Community Health Worker

2 days ago

New York, New York, United States LifePath Christian Ministries Full time

Essential Duties:

  • Help clients understand their health condition(s) and develop strategies to improve their health and wellbeing 
  • Facilitate communication and client empowerment in interactions with healthcare/social service systems
  • Serve as a liaison between health/social services and the community to facilitate access to quality services and health resources
  • Assist clients with insurance applications or other paperwork and provide informal counselling, support, and follow up with them as needed
  • Assist clients to build understanding and social capital to support healthier behaviors and lifestyle choices
  • Work with healthcare and social service systems to help them be culturally relevant and responsive to their service population
  • Provide health service screenings such as blood pressure monitoring, coaching diabetes monitoring, observe medication consumption, and medication counts
  • Collect data and report findings to healthcare providers

Other Duties:

  • Any other duties required by supervisor
  • Evaluate emergency situations and handles them when the Supervisor is not in the area
  • Maintains confidentiality of all data, including guests, employee, and operational data

Education/Qualifications:

  • High School Diploma/GED – CHW Certification preferred with one or more years of experience
  • Must agree with and sign LifePath's Statement of Christian faith and be able to share that faith and knowledge with staff and guests
  • Must have excellent and demonstrated interpersonal relations and both written and oral communication skills
  • Proficiency with MS Office Suite, computer input, and database management

Other Factors to Consider:

  • Ability to walk, stand and/or sit for long periods of time, reach, lift, bend, kneel, stoop, climb stairs, push, and pull items weighing 25 pounds or less; manual dexterity; auditory and visual skills; ability to follow written and oral instructions and procedures. 
  • Excellent reading and writing skills; typing/computer usage; proficient interpersonal relations and communicative skills; ability to follow written and oral instructions and procedures;
  • Possess a valid Pennsylvania Driver's License

Working Conditions:

  • Inside and outside environment

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