Outreach Coordinator
Do you love Downtown Memphis and want to help make it attractive and vibrant? If so, this might be the right opportunity for you!
The Downtown Memphis Commission, in partnership with Block by Block, is seeking applications from interested candidates to join our Downtown Ambassador team as Outreach Coordinator.
Required Experience:
- Driver's License
- Experience in social services and engagement with homeless/unhoused individuals
What You'll Be Doing:
- Frequently canvass the zone to interact and seek out the homeless/unhoused on the streets to build relationships of trust with a "compassion first" approach.
- Direct those in public spaces to services or more suitable locations.
- Have a strong understanding of the variety of social services available to persons in need within their community and suggest the right services to those who are ready to help themselves. Direct them to services and agencies to meet their needs.
- Respond when merchants or visitors request engagement with someone who may be in need to help de-escalate and redirect their activities.
- Establish relationships with agencies that are in place to respond to the needs of the homeless. Strive toward a cooperative effort to make a positive impact on the unsheltered in your zone.
- Providing small comfort items, such as water, toiletries, or other similar items.
- Must be able to complete basic daily reports of tasks completed which requires being proficient in speaking, reading and writing the English language.