Community Health Worker - Philadelphia Region

Part - Time: 24 Hours Per Week
1st

Shift: 8am - 4:30pm
Monday - Friday - Flexible Days
Office and Field Work Required

Travel Required:

New Philadelphia Region Summary

The Community Health Worker is a frontline public health worker who is a trusted member of and/or has an unusually close understanding of the community they are assigned to serve. This trusting relationship enables the worker to serve as a liaison/link/intermediary between health/social services and the community to facilitate access to services and improve the quality and cultural competence of service delivery.

The position provides community support services by partnering with other community agencies to help at-risk/highest risk individuals and their families navigate complex social service and health care systems to attain access to services to promote healthy behaviors and manage conditions that affect their health and social well-being.

• 1. Ability to work with a diverse population of individuals.
• 2. Ability and willingness to provide emotional support, encouragement and motivation to clients.
• 3. Familiarity with resources available in the community assigned.
• 4. Ability to follow set data collection processes and track services provided.
• 5. Ability to solve practical problems with a degree of autonomy.
• 6. Proven experience being a team player.
• 7. Must possess emotional health and emotional intelligence to review and resolve stressful situations.
• 8. Proficiency in MS Office [Outlook, Excel, Word] or similar software is required.

• 1.
  
  Education:
  
  High school diploma or GED required.
• 2. Certification:
  Community Health Workers certification through the Ohio Board of Nursing (within 2 years from DOH/transfer be obtained after hire).
• 3. Good communicator – both written and verbal.
• 4. Years of experience supervising: 0 to 2 years is preferred.

Part Time

FTE: 0.600000

Status:
Onsite