AmeriCorps Member – New Horizons Family Services Coordinator

Moses/Weitzman Health System

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About The Position

Healthy Communities is CHC’s Public Health AmeriCorps program designed to create cohesion in vulnerable communities and to promote healthcare and support services through outreach, awareness, linkage to care and support. Healthy Communities also serves to identify the unique and integral needs of our communities and neighborhoods and to establish strategic plans to address them. Service delivery will directly address the public health crisis in vulnerable communities and make healthcare and support services accessible through flexible delivery of services. AmeriCorps members will conduct community outreach, education, patient engagement, and link patients to CHCI care and referrals to community based assistance. Additionally, AmeriCorps members will participate in statewide and local activities which promote awareness of health and health services. This is an AmeriCorps Member role – New Horizons Family Services Coordinator – that supports the New Horizons Domestic Violence Services in Middletown.

Requirements

• Possess a caring attitude and personable demeanor.
• Sensitive to the issues facing persons in abusive relationships.
• Extremely organized and pay great attention to detail.
• Have an interest in domestic violence (DV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) as it pertains to public health/education/social work.
• Thrive in a fast paced environment.
• Can take initiative and work independently as well as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Conduct monthly patient health education workshops; monitor the completion of pre-post surveys by workshop participants; and complete data entry for workshops and surveys.
• Track and document all completed patient engagement activities in patient’s electronic health record.
• Provide individual patient health education to clients to encourage scheduling and completing routine care appointments.
• Provide case management and care coordination for shelter and hotel residents in support of healthcare services.
• Increase linkage for clients to healthcare opportunities, agencies, and providers that will benefit clients.
• Create client friendly healthcare materials and other promotional materials.

Benefits

• 10-month service term from November 3, 2025 thru August 28, 2026.
• Serve a minimum of 40 hours a week for a total of 1700 hours during service year.
• $23,700 stipend over the course of one year, paid bi-weekly.
• An education award of $7,395 at the end of successful service term completion.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees