Community Health Worker

About the role

The Community Health Worker supports Medi-Cal–eligible adults involved in the justice system as part of California’s Medicaid 1115 JI Reentry Initiative. This role provides outreach, care navigation, and non-clinical case management services to individuals transitioning from incarceration in state prisons, county jails, back into the community.

Responsibilities

• Provides release planning services to clients with forensic history, mental illness and/or dual diagnosis.
• Receives and reviews referrals to identify any release planning needs.
• Mets with clients to introduce and explain services; collaborate with client in completing and reviewing resources and the Initial Release Plan (IRP) based on client’s service area; and overall support client to participate in release planning.
• Utilizes various databases and applications to research client historical information, location of client, court date, housing, health status, and level of need.
• Timely documents client encounter in clients’ medical chart.
• Completes internal documentation and reports in a timely manner.
• Affords assistance in program development in training and orienting onboarding PRCM staff.
• Completes DHS-CHS department trainings in a timely manner.
• Communicates and coordinates with other community, County and internal stakeholders to support client in accessing resources.
• Affords assistance with other tasks as needed.

Requirements

• Ability to follow oral and written instructions.
• Ability to exercise sound judgement while working in a stressful environment.
• Able to lift up to a 10-pound limit and some bending, stooping, or squatting.

Qualifications

• Six (6) months of full-time experience working with the public or with community groups performing duties such as interview clients or patients concerning health or social service matters, answering questions, and providing information about health, mental health, and social services to clients or patients.

Skills

• Willing to work in Correctional Health Facilities

Benefits

Not specified

Pay

$23.00-$24.88 per hour

Schedule

Not specified

Other Skills, Knowledge, And Abilities

• Education/Experience: Six (6) months of full-time experience working with the public or with community groups performing duties such as interview clients or patients concerning health or social service matters, answering questions, and providing information about health, mental health, and social services to clients or patients.
• Certificates/Licenses/Clearances: Successfully clear the LA County Live Scan process. Successfully clear the Health Clearance
• Other Skills, Knowledge, And Abilities: Willing to work in Correctional Health Facilities