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Improving Access to Healthcare for Youth with Epilepsy
 
 
 
As New England’s largest safety net hospital, Boston Medical Center (BMC) serves a primarily medically under-served population experiencing high health disparities. The Telehealth Epilepsy Care Collaborative at BMC works to understand, prevent and creatively disrupt barriers to medical care for over 2,500 children and youth with a seizure disorder in Eastern Massachusetts. Along with our team of clinicians, researchers, patient advocates and other AmeriCorps service members, this VISTA will work to develop family and patient engagement and skill-building opportunities with the intention of centering their perspectives in the work of improving access to pediatric epilepsy care. This position is ideal for a candidate who has a passion for improving health care for low-income communities, clinical care, social work, community education, working with children and youth, and/or neuroscience. The VISTA volunteer should be highly motivated, collaborative, proactive, and organized, with excellent interpersonal skills and a desire to work with a wide range of social, racial, and ethnic populations.
 
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Member Duties : The VISTA member will develop capacity for engaging families and patients meaningfully within Boston Medical Center’s work to improve care for children and youth with epilepsy.This will include strengthening the Greater Boston Regional Council, which provides a platform for parents and adult patients affected by epilepsy, as well as the hospital’s Youth Advisory Council to the division of pediatric neurology, which promotes leadership from youth patients. Key objectives will include: 1) creating dynamic recruitment materials and systemics for the Greater Boston Regional Council and the Youth Advisory Council that reflect the interests and needs of our patient population; 2 designing orientation and ongoing advocacy skills training curricula for members of both groups; 3) formalizing tools for gathering, recording and sharing family and patient feedback on the entire range of TECC projects; 4) assisting with the implementation of other patient empowerment initiatives.
 
Program Benefits : Training ,  Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend ,  Childcare assistance if eligible ,  Relocation Allowance ,  Living Allowance ,  Health Coverage* . 
 
 
*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorps.gov/members-volunteers/vista/benefits.
 
Terms :
Permits working at another job during off hours ,  Permits attendance at school during off hours . 
 
Service Areas :
Community Outreach ,  Health . 
 
Skills :
Team Work ,  Recruitment ,  Community Organization ,  Social Services ,  Public Speaking ,  Leadership ,  Medicine ,  Communications ,  Public Health ,  Non-Profit Management ,  Conflict Resolution . 
 
 
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SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps VISTA
Program
Improving Access to Healthcare for Youth with Epilepsy
Program Start/End Date
08/01/2020  -   07/31/2021
Work Schedule Full Time
Education level
College graduate
Age Requirement
Minimum:  18    Maximum:  None
Program Locations MASSACHUSETTS   Boston  
Accepting Applications
From  07/07/2020  To  09/01/2020 
Contact Madeline Niemann
725 Albany St
Boston   MA   02118
8168307503
madeline.niemann@bmc.org
www.bmc.org
Listing ID 97744

       

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