Community Health Advocate

2 weeks ago


Merced, California, United States Pear Suites Full time
About Pear Suite

Pear Suite's care navigation platform empowers staff to collect, visualize, understand, and act on social determinants of health data, enabling various healthcare entities and community-based organizations to meet the social needs of their community in a culturally sensitive, person-centered way.

About the Role

The Community Health Worker (CHW) promotes wellness by helping people adopt healthy behaviors. The CHW executes tasks on various community projects and programs and advocates for those who may have limited access to health education, resources, and social services.

Key Responsibilities
  • Attend regularly scheduled and ad hoc meetings and maintain communication with program team members and supervisor;
  • Assist in the production of required weekly, monthly, and/or quarterly data collection reports;
  • Maintain outreach activity calendars and logs according to program standards;
  • Assist with program evaluations and updates to assigned program and services;
  • Coordinate care among individuals, communities, and health and social service systems using the Pear Suite platform;
  • Outreach and provide comprehensive education and information through telephonic communication, street outreach, health fairs, community relationships, events, and other approved activities;
  • Attend appropriate community resource and collaborative meetings and trainings, as assigned;
  • Work in collaboration with other departments;
  • Provide culturally appropriate health and informational resources;
  • Oversee case management and resource access;
  • Advocate for individuals and communities regarding housing, food security, and other Social Determinants of Health needs;
  • Provide coaching and social support, such as nutrition training, recovery services for mental health, substance use disorders, chronic disease management and prevention;
  • Increase individual and community participation in assessments and education to improve health and well-being;
  • Practice cultural humility, knowledge, and awareness of community cultures and values;
  • Able to communicate effectively by relating questions and concerns to the team and promptly responding to team-wide communications;
Requirements
  • High school diploma or equivalent. College-level coursework in social sciences, public health, education, or related fields is preferred but not required;
  • One (1) year experience or more of related work or volunteer experience, involving one or more of the following: health service, community service, language/accessibility service, community organizing, community advocacy, grass-roots mobilization or outreach, and/or education;
  • Access to internet/Wifi;
  • Reliable transportation;
  • Must be bi-lingual Spanish/English;
  • Valid State Driver's License, preferred;
  • Community Health Worker certificate, preferred;
Pay Range

$18 - 26 USD per hour (Remote - Merced, US)



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