Community Health Worker
2 weeks ago
Job Summary:
We are seeking a highly motivated and compassionate Community Health Worker to join our team. As a Community Health Worker, you will play a vital role in promoting health and wellness in our community by providing education, support, and advocacy to individuals and families.
Key Responsibilities:
- Facilitate relationships between the agency and the community by communicating agency policies and programs to clients, patients, family members, and community residents.
- Convey community cultural patterns and attitudes to agency professional staff.
- Receive service referrals from social workers, eligibility workers, and Medical Case Workers to assist welfare recipients and/or undeserved individuals in obtaining food stamps and housing, medical, mental health, or substance use care.
- Serve as an advocate for client/patient access to departmental and community resources.
- Assist clients, patients, family members, and caregivers in obtaining and completing application forms for benefits and services.
- Provide emergency services to clients by making referrals to appropriate supportive agencies and arranging for emergency shelter.
- Take medical, mental health, family, social, and employment histories and assist clients and patients in completing necessary forms.
- Inform pregnant teenagers and their families of available medical, mental health, and social services, adoption agencies, and prenatal care providers; educate women in the various methods of birth control.
- Facilitate client development of independent living skills by conducting support groups in subjects such as housekeeping, cooking, shopping, household budgeting, use of public transportation, and attendance to personal grooming and hygiene.
- Provide services to chronically ill children and their families and refer them to various doctors or clinics.
- Screen referrals and place clients in proper groups for counseling.
- Coordinate certification of job applicants for Model Neighborhood areas.
- Assist in research projects by monitoring the completion of questionnaires, conducting interviews, and collecting basic data.
- Assist professional staff in the supervision of juveniles at a detention facility.
- Perform clinical duties such as taking patients' temperature and measuring height and weight.
- Coordinate and provide periodic tutoring services and/or linkage services for a literacy program for delinquent, foster, and at-risk youth.
Requirements:
- Six months of full-time experience working with the public or with community groups performing duties such as interviewing clients or patients concerning health or social service matters, answering questions, and providing information about health, mental health, and social services to clients or patients.
- OR six months of experience at the level of the Los Angeles County class of Mental Health Peer Advocate.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Valid California Class C Driver License or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation to carry out job-related essential functions.
- Physical Class 2 - Light.
How to Apply:
To apply for this position, please submit your online application and supplemental questionnaire. Paper applications, resumes, or any unsolicited documents will not be accepted in lieu of completing the online application and Supplemental Questionnaire.
Application filing may be suspended at any time without advance notice.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILING ONLINE:
- Applications must be submitted online only and will be reviewed for interview consideration on an ongoing basis.
- If you have not been contacted within 60 days and the recruitment remains open or reopens for filing, we encourage you to submit a new application.
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