Community Health Worker

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and evaluate an in-reach and outreach schedule.
• Provide individual and group overdose prevention training.
• Facilitate Narcan distribution both onsite, through outreach and secondary distribution with community stakeholders.
• Targeted field outreach utilizing data and community feedback to community members who are at risk of overdose.
• Provide harm reduction education and supported linkages.
• Partner with Lowell CHC’s Care in Reach Mobile Health Unit to reach at risk individuals in the community.
• Participation in MA Harm Reduction Monthly Check In.
• Participation in regional meetings regarding substance abuse prevention.
• Provide HIV, STI, and HCV counseling and screening per the standards of MDPH/OHA.
• Complete administrative duties as assigned.
• Complete all required MDPH documentation.
• Document patient encounters in EMR as needed.
• Complete monthly service delivery report.
• Participate in monthly individual administrative supervision.
• Participate in monthly group clinical supervision.
• Participate in training to develop and maintain skills.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma required.
• CPR/BLS required.
• Public Health Outreach Experience preferred.
• Experience in addiction services preferred.
• Strong documentation and organizational skills.
• Ability to provide culturally competent care.
• Bilingual/bicultural candidates strongly preferred (Khmer, Spanish, Portuguese).