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The Community Health Worker is a trusted member of and/or a person who has a close understanding of the community served in the delivery of health-related services through either working directly with providers or their partner organizations. This trusting relationship with the community enables CHW’s to serve as a liaison between health and social services and the community to facilitate members’ access to services and improve the quality and cultural competence of services delivered. CHW’s build individual and community capacity by increasing health knowledge and self-sufficiency through a range of activities such as outreach, community education, informal counseling, social support, and advocacy. CHWs at SFCHC will have the opportunity to gain robust knowledge around services tailored for People living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), the Trans Community, Transitional-aged youth, people experiencing homelessness (PEH), and active substance users.
This position will be mobile and integrated into the agency’s Street Medicine Team. This team aims to provide high quality primary and urgent care services to unhoused members of the Tenderloin community in San Francisco. Patient care happens in both clinical and community settings, including drop-in clinics, on sidewalks, in tents and encampments, or in patient homes. Members of the team must be comfortable working in non-traditional care settings and providing care to people who use substances, with complex mental health and medical diagnoses.
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Full Time
Social & Legal Services
$85k-104k (estimate)
04/01/2024
05/31/2024
sfcommunityhealth.org
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
50 - 100
1987
LANCE TOMA
$5M - $10M
Social & Legal Services