Upvote
Downvote
Community Health Worker
Share Job
- Suggest Revision
- POSITION SUMMARY: Community Health Workers are responsible for conducting culturally appropriate community outreach activities including lay health education and access to services related to grant-specific community-based programs.
- The full-time Community Health Worker will provide ongoing, in-home services to a caseload of clients (in this instance, pregnant women / women whose infants are at high risk for morbidity, mortality, or child abuse) based on the standards of the Healthy Families America Program.
- Clients are seen in Wayne County which has been identified as high risk.
- Demonstrate culturally competent strategies to educate and motivate clients regarding healthy living and health-seeking relationships or therapeutic alliances related to prenatal, postpartum, and care.
- Minimum one to two years of paid, documented experience within a public health; DHS; CPS or health care setting performing outreach or other community-based functions such as home visits, or case management as part of a team, and/or prior community outreach experience with specific experiences within the maternal/child at risk population is preferred.
Active Job
Updated TodaySimilar Job
Relevance
Active