Community Health Worker

Activate Care•Sterling Heights, MI

15d•Hybrid

About The Position

At Activate Care, we’re on a mission to improve health equity and drive improved health outcomes across the country. Our Community Care Record platform enables healthcare and community organizations to coordinate care for populations challenged with health-related social needs. Path Assist is our tech-enabled community health worker program for HRSN utilizing an evidence-based, structured intervention. Our goal is simple: increase health confidence, improve self-efficacy, and reduce inappropriate healthcare spend. Activate Care is teaming up with CareSource, and we're building a team of hybrid, Care Coordinators located in Michigan, who will play a key role in supporting the screening, assessment, and care navigation for local Michigan community members enrolled in the Path Assist program. This role will be both work from home, and require commuting in the field or local designated area. This is an exciting role that will help accelerate local change happening in your state to drive toward better and more equitable community health.

Requirements

Candidates should possess a minimum of a high school diploma or equivalent.
Must have a valid driver's license in the state of Michigan
Must be able to use personal vehicle to commute to and from client’s homes
Exceptionally strong independent working skills with strong communication.
A collaborative team player who is committed to supporting, encouraging, and helping their team of colleagues.
Cultural humility: You are able to communicate effectively with people from various backgrounds and work respectfully across demographic, socioeconomic, language, and all other constituents that represent diverse cultures of communities.

Nice To Haves

2-3 years of relevant work experience providing direct care coordination services to individuals and families (preferred)
Experience working directly with nonprofits, social service providers, faith-based groups, or government agencies that address social determinants of health.
Additional language skills are a plus!

Responsibilities

Provide care coordination and resource navigation to an assigned caseload of community member clients with unmet social needs.
Conduct consistent telephonic outreach, follow-up, and coaching to clients to assist with enrollment in services/benefits/programs for which they are eligible.
Administer social determinants of health (SDOH) screening, intake forms, and any needed assessments in the Activate Care platform.
Assist clients with prioritizing goals and creating client-centered care plans.
Coordinate with community nonprofits and resources to help clients meet their needs.
Provide resources to clients to improve their health literacy and self-sufficiency.
Take a proactive approach to assist with assigned cases (eg. help schedule appointments, complete applications, make reminder calls, etc.)
Maintain client privacy and uphold confidentiality at all times.
Participate in weekly team meetings, workshops, and trainings to expand knowledge of department priorities, while remaining current on new developments, as required.
Ability to commute to and from client’s homes
Other duties as assigned.