Community Wellness Advocate
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The Adolescent OB Clinic Community Wellness Advocate (CWA) is a key grant funded member of Adolescent OB Teen Clinic who will help to promote and maintain stable health and wellness for adolescent clients in the prenatal and postpartum periods by connecting hospital and community-based services to these adolescent clients and their families. Their responsibilities will include: ensuring adequate scheduling of all client's prenatal, postpartum and ultrasound appointments; facilitating access and coordination among social service resources and other internal and external resources; helping coordinate transportation for clients in need via PT-1/Uber; maintaining data on our adolescent pregnant and young parents educational and employment status; co-facilitating Centering Pregnancy/Breastfeeding Support/ Adolescent Parent Postpartum Support Groups; creating individualized interdisciplinary care plans that focus on a client's health/education and employment goals and monitoring their progress; problem solving with clients to both accelerate and enhance access to concrete supports; and holding weekly check-ins with clients either in person or virtually. CWAs provide clinic-based, in-home or community-based one-on-one, family, and/or interdisciplinary group support and collaborate with all members of the care team to conduct needs assessments to identify and respond to barriers to the families' health and wellness. As a member of an innovation team tasked with testing new and novel care delivery approaches, the specific activities of the CWA may evolve over times as the Adolescent Teen OB Clinic evolves. The CWA position is grant funded by the Massachusetts Pregnant and Parenting Teen Initiative( MPPTI). The MPPTI program model and services to mitigate the negative economic and social/emotional impacts on expectant and parenting youth ages 14-24 and their families through increasing life opportunities and enhancing family stability in the community of Greater Boston.
Position: Community Wellness Advocate, OB/GYN Research Location: Boston, MA Schedule: 40 hours per week, Hybrid ABOUT BMC: At Boston Medical Center (BMC), our diverse staff works together for one goal - to provide exceptional and equitable care to improve the health of the people of Boston. Our bold vision to transform health care is powered by our respect for our patients and our commitment to ensure everyone who comes through our doors has a positive experience. You'll find a supportive work environment at BMC, with rich opportunities throughout your career for training, development, and growth and where you'll have the tools you need to take charge of your own practice environment. POSITION SUMMARY: The Adolescent OB Clinic Community Wellness Advocate (CWA) will help to promote and maintain stable health and wellness for adolescent clients in the prenatal and postpartum periods by connecting hospital and community-based services to these adolescent clients and their families. CWAs provide clinic-based, in-home or community-based one-on-one, family, and/or interdisciplinary group support and collaborate with all members of the care team to conduct needs assessments to identify and respond to barriers to the families' health and wellness. The CWA role may evolve over time as the Adolescent Teen OB Clinic evolves. The CWA position is grant funded by the Massachusetts Pregnant and Parenting Teen Initiative (MPPTI). The MPPTI program model and services to mitigate the negative economic and social/emotional impacts on expectant and parenting youth ages 14-24 and their families by increasing life opportunities and enhancing family stability in the community of Greater Boston. JOB RESPONSIBILTIES:
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