Community Health Worker - Full Time, Hartford Job at Connecticut Children's Medical Center
Position Summary
The NHAP Community Health Worker will provide preventive outreach, health education and linkage to services through the Hartford Youth HIV Identification and Linkage Consortia, in a myriad of settings including schools and in the community.
Job Duties
- Perform referrals and assists clients in linking with community support systems and agencies.
- Participate in administrative and clinical case conferencing for clients/patients with medical staff/medical case managers in order to address client's/patient's medical and psychosocial needs.
- Performs data entry tasks for evaluation purposes.
- Monitor client progress within the health and community support systems.
- Provides education and training to residents/individuals in their respective community, works as part of the multidisciplinary team to prepare and implement plans, (example for HIV Pediatric and Youth program, Recovery Support Services; and general health awareness. Completes all required documentation.
- Participate in (in person/Virtual) community and planning meetings such as the Ryan White Planning Council and CT HIV Prevention Council, OCCH community meetings.
- Other duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Knowledge of: Community assistance resources
Skilled at: Oral and written communications; interpersonal communications
Ability to: Work with diverse client population, read and write (English/Spanish if required), work evenings/weekends as needed
Work Environment:
Office/clinic Setting with normal noise level
Minimum experience: 1 year experience working in one of the following: Medical case management, community health experience, community organizing/mobilization, faith based community programs, or worked with or experienced children/youth/individuals impacted by social determinants of health or chronic illness/substance/recovery programs.
Preferred education & experience: Living and/or working in an urban setting.
Ability to work with diverse client population
Ability to read and write; bilingual English/Spanish preferred
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