Senior Community Health Worker
About The Position
The Community Health Worker (CHW) is a member of the community trained to work with clients to provide advocacy, education and direct connections to clinical and social supports as well as build community capacity. The worker should be someone knowledgeable of the community culture and languages spoken with a goal of providing accurate health and wellness based information as well as connection to social service community-based organizations in an effort to reduce identified disparities and improve health outcomes. The CHW ensures accurate and updated information is provided to clients and works to directly connect individuals to community services and resources. CHW works in partnership with the HCPC team to promote and recruit clients and coordinate care using evidence-based care coordination model and HCPC workflows. Client recruitment may occur through clinical partners, community-based organizations, faith based organizations, and at attending public community outreach events. CHW provides advocacy and coordination for clients to clinical and non-clinical service providers, conducts client home visits and assessments, identifies clients’ needs and priorities, coordinates transportation and access to basic needs, confirms attendance at clinical visits, and may accompany clients to appointments as appropriate. The client specific plan for the CHW is developed in conjunction with referrals and based on evidenced base practices.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of experience as a Community Health Worker or similar role with confirmed success and consistency in meeting job expectations.
- Work requires an Associate’s Degree or qualifying job training.
- Credits and/or experience in Community Health necessary.
- Knowledge of and a strong desire to help the community is essential.
Nice To Haves
- Bi-lingual in Spanish or Arabic highly preferred
Responsibilities
- Provide advocacy
- Provide education
- Provide direct connections to clinical and social supports
- Build community capacity
- Provide accurate health and wellness based information
- Connect to social service community-based organizations
- Reduce identified disparities
- Improve health outcomes
- Ensure accurate and updated information is provided to clients
- Connect individuals to community services and resources
- Promote and recruit clients
- Coordinate care using evidence-based care coordination model and HCPC workflows
- Provide advocacy and coordination for clients to clinical and non-clinical service providers
- Conduct client home visits and assessments
- Identify clients’ needs and priorities
- Coordinate transportation and access to basic needs
- Confirm attendance at clinical visits
- Accompany clients to appointments as appropriate
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
