Community Health Worker, Hybrid - Per Diem
About The Position
As a Community Health Worker, you will connect patients and community members with resources and support to improve their health and well-being. You will help individuals navigate community resources, social services, and healthcare systems while serving as a trusted liaison between Cedars-Sinai and the communities it serves. Through assessment, care coordination, and case management, you will help reduce barriers to care and promote access to essential services. In this community-based role, you will support tobacco prevention and policy advocacy efforts within LGBTQ+ communities. You will collaborate with medical providers, social workers, case managers, and other interdisciplinary partners to provide personalized support and address patients’ and community members’ health and social needs. This is a per diem position with flexibility to work between 0 and 40 hours per week, based on departmental needs. The hiring manager will determine scheduling and available hours according to operational priorities; weekly hours are not guaranteed. Per diem team members are not eligible for health benefits. The role offers the opportunity to gain community health experience, contribute to prevention and advocacy initiatives, and work within a flexible scheduling model.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED.
- At least 1 year of experience in community-level health education or a related field.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Psychology, Public Health, Community Health, or a related field.
- 2 years of experience working with vulnerable populations, including individuals and families experiencing homelessness and people with mental illness and substance use disorders.
Responsibilities
- Build rapport and establish trusting, candid, ongoing relationships with patients or participants and their support systems.
- Assess social determinants of health needs and document them appropriately.
- Identify social determinants of health concerns and gaps, and develop plans to address moderate social and health disparities.
- Help patients or participants resolve barriers to health stabilization by locating, connecting them to, and helping them navigate community and medical services.
- Visit patients at home, accompany them to appointments, and assist them with forms needed to access services.
- Proactively follow up with patients or participants and families to reduce barriers to accessing resources.
- Work collaboratively and professionally with medical providers, social workers, case managers, and other members of the healthcare team.
- Build professional relationships with community stakeholders, resources, health plans, and providers by participating in local community engagement activities.
- Promote continued involvement and cooperation in community health projects with community-based organizations, social service agencies, faith-based organizations, community centers, government agencies, and other local partners.
- Identify gaps in community resources and support implementation of solutions or services to address them.
- Share community resource updates with Cedars-Sinai staff and community stakeholders.
- Independently fulfill general requests and work with the internal team to resolve more complex issues.
- Provide programmatic support, including meeting coordination, data collection and analysis, and other assigned administrative duties.
- Support tobacco prevention and policy advocacy efforts within LGBTQ+ communities.
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Education Level
High school or GED
