Community Health Worker - ScreenNJ Grant

Job Description

Job Description

Community Health Worker - ScreenNJ

MAJOR FUNCTION

The Community Health Worker is responsible for providing emotional, educational and overall support for clients who are experiencing multiple social determinants that are creating significant barriers to access and retention in care. This person is responsible to engage, inform, support and empower those who are eligible for any services provided by the Henry J Austin Health Center (HJAHC) and the community at large.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Outreach and Health-Systems Navigation :

• Engages in case finding and community outreach to bring out-of-care patients / clients who have never accessed care, or those that are lost to follow up into care services.
• Establishes and maintains external contacts on a regular basis. Facilitates weekly / regular calls to check-in, for encouragement, appointment reminders, and to reschedule missed appointments.
• Accompanies clients to medical, mental health, substance abuse treatment or social service appointments in order to improve attendance and for affiliation support.
• Helps clients to schedule medical appointments and follows up with providers to ensure that clients attend appointments - coordinating and assisting with transportation.
• Helps plan and coordinate Chronic Care Management in conjunction with medical providers.

Health Education and Care Coordination :

Documentation, Compliance and Quality Assurance :

Safety :

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES :

REQUIREMENTS :

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE :

LICENSURE AND / OR CERTIFICATIONS :

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND OTHER (KSAO’s)

PHYSICAL & WORK REQUIREMENTS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This position requires the manual dexterity sufficient to operate phones, computers and other office equipment.  The position requires the physical ability to kneel, bend, and perform light lifting.  This person must have the ability to write and speak clearly using the English language to convey information and be able to hear at normal speaking levels both in person and over the telephone.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.  Generally, the working conditions are good with little or no exposure to extremes in health, safety hazards and / or hazardous materials.

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