Coordinator| Oral Health Outreach

Summary: The Coordinator, Oral Health Outreach (OHOC) aims to increase access to dental care for children and adolescents. The OHOC will work closely with public schools, day care centers, youth-serving organizations, and the Women-Infants-Children (WIC) program to increase Tapestry 360 Health (Tap360) pediatric oral health services.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Coordinates oral health education and outreach to schools and community organizations to increase dental practice referrals.
• Coordinates with school officials to contact and schedule appointments for Chicago Public Schools' students with urgent dental needs
• Continually assesses oral health needs for youth in identified communities; maintains records on outreach and educational activities
• Participates in quality initiatives to foster standardization and integration of dental services and scheduling.
• Works with dental teams to complete follow-up for patients with outstanding treatment plans and performs reminder calls as necessary to dental patients
• Escorts students from class to dental clinic when necessary.
• Maintains current knowledge of oral health as well as different type of dental benefits and insurances.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:
• High school diploma or equivalent required; bachelor’s degree preferred.
• A minimum of two years of experience working in health education, schools, community health or community organizing.
• Bilingual in Spanish and English is required.
• Proficiency in MS Office applications, including Word, Excel and Outlook required.
• Strong interpersonal and oral communication skills.
• Demonstrated cultural sensitivity to work in a low income, and racially and/or ethnically diverse environments preferred.
• Highly energetic, motivated, resourceful, and self-directed.
• Ability to work a varied schedule with rotating hours and travel locally.