Health Worker 4 (2588) - Multiple Departments Citywide - H00197

About the role

The Department of Public Health prioritizes equitable and inclusive access to quality healthcare for its community and values the importance of diversity in its workforce. All employees at the Department of Public Health work to advance equity, inclusion, and diversity with a specific lens and focus on race, ethnicity, gender, sex, sexuality, disability, and immigration status.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a liaison between targeted communities and healthcare agencies
• Provide culturally appropriate health education/information and outreach to targeted populations
• Provide referral and follow-up services or otherwise coordinate care
• Provide informal counseling, social support, and advocacy to targeted populations
• Escort and transport clients
• Perform pre-clinical examinations of vital statistics, such as measuring a patient's weight, height, temperature, and blood pressure
• Assist in planning and execution of programs and operations, research projects, and reports, as directed
• Evaluate data and suggest programs in the preventive areas of social and health adjustments
• Interview and screen program clients, identifying general client condition; perform crisis intervention activities under professional direction; provide broad social counseling activities and assists in group therapy sessions
• Supervise the program on specified wards or units and/or assist the director of the program when assigned to a specialized activity program

Requirements

• Three (3) years of verifiable experience within the last five (5) years, performing a combination of at least two (2) of the following duties:
• Serving as a liaison between targeted communities and healthcare agencies
• Providing culturally appropriate health education/information and outreach to targeted populations
• Providing referral and follow-up services or otherwise coordinating care
• Providing informal counseling, social support, and advocacy to targeted populations
• Escorting and transporting clients
• Performing pre-clinical examinations of vital statistics, such as measuring a patient's weight, height, temperature, and blood pressure

Qualifications

• Possession of a Community Health Worker Certificate from City College of San Francisco can substitute for 6 months of the required experience

Skills

Knowledge of principles of activity therapy; and/or health and community services.

Benefits

N/A

Pay

$97,084 - $118,118 Annually

Schedule

Full-time