Also called: Street Outreach Specialist
Finds and builds trust with people living outside, helping them get into shelter and housing.
Walks to encampments with coffee and socks, checks on familiar faces, and helps one man get an ID card — the first step toward an apartment.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. High school or bachelor's; training in de-escalation and mental health first aid.
Ways in: On-the-job training, 4-year college, Certification. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Social Work, Human Services.
Growing faster than average (about 6% over 10 years).
Low risk for 10 years. Walking to encampments with coffee and socks and building trust over weeks can't be done by AI.
Age 21+. One way to start: Apply to homeless service nonprofits for outreach openings; many want 21+ and a driver's license
Classes: Psychology, Sociology, Spanish.
Official data: O*NET occupation 21-1093.
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