Part-Time, up to 14 hours/week with flexibility

$20.00 per hour without Community Health Worker Certification

$21.00 per hour with Community Health Work Certification

This position will remain open until filled, with first review of applications on Tuesday, May 7 th , 2024.

Job Title: Community Health Worker

Department: Public Health

Immediate Supervisor: Director of Public Health

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Job Summary

Assist the Public Health team in implementing health education programs for underserved populations. Responsibilities may involve implementing case management support activities under direction of case manager, performing client intake, providing informal counseling and information about program resources to clients, and providing recommendations to Public Health team on cultural implications and responsiveness for health education programs.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Performs case management support duties, to include conducting client intake, assisting with completion of applications for programs, and determining program eligibility.
• Provides informal counseling to connect community members with program resources and provide referrals. This includes communicating information in a culturally sensitive manner and providing bilingual interpretation/translation services for clients when necessary.
• Provides recommendations to Public Health team on cultural implications and responsiveness of program activities and methodology. Work may involve researching and reviewing information and making recommendations to ensure that established programs align with client-specific cultural needs.
• Coordinates with clients and their families to track client progress. Work may involve performing home and car safety checks, tracking child growth, delivering positive parenting education, providing health- and nutrition-related information, and performing health screenings and related activities.
• Prepares and submits status update reports and other documentation to the case manager and assigned parties, tracks clients' responsiveness to plans and facilitates program activities.
Performs other duties of a similar nature or level.

Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED
• Valid Driver’s License
Fluent in Spanish or Somali

Desired Qualifications

• Community Health Worker Certification or ability to obtain within 1 year
Requires ongoing continuous education to maintain certification

Essential Skills

• Principles, procedures, and techniques in assigned area of specialization.
• Departmental guidelines, regulations, and formats.
• Applicable Federal, State, and local laws, rules, regulations, codes, and/or statutes.
• Interpreting and applying applicable laws, rules, regulations, standards, and guidelines.
• Information related to cultural, ethnic, and linguistic differences.
• Applying knowledge of cultural, ethnic, and linguistic differences when making recommendations.
• Communication and interpersonal skills sufficient to exchange or convey information and to give and receive work direction, as applied to interaction with subordinates, coworkers, supervisor, the general public, etc.
• Fluency in Spanish or Somali.
• Researching and verifying information.
• Customer service principles.
• Coordinating and executing multiple tasks.
• Preparing standardized and customized reports.
Using computers and related software applications.

This description is intended to describe the kinds of tasks and levels of work difficulty being performed by people assigned to this classification. The list of responsibilities is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified.