COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER/PROMOTORA

3 weeks ago


Fort Worth TX USA, United States Cook Children's Healthcare Full time
Location:

Calmont Operations Building

Department:

Healthy Homes

Shift:

First Shift (United States of America)

Standard Weekly Hours:

40

Summary:

Functions in collaborative practice with families, school personnel, dental/medical professionals and community partners involved with The Center for Children's Health, community agencies, volunteers and co-workers in Cook Children's Health Care System. Primarily responsible for providing preventative dental/health/safety education, family resources and support services to targeted children and families. Facilitates and organizes access to oral/medical health care and/or social services for an identified group of children/families. The Community Health Worker / Promotor(a)s focus will be to assist children and their families in making healthy lifestyle choices that will lead to an improved quality of life and better overall health. Skillfully and consistently performs duties per established policies and procedures. Requires routine travel in Tarrant County with possible travel to neighboring counties as needed.

Qualifications:

* High School diploma or GED required; Associate's preferred.

* TX DSHS Community Health Worker (CHW)/Promotora(es) certificate required.

* Required CE hours to maintain current CHW certification.

* Ability to work autonomously with little supervision.

* Familiarity with basic dental/medical/safety terminology.

* Bilingual in English/Spanish is highly preferred.

* Minimum 1-year experience in coordinated care or outreach activities required.

Certification/Licensure:

* Current CPR certification or required within 90 days of employment.

* Current, valid Texas driver's license with clean driving record.

* Take and pass Cook Children's Defensive Driving course, once employed and annually thereafter.

* Proof of automobile liability insurance (at level required by Cook Children's).

* Able to drive assigned CCHCS vehicle as an approved driver.

* Must be at least 21 years old.

* Must have private, reliable transportation and be willing to travel within Cook Children's six-county area.

About Us:

Cook Children's Health Care System

Cook Children's Health Care System offers a unique approach to caring for children because we are one of the country's leading integrated pediatric health care delivery organizations. Patients benefit from the integrated system because it allows Cook Children's to use all of its resources to treat a patient and allows for easy communication between the various companies by physicians with a focus on caring for children and adolescents.

Cook Children's is an EOE/AA, Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran employer.

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