CHW Mom & Babies First Home Visitor

Description

Job Title: Community Health Worker/Mom's & Babies First Home Visitor Program

Department: Population Health

Supervisor Title: Director of Population Health

UDS Classification: Community Health Worker

EEO Class: Service Worker

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Starting Wage: $15.75/hour

Pay Grade/Funding Source: IC-2 /ODH Funding

Organizational Information:

Established in 1994, Third Street Family Health Services is a regional not-for-profit community health center providing medical, dental, OB/GYN, pediatric, community outreach, and behavioral health services across eleven locations in Richland, Ashland, and Crawford counties. Our mission is to deliver comprehensive health and wellness care, accessible to all in the communities we serve. We believe that the health status of our community can be improved by providing accessible and affordable health care, advocacy, and community health initiatives.

We provide patient-centered care and provide our services with respect, integrity, and accountability top of mind. For more information, visit www.thirdstreetfamily.org or find them on Facebook or Twitter.

Job Summary: 

The Community Health Worker (CHW) will be responsible for helping clients and their families to navigate and access community services, other resources, and adopt healthy behaviors. As a priority, activity will promote, maintain, and improve the health of clients and their family. Provide social support and informal counseling, advocate for individuals and community health needs. Community outreach, regular client contact such as home visits will be required. 

Mom’s and Babies First provides community-based outreach and care coordination services to high-risk, low-income, African-American pregnant women and their infants to age 1-year. The program provides education related to pregnancy, women’s health, infant health, and childhood development. The CHW meets with families regularly to provide support, guidance, and resources to assist clients with overcoming problems and barriers. 

Requirements

Mom’s and Babies First provides community-based outreach and care coordination services to high-risk, low-income, African-American pregnant women and their infants to age 1-year. The program provides education related to pregnancy, women’s health, infant health, and childhood development. The CHW meets with families regularly to provide support, guidance, and resources to assist clients with overcoming problems and barriers. 

Essential Job Duties: 

• Conduct required weekly or bi-weekly home visits to provide parents with learning opportunities that will assist in enhancing the growth and development of their children and support positive family interactions. 
• Complete and maintain accurate written and electronic database records in accordance with ODH and HFA requirements. 
• Coordinate and/or conduct initial and ongoing screening/assessments of infants and toddlers’ development and their family; determine concerns, priorities, and resources for each family and assist them with creating family goals. 
• Responsible to accurately track and document time spent preparing, completing, and documenting home visits and utilize good time management skills. 
• Adheres to timelines mandated for enrollment, assessments, and screenings outlined by the Ohio Department of Health and Healthy Families America. 
• Plan, implement, evaluate, and document the learning experiences supporting individual progress and appropriate child and family outcomes. 
• Document and maintain individual files on all families and collects data from other community resources related to health, mental health, and oral health. 
• Coordinate and implement weekly and bi-weekly lesson plans through agency approved curricula and facilitation of socialization activities. 
• Refer families to appropriate community options, or other resources, as needed. Work alongside families to connect to these services in a way that promote self-sufficiency. 
• Identify developmental concerns and make appropriate Early Intervention referrals. Continue on-going and consistent communication with all Early Intervention providers to facilitate a seamless, well-rounded coordination of services 
• Facilitate communication and family involvement in referrals to other agencies and maintaining records and other documentation related to the referrals. 
• Attend and actively participate in playgroup opportunities with families as assigned. 
• Encourage and foster the family’s independence in decision making about the services they are receiving. 
• Participate in program evaluation activities as requested. 
• Plan and organize own work to meet priorities and deadlines (daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, yearly)