AmeriCorps Member – Family Wellness Assistant

Job Description

Healthy Communities is CHC’s Ameri Corps program designed to create cohesion in vulnerable communities and to promote healthcare and support services through outreach, awareness, linkage to care and support. Healthy Communities also serves to identify the unique and integral needs of our communities and neighborhoods and to establish strategic plans to address them. Service delivery will directly address the public health crisis in vulnerable communities and make healthcare and support services accessible through flexible delivery of services.

Ameri Corps members will conduct community outreach, education, patient engagement, and link patients to CHCI care and referrals to community based assistance. Additionally, Ameri Corps members will participate in statewide and local activities which promote awareness of health and health services. This is an Ameri Corps Member role – Family Wellness Assistant – that supports the Family Wellness Centers (FWC) in Middletown and New Britain, but will be based in Middletown.

The position will have a focus in birth to five programming.

Healthy Communities is CHC’s Ameri Corps program designed to create cohesion in vulnerable communities and to promote healthcare and support services through outreach, awareness, linkage to care and support. Healthy Communities also serves to identify the unique and integral needs of our communities and neighborhoods and to establish strategic plans to address them. Service delivery will directly address the public health crisis in vulnerable communities and make healthcare and support services accessible through flexible delivery of services.

Ameri Corps members will conduct community outreach, education, patient engagement, and link patients to CHCI care and referrals to community based assistance. Additionally, Ameri Corps members will participate in statewide and local activities which promote awareness of health and health services. This is an Ameri Corps Member role – Family Wellness Assistant – that supports the Family Wellness Centers (FWC) in Middletown and New Britain, but will be based in Middletown.

The position will have a focus in birth to five programming.

• 11-month service term from October 5, 2026 thru August 27, 2027,
• Serve a minimum of 36-40 hours a week for a total of 1700 hours during service year
• $25,000 stipend over the course of one year, paid bi-weekly
• An education award of $7,395 at the end of successful service term completion
• This is not a staff or volunteer position

• Possess a caring attitude and personable demeanor
• Are creative and enthusiastic to help others
• Are extremely organized and pay great attention to detail
• Have an interest in working with children under the age of five and their families
• Thrive in a fast paced environment
• Can take initiative and work independently as well as part of a team

As a Family Wellness Assistant for the Community Health Center, Inc., you will:

• Conduct monthly patient health education workshops; monitor the completion of pre-post surveys by workshop participants; and complete data entry for workshops and surveys.
• Provide individual patient health education and care coordination to clients to encourage scheduling and completing routine care appointments.
• Track and document all completed patient engagement activities in patient’s electronic health record.
• Establish and maintain a marketing and social media campaign that promotes the Middletown and New Britain Family Wellness Center.
• Research successful new and existing community outreach opportunities that can be leveraged to improve client’s access to care.
• Participate in and conduct outreach and engagement activities within…