LEAD COMMUNITY HEALTH LIAISON (HEALTH DEPARTMENT)
About The Position
The Lead Community Health Liaison plays a key role in guiding and supporting staff, leading team planning initiatives, and providing direction to our team of Community Health Liaisons. They will deliver direct care services and work alongside staff to achieve programmatic goals. This position will assist with onboarding of Community Health Liaisons, ensure that activity logs are accurate prior to submission, collaborate with program staff and community agencies to strengthen community outreach efforts, assist in facilitating group-based education classes, and perform related duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Associate degree in a health-related field of study -OR- sixty (60) semester credit hours in a health-related field of study -OR- three (3) years' experience in community networking, home visiting services or direct client services, preferably with maternal and child population
- Must possess a Community Health Worker Certification
Responsibilities
- Provide prenatal and postpartum case management/care coordination support and resource navigation
- Utilize motivational interviewing techniques to identify needs and supportive opportunities
- Provide home visitation with program participants
- Encourage participation in internal services and coordinate warm hand offs to team members when possible
- Maintain regular contact with program participants including home visits, office visits, phone, text, and virtual visits
- Provide one on one evidence-based health education
- Utilize required curriculum(s) to support optimal community health, but not limited to, Partners for a Healthy Baby, PIPE, and STEP
- Assist with the training and onboarding of new staff
- Review program documentation before it is submitted to management
- Provide support and mentorship to new staff members
- Participate in in-person program recruitment
- Attend and actively participate in two community outreach events per month
- Utilize case management database for active case management, tracking, monitoring, and assessing participant engagement, support, goals, outreach, and encounters
- Successfully complete CHW Training
- Complete required training's and maintain appropriate credentials
- Maintain positive rapport with program participants, community members, organizational partners, and co-workers
- Exhibit professional demeanor with program participants, community members, organizational partners, and co-workers
- Comply with HIPAA regulations and client confidentiality standards
- Adhere to program and county policies and procedures
- Contributes to Quality Improvement and Assurance activities
- Other duties as assigned
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
