Community Health Worker

Yamhill County • McMinnville, OR

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About The Position

Yamhill County is hiring a regular full-time Community Health Worker (CHW) to provide health navigation and support services to students and families referred by participating schools. The role provides care coordination, case management, and connections to physical health, behavioral health, dental health, social services, and other community resources. CHWs meet with students and families in schools, family homes, community locations, or other settings preferred by the family, and provide ongoing follow-up to help them access needed services.

The CHW responds promptly to referrals, collaborates regularly with school staff and community partners, maintains accurate and confidential records, reports on program activities and outcomes, and identifies opportunities to improve services for students and families. Services are expected to be courteous, respectful, and culturally responsive. Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of the classification with or without accommodation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a human services related field; or a combination of at least one year of work experience and two years of post-secondary education; or a high school diploma and three years of work experience in human services; or a satisfactory equivalent combination of relevant education, training, and experience.
• Must be eligible to receive and maintain certification as a Community Health Worker.
• Demonstrate excellent communication, organization, and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to work effectively independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to engage with students and families in schools, homes, and community settings and collaborate with school staff and community partners.
• Ability to maintain accurate and confidential records and consistently follow through on referrals.
• Ability to work respectfully with people of all backgrounds and life circumstances.
• Must not be excluded from participation in federal health care programs or federal procurement and non-procurement activities, as applicable to qualifying HHS positions.

Responsibilities

• Provide health navigation and support services to students and families referred by participating schools.
• Provide care coordination and case management.
• Connect students and families to physical health, behavioral health, dental health, social services, and other community resources.
• Meet with students and families in schools, family homes, community locations, or other settings preferred by the family.
• Follow up on an ongoing basis to help students and families access needed services.
• Respond promptly to referrals.
• Collaborate regularly with school staff and community partners.
• Maintain accurate and confidential records.
• Report on program activities and outcomes.
• Identify opportunities to continually improve services for students and families.
• Provide services in a courteous, respectful, and culturally responsive manner.

Benefits

• 15 paid holidays per year.
• 19.5 days of Flexible Earned Time (FET) accrual in the first year, based on an 8-hour day.
• Public Employee Retirement System (PERS) contributions that are 100% employer funded.
• Health benefit offerings, with employee premiums starting at $89.02 per month for PPO or $0 per month for HMO during plan year 2025–2026.
• For HHS employees: $750 and 40 hours of paid time annually for professional development and training.
• For HHS employees: $200 annually toward required license and/or certification fees.
• HRSA/NHSC-approved site with loan repayment opportunities available.
• Qualifying employer for public service student loan forgiveness.
• Most positions are eligible to accrue overtime.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time