Community Health Worker Maternal Mortality VDHWP023

Title: Community Health Worker Maternal Mortality VDHWP023

State Role Title: Direct Services Associate III

Hiring Range: $40,000 - $55,000

Pay Band: 3

Agency: Virginia Department of Health

Location: WEST PIEDMONT HQ

Agency Website: www.vdh.virginia.gov

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

Consider joining the Virginia Department of Health as we foster healthy and resilient communities. This is your opportunity to serve the public in the Population Health Program as a Community Health Worker focusing on maternal mortality in the West Piedmont Health District.

The Community Health Worker (CHW) is an integral member of the health district public health team, providing support to individuals and families both in clinic settings and within the community. The CHW works to connect community members to essential resources and services, with the goal of improving overall health and enhancing quality of life. Serving as a liaison between the community and healthcare services, the CHW focuses on providing culturally sensitive care and communication, especially to priority populations.

Key responsibilities include facilitating health improvement initiatives, health promotion and education, and the development and support of health programs. The CHW plays a critical role in disease prevention activities, capacity building, and service coordination. They are also involved in program evaluation to assess effectiveness and community impact. The CHW collaborates with community networks and partners to identify, prioritize, and implement public health initiatives that have the greatest potential for positive impact.

This position requires strong community engagement skills, the ability to navigate and coordinate services, and a commitment to fostering health equity and improving the overall well-being of the population.

Community Health Education

· Develops and delivers individual and community-based education on diseases, prevention and health promotion practices to encourage clients to adopt positive health behaviors for maternal clients and their families.
· Educates individuals and communities on how to navigate health and social services systems to achieve improved health outcomes.
· Fosters relationships and works with community partners to provide a wide range of educational activities for vulnerable populations.
· Participates in and collaborates with local coalitions and groups focused on health, aligning efforts with the agency’s needs.
· Documents and responds to requests from community groups and organizations for information on health department programs and services.
· Coordinates and supports community-based initiatives focused on the social determinants of health to address health disparities, especially those influencing maternal and child mortality.
· Develops and/or acquires educational materials from credible healthcare and community sources

Service Coordination & Client Care

• Assists clients in completing forms/applications, eligibility documents, and referrals required to receive needed services or community resources, as required by state/federal agencies.
• Assist clients with navigation of the healthcare systems and processes.
• Participates in care coordination and/or case management for district core programs.
• Speaks with diverse populations in a sensitive and culturally competent manner.
• Performs administrative tasks related to client navigation and outreach event management.

Clinical/Community Outreach & Engagement

• Utilizes evidence-based strategies to improve population/community health.
• Employment policy, systems, and environmental change strategies to effectively address health disparities.
• Identifies target audiences, strategies, interventions and programmatic problems. Provides guidance in determining effective resolutions.
• Integrates building health literacy and cross-cultural communication across all sectors of work.
• With proper training and competency validation, may perform client measurements (temperature, pulse, blood pressure, height, weight), support comprehensive risk reduction strategies, and assist with point of care testing/laboratory specimen collection.
• Supports the clinical and outreach teams with inventory management of outreach and educational supplies.
• Serves as a liaison between district programs, schools, community and other local agencies.

Community health Assessment Support

• Participates in the design, implementation and