Sharon Thrower
San Francisco,CA
Summary
I have life experience and enjoy and am devoted to working with people experiencing homelessness. I have 40 years of experience.. My goals are to help people have hope and help them get a place to stay. I help them fight the good fight. Together we work together and keep up the fight. There is always be something. Don't give up.
Overview
41
41
years of professional experience
Work History
Health Worker !!
SFDPH, Street Medicine/Shelter Health
01.2020 - Current
- Meet with people experiencing homelessness at various sites, including shelters, navigation centers, on the streets and in their vehicles
- Assessed their needs and priorities and helped them work on what they need to move toward housing and addressing their issues that are barriers for them to reach their goals
- Meeting them where they are at, being non-judgmental, but keeping it real
- Worked as part of a medical team to connect people with the services that they need, including making appointments, tracking appointments, reminders, arranging transportation, check and charting vital signs
- Supported patients and family members, actively listening to concerns and offering compassionate care.
Outreach Worker
SF Homeless Outreach Team
01.2017 - 01.2020
- Outreach to homeless people in the Bayview Hunters Point district if SF
- Offering shelter, navigation centers, working on housing
- Engaged clients in their encampments and vehicles
- Building trust and relationships with people experiencing homelessness
- Accompanying them to important appointments, services and benefits
- Assisted with financial and housing resources.
- distributed hygiene supplies and clothes
Food Service Coordinator/counsellor/driver
Walden House/Healthright 360
10.2007 - 01.2017
- Helped clients get to their appointments
- Maintained clean, trash-free workspaces to maximize productivity and safety.
- Strictly followed sanitation and food safety guidelines as required by regulatory agencies and company.
- Developed and maintained positive relationships with clients to enhance service.
- Coordinated food delivery
- Counseling women who were on parole, taught food service skills that could be used for employment after the program. facilitated group sessions
Life Experience
Other
01.1983 - 01.2005
- began using drugs in 1983 and the addiction grew, it was off the hook
- became homeless in 1994
- was in and out of jail
- domestic violence
- prostitution
- in and out of programs, trying to figure it out
- near death experiences from being at right place at the wrong time
Education
Certificates in Substances Use And Health Worker - Post Prison
City College of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA06.2019
High School Diploma -
Woodrow Wilson,
San Francisco, CA06.1977
Skills
- Homeless outreach
- Housing advocate
- Advocate for what they need
- Special outreach to pregnant women experiencing homelessness
- Counseling for substance use
- Empowerment of women
Timeline
Health Worker !!
SFDPH, Street Medicine/Shelter Health
01.2020 - Current
Outreach Worker
SF Homeless Outreach Team
01.2017 - 01.2020
Food Service Coordinator/counsellor/driver
Walden House/Healthright 360
10.2007 - 01.2017
Life Experience
Other
01.1983 - 01.2005
Certificates in Substances Use And Health Worker - Post Prison
City College of San Francisco
High School Diploma -
Woodrow Wilson,
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