Community Outreach InternAt — Cancer Kinship

The Community Outreach Intern is primarily responsible for collaboratively working with the Cancer Kinship team to develop and implement outreach strategies to educate at-risk communities on Cancer Kinship's programs and services. Help develop and implement strategies to provide Cancer Kinship program information to local health systems and cancer centers. Strengthen relationships with local partners to increase new patient referrals, increased program visibility, and program awareness. 

-Help develop and implement Cancer Kinship's outreach efforts.
-Research external outreach events that Cancer Kinship may participate in.
-Represent Cancer Kinship at local outreach events.
-Help strengthen existing relationships and cultivate new community partnerships by participating in local human services coalitions and networking groups.
-Strategically reach out to cancer centers for referrals, and other partnership opportunities.
-Coordinate Cancer Kinship's Survivor Empowerment & Education workshops by securing volunteer speakers to provide professional presentations to community groups on relevant health and social determinants of health topics.
-Help track participation, participant surveys and data management.
-Make reminder calls to participants and volunteers.
-Research and learn about local community needs to identify at-risk communities with limited cancer resources and communities deeply affected by social determinants of health.  

Training:

Onboarding Meeting & Cancer Kinship Orientation
Site Visits to all three Cancer Kinship locations
Weekly one-on-one mentorship meetings
Job Shadowing
Participation in Orange County Cancer Coalition and other professional networking groups (Cancer Kinship's executive director is Co-Chair)

Learning Outcomes:

1) Understand and articulate Cancer Kinship's mission and the importance of addressing cancer survivorship challenges to the local community.
2) Plan, coordinate and implement community outreach and education events.
3) Understand how to use The OC Equity Map and interactive map and research tool that highlights social and health disparities in Orange County neighborhoods. The tool includes 580 census tracts across the county and displays scores from the Social Progress Index (SPI), Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Health Indicators, and population demographic data.
4) Grow their professional network by participating in local cancer and human services coalition and professional networking groups.
5) Improve their soft skills by engaging with the cancer community, health system professionals, and local community. Some examples of soft skills include: Communication, Teamwork, Leadership and Problem-solving.