Outreach to People Experiencing Homelessness

A Curriculum for Training Health Care for the Homeless Outreach Workers


Module 4 - Companionship – "Sharing the Journey"

 

Purpose

The purpose of Module 4 is to explore frameworks for engagement that inform the companionship phase, examine prevalent health and social issues encountered in outreach, enhance worker’s assessment skills, and to increase understanding about how to motivate client change in the outreach and engagement relationship.

 

Module 4 Sections

  1. Frameworks of Engagement

  2. Assessing Clients Concerns and Needs

  3. Prevalent Health and Related Concerns in Outreach

  4. Perspectives on Change in Outreach



This curriculum was supported through a grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. June 2002.