Community Health Worker

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At Wellness Pointe, everyone will receive an exceptional quality of care. The center has expanded into a multifaceted clinic that offers obstetrics, pediatrics, general medicine, family planning, and dentistry. Some of the other services offered by our well qualified staff include education, intervention, and management of the many social issues that impact our community. Everyone is treated in complete confidence. Medicaid, Medicare, and most private health insurance is accepted.

To provide ongoing support and expertise through comprehensive assessment, planning, implementation and overall evaluation of individual OB/Gyn patient needs. The overall goal of the position is to enhance the quality of patient management and satisfaction, to promote through the integration and functions of case management, utilization review and management.

• Community Health Worker – Certified
• Knowledge of community resources and counseling/social work practices with high risk populations.
• Mental and physical health sufficient to meet the demands of the position.
• Must be able to adhere to all client related policies and procedures including confidentiality
• Requires a valid Texas driver's license, appropriate driving record and auto liability insurance that meets the minimum required by state of Texas statute.

• Provide holistic and comprehensive services to all clients including: intake assessment, goal setting, long-term case plan development, weekly case plan development, progress monitoring, individual money management, tenant education, advocacy and referrals.
• Connect families with needed and available community resources. Follow-up with clients and agencies as appropriate to document use/success of referral.
• Input accurate and complete data for all contacts with clients into agency database.
• Ensure that all documents submitted on behalf of a client are valid.
• Conduct outreach to neighborhood schools.
• Provide all required documentation in a timely manner, which may include client follow-up, outcome evaluation, client contact sheets, and evaluations.
• Participate in regular staff meetings, staff training programs, supervisory sessions, and accept the responsibility for aiding the development of positive team relationships as requested.
• Adhere to system policy, procedures and the professional code of ethics.
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor.
• Carries out other duties as assigned.

• Good documentation skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, ability to establish rapport.
• Ability to motivate others towards achieving goals.
• Ability to work independently with strong sense of focus, task-oriented, nonjudgmental, open personal qualities, clear sense of boundaries.
• A strong sense of respect for confidentiality involving both clients and fellow employees.
• Ability to work in a variety of settings with culturally-diverse families and communities with the ability to be culturally sensitive and appropriate.
• Ability to legally operate a motor vehicle and provide own transportation.
• Energetic, forward-thinking and creative individual with high ethical standards and an appropriate professional image.
• The ability to work independently and effectively under pressure.
• Demonstrated human relation and effective communication skills also required.
• Superior organizational and problem solving skills.

Requires sitting, standing and walking for extensive periods of time. Requires working under stressful conditions or working irregular hours. Requires frequent exposure to communicable diseases, body fluids, toxic substances, medicinal preparations and other conditions common to a clinic environment. The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Ability to work with a moderate noise level in the work environment is required.
The occupant may, at times, lift and/or move objects up to 30 pounds. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.