Bilingual Research Services Professional – Community Health Worker (Entry/Intermediate)

Bilingual Research Services Professional Community Health Worker (Entry / Intermediate)-34294University Staff

Description

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Department : Adult and Child Center for Outcomes Research and Delivery Science

Job Title : Bilingual Research Services Professional Community Health Worker (Entry / Intermediate)

Position : # 00825263 Requisition : #34294

Job Summary :

The Adult and Child Center for Outcomes Research and Delivery Science (ACCORDS) is seeking a full-time Research Services Professional to support a NIH grant entitled, Targeting Family Meal Quality and Quantity to Reduce Childhood Obesity Using Ecological Momentary Intervention (EMI) and Video Feedback .

The study intervenes with families with young children around their family meals using innovating technology (i.e., ecological momentary intervention and video feedback) and in-person education.

This is a 5-year grant that is funded through the end of 2025 and will report to the Intervention Director.

This position will work on a team of Community Health Workers (CHW) who will work with 500+ families across Denver, CO and the Twin Cities, MN providing a 6-month intervention around improving the quality and quantity of family meals, using motivational interviewing and SMART goal setting.

Some families will receive the intervention 100% virtually and others will receive a combination of virtual and in-person visits.

Virtual visits will all take place out of the study’s office at Anschutz medical campus and in-person visits will take place in participant’s homes.

Therefore, this position is not expected to have any remote (i.e., from the candidate’s home) work. Additionally, because this study intervenes with families, all visits will need to occur when the family is available.

Afternoon / evening and weekend visits are what we expect families to request.

Key Responsibilities :

• 60% : Engaging with families in intervention visits and tracking study progress
• Meet with families virtually and in-person at family’s homes and deliver intervention around improving the quality and quantity of family meals
• Effectively work with people from diverse backgrounds in reducing barriers to having family meals and healthy home environments
• Serve as main contact and follow-up with assigned participants in between visits to provide support
• Document visit activities and feedback
• Continuously expand knowledge of community resources related to social determinants of health for intervention participants
• Other duties as assigned

25% : Preparing for intervention visits

• Helping to create intervention materials for visits, including translating into Spanish.
• Review materials from intervention visits (e.g., video-recorded family meals) and prepare feedback for families
• Regularly check in with families
• Assist families with identifying necessary resources, such as food assistance
• Assist in developing program materials for families and translating materials into Spanish

15% : Meetings and supervision

• Attend training sessions and feedback / coaching sessions.
• Meet regularly with Intervention Director and CHW team
• Maintain training in SMART goal setting and motivational interviewing
• Ensure compliance with human subjects, HIPAA, and other regulations.
• The CHW will : work directly (in-person and virtual) with families to help them create healthy home environments; will develop and use Motivational Interviewing skills and SMART goal setting with families;
• will engage in video-recorded supervision and feedback to improve their CHW skills and work with families to improve their home food environments;
• will oversee case management via RedCap and other platforms to advance families in the Family Matters Program; will help develop program materials for families;

and other activities related to advancing families in the Family Matters program.

Work Location :

Hybrid this role is eligible for a hybrid schedule of 3 days per week on campus and as needed for in-person meetings.

Conditions of employment

• Ability to work nights and weekends
• Reliable transportation
• Participant-facing work will be conducted from the office or in families’ homes, given confidentiality issues.

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