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Tasks routinely performed by outreach workers include:

•   Identifying youths’ needs and goals to help the team develop a more comprehensive intervention plan.

•   Coaching and providing role models for each youth.

•   Coordinating appropriate crisis responses to project clients following episodes of

  violence in the community.

•   Providing assistance to families in distress, ranging from accessing basic services to

  helping resolve family conflicts.

•   Visiting clients who are incarcerated and helping to reconnect them to services when they

  are released from custody.

•   Resolving conflicts and/or mediating between clients, their families, other youth, and/or

  agencies.

•   Acting as a liaison between project clients and service providers/schools to facilitate

  client access to services.

•   Working with clients who are seeking employment, from helping these youth develop

  résumés, to identifying their skills and qualifications, to helping them apply for jobs or

  work with workforce services programs.

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