Community Outreach InternAt — Cancer Kinship

The Community Outreach Intern (COI) 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. 

The COI will be directly responsible for strengthening relationships with local partners such as cancer centers and other nonprofit organizations to increase new patient referrals, increase program visibility and program awareness. 

Responsibilities include:

• 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.
• Develop and implement Cancer Kinship's outreach plans.
• Research external outreach events that Cancer Kinship may participate in. Contact agencies and request to participate/apply as a vendor or tabling partner.
• 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, virtually and in-person.
• Coordinate Cancer Kinship's Survivor Empowerment & Cancer Education workshops. Includes researching and selecting relevant topics, securing experts to serve as presenters/facilitators, develop marketing materials and manage distribution list of patients/survivors.
• Help track participation, participant surveys and data management for CK's programs. Make reminder calls to participants and volunteers.
   

Onboarding & Training:

• Intern Onboarding Meeting & Cancer Kinship Orientation (Zoom)
• Site Visits to Cancer Kinship's locations
• Weekly one-on-one mentorship meetings (Zoom)
• Job Shadowing (Hybrid)
• Networking: Participation in the Orange County Cancer Coalition (OC3) and other professional networking groups (Cancer Kinship's executive director is Co-Chair of OC3)
• HIPAA - Patient Confidentiality Training (online)
• Cancer Education/Health Equity Trainings - TBD

-Help develop and implement Cancer Kinship's outreach efforts.
-Research external outreach events that Cancer Kinship may participate in.
-Represent Cancer Kinship at local 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 & Training:

-Intern Onboarding Meeting & Cancer Kinship Orientation (Zoom)
-Site Visits to Cancer Kinship's locations
-Weekly one-on-one mentorship meetings (Zoom)
-Job Shadowing (Hybrid)
-Networking: Participation in the Orange County Cancer Coalition (OC3) and other professional networking groups (Cancer Kinship's executive director is Co-Chair of OC3)
-HIPAA - Patient Confidentiality Training (online)
-Cancer Education/Health Equity Trainings - TBD

Learning Outcomes:

1) Understand and articulate Cancer Kinship's mission and the importance of addressing cancer survivorship challenges to the local community.

2) Program Development: Plan, coordinate and implement community outreach and education events.
3) Research: 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 professional network: By participating in local cancer and human services coalition and professional networking groups.
4) Develop soft skills: Engaging with the cancer community, health system professionals, and local community improve communication, teamwork, leadership and problem-solving.