Community Health Worker

About the role

The Community Health Worker (CHW) provides community support services by partnering with other community agencies to help at risk / high risk individuals and their families navigate complex social service and health care systems to services to promote healthy behaviors and manage conditions that affect their health and social well-being. This culturally and geographically connected individual serves as a link between underserved communities and existing community resources.

Responsibilities

• Perform assessment on assigned clients at assigned intervals along with Social Determinants of Health screenings.
• Monitor nutrition of adults living with chronic health conditions and other high-risk groups.
• Advocate for clients when they are unable to speak for themselves.
• Continuing to update plans and promoting adherence to facilitate positive outcomes.
• Refer community members to needed health services.
• Document all client interactions and assessments.
• Establish trusting relationships with patients.
• Affords assistance to clients in overcoming barriers to health by identifying, locating, connecting to, and navigating needed community and medical system services. This may also include accompanying clients to appointments and assisting with completion of forms to access needed services.
• Links clients to and informs them of available community resources.
• Educates clients on how to obtain care and self-manage their conditions.
• Builds individual/client, community, and team capacity.
• Attends interdisciplinary care team discussions.
• Maintains a client caseload.
• Performs social determinants of health screening to identify needs and develops plan to address health equity needs.

Qualifications

• Certifications: Basic Life Support (BLS) within 30 days - American Heart Association (AHA)
• Proof of Auto Insurance - Varies
• Driver's License - Illinois Secretary of State (ILSOS)