Meet The Team At Save The Michael's Of The World

Moses


Moses is one of our Recovery Coaches at the Save The Michaels Buffalo office, and he also spends time in our Lockport Drop-in Center supporting our homeless community. Community outreach workers need to be able to build relationships with members of the community they work with. This is because trust is essential to developing meaningful connections and understand the needs of the people they are working with. One way that Moses can accomplish this, is simply by listening to the clients. For example, Moses explained that one client he was working with was in desperate need of sneakers. Moses went home on his lunch grabbed a pair of sneakers and brought it back for this client. Moses goes on to explain just small acts like this show the clients that he cares. Another way that Moses is able to connect with the community is by not treating the clients like they are any different from him, and never forgetting where he came from. When asked what the biggest challenge is, Moses described an issue that isn’t just in Lockport, but across the state, and that is housing. Moses states that there is not a lot of resources for housing and that is one of the most frustrating aspects of his job. Another challenge Moses faces is hard to reach individuals, but he says the best thing he can do is communicate and ask the right questions. Moses expressed that pushing a certain agenda on someone will not produce any positive outcomes. Moses’ favorite part of his job is being able to identify gaps in care and coming up with creative ways to fill them. And having a leadership team that help bring his ideas to life is just the cherry on top of an already soul filling career.


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