Provides other tasks as assigned.
Education, Experience, Skills:
- Experience in health or public health field required.
- Experience in doing health related outreach activities.
- Requires reliable consistent transportation, current driver’s license and insurance.
- Experience working in a multicultural environment, refugee language capability a plus.
- Ability to exercise initiative and judgment and make decisions within the scope of assigned responsibilities.
- Ability to effectively communicate relevant project information to supervisors.
- Excellent writing and communication skills
- Computer skills (Microsoft Office Suite) required. Experience with databases highly preferred.
- Background check and clean DMV record.
Learning Outcomes:
- Knowledge about and increased sensitivity to the experiences of refugees and immigrants.
- Knowledge of obstacles to health care access for immigrants
- Ability to coordinate healthcare services for immigrants
Time Requirements:
16 hours/week; 3-month minimum
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About ECDC African Community Center -DC
Location:
901 S. Highland St., Arlington, VA 22204, US
Mission Statement
The African Community Center of the DC Metro (ACC-DC) is a branch office of The Ethiopian Community Development Council, Inc. (ECDC), one of ten Resettlement Agencies authorized by the Department of State to resettle refugees. ECDC’s mission is to resettle and assist refugees and immigrants in integrating successfully into their new communities in the U.S.. ACC-DC is responsible for directly helping refugees located in the DC metro area with offices in Arlington, VA and Silver Spring, MD. ACC-DC provides social, educational, and employment programs for newly resettled refugees while working with community partners to promote self-sufficiency and integration across the DC area.
Description
ACC-DC is non-profit organization that works toward the resettlement of refugees within the United States. We conduct case work, as well as educational and social outreach programs for newly arrived refugee families. These programs are aimed to help the families recover from past traumatic experiences, get adjusted to American life, and become economically self-sufficient contributing members of their new communities. The refugees we work with refugees come from all across the globe.
Some of the services that we provide refugee families include:
- Housing and rent for 3 months (families will hopefully be self-sufficient by this time)
- Basic home furnishings
- Enrollment in ESL classes
- Setting up medical and social security appointments
- School enrollment for the children
- Helping refugee families connect with their new communities on a social and logistical level
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901 S. Highland StreetArlington, VA 22204
DATE POSTED
October 16, 2014
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