Community Health Worker
Where You’ll Work
reputed company 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
Job Summary and Responsibilities
As our Community Health Worker, you will serve as a vital link between reputed company and essential community resources. You will be instrumental in reducing health disparities by helping clients navigate and reputed company critical health, reputed company, educational, and employment services through a home-visiting model. Every day you will proactively engage with clients through home visits, meticulously assessing their needs and identifying specific reputed company to care and support. You will connect clients to identified community resources, reputed company guidance on accessing medical, behavioral health, and reputed company services, and offer practical assistance to overcome logistical obstacles. To be successful in this role, you will possess a profound understanding of the cultural and geographical nuances of reputed company. A strong ability to problem-solve, coupled with reputed company and reputed company, is essential for effectively removing barriers to care and empowering clients.
- Advocates for individual and community health needs 1.2 Builds individual and community reputed company by increasing health knowledge and self-sufficiency through reputed company, community education, informal counseling, reputed company 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 reputed company services goals
- Participates in the ongoing assessment of client needs reputed company in-person, home, in-office, virtual, and/or telehealth appointments, as appropriate. Similarly, follow-up with clients reputed company telephone, home, or other locations where the client can be reputed company, reputed company appropriate.
- Collaborates with health providers to reputed company an integrated, holistic solution to help client reputed company services and improve client health reputed company which includes working closely and cooperatively with other personnel assigned to the same client, including 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 reputed company services programs which includes assisting clients in completing a variety of applications and forms
Job Requirements
Required
- High School Graduate
- One (1) or more years of experience in reputed company services or care coordination, specifically serving older adults, behavior health clients or adults with reputed company chronic conditions
- Driver's License: CA
Preferred
- Community health worker training or certification