Full-Time Community Health Advocate I

1 month ago

Fresno, United States BLACK Wellness & Prosperity Center Full time
Job DescriptionJob DescriptionORGANIZATIONAL BACKGROUNDBWPC is a research-driven social enterprise founded to make equitable policies and programs more effective. BLACK Wellness and Prosperity Center promotes Belonging, Love, Affinity, Community, and Kinship through culturally congruent system improvements across the prenatal to postnatal continuum of care to advance improved outcomes in maternal health and wellbeing for Black women/persons and their families. BWPC upholds racism as a root cause of adverse maternal child health experiences for Black women and babies, particularly, the negative impacts of Anti-Black Racism throughout the life course.  BWPC CREDOBWPC is fact based and centered on trust & equity. If you have a question, ASK. Please do not make assumptions. If you have a concern, SHARE IT. Please do not spread gossip--in the community or within the team. There are no BWPC "cliques." We are ONE. BWPC encourages and promotes deep transformative thinking. BWPC POWER-SHARING FRAMEWORK
  • Generate recommendations for process improvements whenever appropriate
  • Participate in developing best practices, sharing resources, and ongoing trainings
  • Ensure that all materials created are consistent with BWPC mission, vision, and values
  • Participate in the design of new programmatic initiatives
  • Apply the BWPC Credo
 POSITION SUMMARYThe Community Health Advocate I works closely with internal and external stakeholders with primary focus on supporting community outreach and education.  DAY-TO-DAY RESPONSIBILIES
  • General program support
  • Receives training and provides outreach and education across multiple health topics based on community need
  • Supports the planning and implementation of community outreach and education efforts, including off-site location event set-up and take down 
  • Canvass neighborhoods to promote community events and to provide outreach and education and resources
  • Operates computer and smartphone to access e-mail, communications software, electronic calendars, and other basic office support software
  • Assists with special events planning
  • Works with community members to identify opportunities for referrals and resource linkages
  • Assembles outreach education materials and curriculum for use as handouts, teaching and presentations
  • Provide set-up and management of traffic flow at scheduled events
  • Informs community of outcomes as a result of screening, testing and/or vaccinations. Identifies and addresses individual concerns and provides appropriate next steps
  • Helps to acquire, implement, monitor and track data and program monitoring and evaluation methods
  • Performs other duties as assigned

 JOB DIMENSIONS§  Work Standards: Maintains regular attendance and punctuality§  Collaboration: Ability to work independently and/or as a team with ability to constructively take direction and guidance from team leads and administration§  Excellent Communication Skills: Ability to develop rapport and maintain professional conduct with community members from diverse backgrounds.§  Flexibility: Ability to be flexible, available, accountable, responsible, reliable, adapt to change, work in a fast-paced and demanding environment, and work evenings, weekends, and non-traditional hours as needed to meet program needs·         Comprehension/analysis: Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. Ability to read and comprehend instructions, correspondence, and memos. Ability to analyze, organize, document, and communicate the specific needs of each unique targeted population
  • Humility: Ability to interact in a non-judgmental manner with culturally diverse populations and persons experiencing a wide range of social conditions
  • Trustworthiness/Integrity: Ability to at all times use discretion, maintain confidentiality, protect Protected Health Information (PHI), not disclose Personal Identifiable Information (PII), and exhibit ethical conduct
  • Stress Tolerance:Ability to administer self-care and have an awareness of when personal wellness needs to be acknowledged and addressed
 EDUCATION
  • Education: High school diploma or equivalent
  • Some college/technical training preferred
 REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND WORK EXPERIENCE·         Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and related business software·         Experience conducting telephone-based or in-person interview, data collection and data entry ·         Must have consistent reliable transportation ·         Weekend and evening availability required
  • One-year experience in community outreach, health education, advocacy, linkage to care, social services, public health or related field
 PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENTThe physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. The emotional environment will include hearing, seeing, and discussion of racism, mortality, and maternal child health inequities. 

BWPC frequently conducts work in hospital and clinic settings and may offer on-site healthcare services, such as COVID-19 testing.  Requires frequent oral and written communication with internal and external stakeholders, vendors, and partners, the ability to enter data and written communications in electronic format in a timely manner using various software.  May be required to work at other locations within the community. Ability to consistently reach the worksite, meetings, and events on time and prepared to work. WORK METHODS·         In-person ·         Reports to: Community Health Advocate II/Community Coordinator/Human Resource Manager
 COMPENSATION AND PAY SCALENon-Exempt, hourly. Pay grade I. Range $20.50-$25.50 based on skills and experience.  EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENTBlack Wellness & Prosperity Center is an equal opportunity employer, drug free workplace, and complies with ADA regulations as applicable and shall not unlawfully discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, military status or veteran status pursuant to all applicable State of California and Federal statutes and regulation. BWPC does not discriminate against applicants or employees because of their reproductive health decision making. 

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