Community Health Worker
About The Position
The Community Health Worker (CHW) serves as a bridge between healthcare providers, social services, and the community, with a focus on improving health outcomes for individuals, families, and communities. CHWs provide essential support through outreach, health education, resource coordination, and advocacy, particularly for underserved populations. The CHW will provide social support, complete Health Related Social Needs (HRSN) screening, informal counseling, and advocate for individual and community health needs. This role requires cultural competency and a commitment to empowering individuals to improve their health and well-being.
Requirements
- High School Diploma/GED
- Connect with patients/clients/families and community members by staying open-minded and having empathy and compassion
- Engage in active listening and be adaptable to the needs of the people and team members the CHW is supporting and collaborating with
- Help patients/clients/families understand their needs, overcome barriers and connect to resources within the community
Nice To Haves
- 1 year community based or health care experience preferred
Responsibilities
- Manages caseload of patients/community members and completes outreach and follow up as needed
- Assists in developing and implementing care plans in cooperation with patients/community members, families, and healthcare team and completes accurate, timely documentation.
- Responsible for building trusting relationships with patients/community members and their families
- Identifies social needs through HRSN screening and provides guidance, supports enrollment and navigate eligible individuals in federal, state, and local private or nonprofit/social service, health and human services programs
- Provides culturally and linguistically appropriate health education materials within the scope of training and promotes healthy behavior change
- Assists patients and families in effectively communicating with their health care team, understanding and carrying out their healthcare providers' advice, and communicates to care team any changes in plan or medical condition
Benefits
- medical (including prescription)
- supplemental insurance
- dental
- vision
- life and AD&D insurance
- short- and long-term disability
- flexible spending accounts
- retirement plans
- tuition assistance
- voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts
- tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service
- medical (including prescription) insurance for all colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
