Community Health Worker, Hybrid - Per Diem
About The Position
The Community Health Worker connects patients and community members with resources and support to improve health and well-being. The role helps individuals navigate community resources, social services, and healthcare systems, serving as a liaison between Cedars-Sinai and the communities it serves. Through assessment, care coordination, and case management, the Community Health Worker helps reduce barriers to care and promote access to essential services. This community-based role supports tobacco prevention and policy advocacy efforts within LGBTQ+ communities. The position collaborates with Cedars-Sinai 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 a flexible schedule of 0 to 40 hours per week, based on departmental needs. The hiring manager determines scheduling and available hours according to operational priorities; weekly hours are not guaranteed. Per diem team members are not eligible for health benefits.
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 trusting relationships with patients or participants and their support systems, maintaining candid communication.
- 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 overcome barriers to health stabilization by locating, connecting them with, and helping them navigate community and medical services; this may include home visits, accompanying them to appointments, and assisting with service-access forms.
- Conduct proactive follow-up with patients or participants and families to reduce barriers to accessing resources.
- Collaborate professionally with healthcare team members, including medical providers, social workers, case managers, and patient navigators.
- Build professional partnerships with community stakeholders, resources, health plans, and providers, and participate in local community engagement activities to promote cooperation in community health projects.
- 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.
- Work independently on general requests and collaborate with the internal team to resolve more complex issues.
- Provide program 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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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
