Community Health Worker

Overview

As our Community Health Worker, you will serve as a vital link between underserved communities and essential community resources. You will be instrumental in reducing health disparities by helping clients navigate and access critical health, social, educational, and employment services through a home-visiting model.

• Advocates for individual and community health needs and builds individual and community capacity by increasing health knowledge and self-sufficiency through outreach, community education, informal counseling, social support and advocacy
• Conducts standardized client intake and risk assessments
• Based on assessments, develops and continually updates plan of care based on client-identified health and social services goals
• Participates in ongoing assessment of client needs via in-person, home, in-office, virtual, and/or telehealth appointments, as appropriate; follows up with clients via telephone, home, or other locations where the client can be found, when appropriate
• Collaborates with health providers to develop an integrated, holistic solution to help client access services and improve client health outcomes, including working closely and cooperatively with other personnel assigned to the same client (medical providers, behavioral health providers, housing coordinators, legal advocates)
• Identifies and helps to enroll eligible individuals in federal, state and local private and non-profit health and human services programs, which includes assisting clients in completing a variety of applications and forms

• High School Graduate
• One (1) or more years of experience in social services or care coordination, specifically serving older adults, behavioral health clients or adults with complex chronic conditions
• Driver's License: CA

• Community health worker training or certification

Dignity Health Connected Living has been serving seniors in Shasta County since 1968. Our programs have been designed for seniors and people with disabilities. We are dedicated to meeting each participant's physical, mental, and spiritual needs and we offer a variety of high-quality, affordable health care services in a compassionate environment.

One Community. One Mission. One California

$24.00 - $28.15 /hour