Community Health Worker

Community Health Worker

God’s Love We Deliver, a nonsectarian organization, is the New York metropolitan area’s leading provider of life‑sustaining meals and nutrition counseling for people living with severe illnesses. Begun as an HIV/AIDS service organization, today God’s Love provides for people living with more than 200 individual diagnoses. God’s Love cooks and home delivers the specific, nutritious meals a client’s severe illness and treatment so urgently require.

Meals are individually tailored for each client by one of our Registered Dietitian Nutritionists, and clients have access to unlimited nutrition counseling. God’s Love supports families by providing meals for the children and senior caregivers of our clients. All of our services are provided free of charge to clients.

The Community Health Worker (CHW) supports the mission and goals of God’s Love We Deliver by liaising with potential clients who may benefit from the NYS 1115 Waiver and assisting with programs and initiatives addressing the health‑related social needs that impact the outcomes for those clients. The Community Health Worker (CHW) is specifically responsible for supporting the team’s efforts in bridging the gap between healthcare providers, social services, and our clients.

The Community Health Worker (CHW) plays a critical role in improving health outcomes by providing education, promoting preventive care, connecting clients to community resources and services, advocacy, and supporting our clients, their families, caregivers, and community members.

If you’re looking to join a team of dedicated professionals making an impact across the NY metro area, this is the place for you!

• Benefits:
  Excellent Health, Dental, and Vision insurance at low cost to employees. Option to enroll in pre‑tax Commuter Transit, Flexible Spending Account, and Health Savings Account.
• Retirement Savings Plan: 403B with up to a 2% match each pay period
• Paid Time Off including
  • 15 Days of annual Paid Vacation Time Off in first year of employment, increasing with length of service
  • 12 days of annual Paid Sick Time
  • 10 paid holidays
• Monday through Friday.
• A rewarding work environment:
  Supporting our operations providing nutritious meals to New Yorkers living with severe illness.
• A collaborative work environment:
  Everyone works together to contribute their talents and their ideas.
• A fun work environment:
  Periodic staff lunches and Happy Hours; an annual staff retreat to focus on team learning and team‑building; a fun Holiday Party to celebrate our staff
• An inclusive work environment:
  Celebrating diversity, equity and accessibility, valuing the unique perspectives and life experiences that all employees bring to work.
• All applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States. God’s Love is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
• This position is a hybrid position, allowing for 1 remote day.
• This is a Full‑Time non‑exempt position, paying $24.00–$28.00 hourly.

• Build relationships within the community to promote trust and understanding.
• Conduct outreach activities to identify and engage individuals with unmet health and social needs.
• Organize and participate in community events, health fairs, and educational workshops.
• Advocate for individuals to ensure access to healthcare services and other community resources.
• Empower individuals to take an active role in managing their health.
• Assist individuals in navigating the healthcare system, including scheduling appointments and completing paperwork.
• Conduct screenings to identify individual eligibility to receive services related to unmet health and social needs.
• Assess an individual’s health‑related social needs using standardized tools to determine social risk factors that impact the client’s health.
• Facilitate referrals to healthcare providers, social services, and community resources (e.g., housing, food assistance, childcare).
• Develop an individualized Social Care Plan for each client that provides a longitudinal view of the client’s needs, eligibility for services, and services to which clients have been referred.
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