Hybrid Community Health Worker

About the role

The Community Health Worker (CHW) will join our team as part of the Perinatal Infant Community Health Collaborative (PICHC) grant to support the community by addressing maternal and infant health challenges. PICHC is dedicated to improving the health and well-being of birthing people and their families by addressing and reducing racial, ethnic, and economic disparities that contribute to poor health outcomes. PICHC ensures that women and all birthing people receive essential care, including prenatal services, healthcare support, and connections to community resources. Workers offer crucial services such as referrals, care coordination, follow-ups, advocacy, and service management. Additional support includes guidance during pregnancy, assistance with the postpartum transition from hospital to home, breastfeeding support, and education on infant care.

This is a hybrid position combining onsite and remote functions. Incumbents must be comfortable conducting field work that includes community outreach and home visits.

Responsibilities

• Provide basic health education about pregnancy, postpartum, breastfeeding, and other areas of maternal care.
• Conduct community outreach, tabling events, regular home visits, and service coordination.
• Conduct health-related workshops in the office and home-based one-on-one health education (prenatal care, immunization, breastfeeding, family planning).
• Provide women with referrals to various supports, services, entitlements, and benefits (including WIC, health insurance, and healthcare).
• Enter client data into software on a daily basis.
• Assist with special projects as needed.

Requirements

• Associate’s Degree required.
• True passion and dedication to the health of mothers and infants.
• Ability to conduct outreach and home visits.
• Excellent computer-based skills including Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and ability to maintain participant-related data in software.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish is required.
• Team player.

Schedule

Hybrid, 3 days onsite, 2 days remote, Bronx, NY. Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. 35 regular hours per week.

Pay

$24.88/hour ($45,282 annually).

About Urban Health Plan

At Urban Health Plan (UHP) our mission is to continuously improve the health of communities and the quality of life of the people we serve by providing affordable, comprehensive, quality, primary and specialty health care and by assuring the performance and advancement of innovative best practices. At UHP, our commitment to provide patient-centered, holistic, quality health care is part of a tradition started by our founder, Dr. Richard Izquierdo, 50 years ago. That tradition continues today by promoting excellence in everything that we do.

Benefits

• Fully funded Health Insurance for you / 73.5% funded Health Insurance for your family.
• Dental, Vision, and prescription coverage.
• 401(k) Retirement Savings (including 3% annual employer contribution).
• Comprehensive time off including paid vacation, personal time, sick time, and paid holidays (including your birthday).
• Flex Spending Accounts (Health care, Dependent Care, and Commuter Benefits).
• Entertainment Discount Programs.
• Employee Assistant Programs.
• Eligibility to apply for Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF).
• Fitness Discounts and Perks through our medical plan.
• $50,000 term life insurance.