Community Health Worker - Early Childhood Development - Full Time

Job Description Summary:

Job Description:

The Community Health Center, Inc. cares for 150,000 patients every year at sites across the state. Patients of CHCI have access to a wide range of services and specialties such as medical, behavioral health, and dental care all in one location. We know that many of CHCI patients have complex lives and taking care of their own health or the health of family members can’t always be the number one priority. CHCI is excited to have Community Health Workers (CHWs) join the team to help our patients tackle the everyday challenges they experience. Working to resolve common social determinants of health can improve our patients’ overall wellness and their lives.

GENERAL ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Attend a paid training program.
• Meet patients in a clinic or in the community to conduct a social determinants of health needs assessment.
• Assist patients to sett goals; address issues with social determinants of health that are impacting their ability to reach their goals and specifically the goals of the Early Childhood Development project.
• Collaborate closely with the patient’s healthcare team (including appropriate community resources), to assure that the child/family is accepting and utilizing referrals and recommendations developed around the needs and goals identified through the ECD program screening
• Make recommendations back to the pediatric health care teams, based on level of care needed to optimize outcomes and minimize risk
• Make follow-up calls and visits to patients as needed, on a case by case basis.
• Assist patients with organizing their records, making follow-up appointments and following through with appointments for full developmental and midleverHelp patients fill out applications for benefits to obtain additional assistance, such as SNAP.
• Attend weekly meetings with supervisor and other CHW’s for patient case reviews.
• Document each patient/family  encounter in the patient’s electronic health record.
• Communicate regularly with patient’s primary care team.
• Attend CHC site specific meetings and deliver trainings and presentations on ECD.
• Other duties as reasonably assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Strong knowledge of the resources in Connecticut communities directly and through relationships with site-based personnel

• Associates Degree and/or CHW certification and relevant pediatric development experience required
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to carry out written and oral instructions
• Demonstrated experience in the area of obtaining community resources/advocating on behalf of the patient
• Comfortable with computer data entry, experience working with an electronic health record preferred.
• Comfortable with working with patients in home or community based locations
• Able and willing to work full time
• Two references
• Prior experience as an outreach worker preferred
• Bilingual- English and Spanish

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Reliable private or public transportation to primary site (Ct Pediatrics@CHC) in Hartford
• Comfortable walking/driving in the community served
• Working between an office and community setting

Organization Information:

Community Health Center, Inc. (CHC), with offices in Connecticut, Colorado and California, is one of the country’s most creative and dynamic providers of primary medical, dental, and behavioral health services, and a leader in practice-based research, health professionals training, and use of innovative technologies to advance health and healthcare. CHC is designated as a federally qualified health center and a patient-centered medical home by HRSA, the Joint Commission, and NCQA, respectively. We deliver more than 600,000 patient visits per year from primary care hubs and community clinics across the state of CT, all connected by technology and common standards for quality. We employ several hundred medical, dental, and behavioral health providers who are engaged in practice, teaching, and research. Our Weitzman Institute is devoted to research and practice transformation and is recognized around the country as one of the premier research institutes focused on improving health care and health outcomes for special and vulnerable populations. In addition, the organization has developed three wholly owned subsidiaries from the original pilot developments within the Weitzman Institute: the National Nurse Practitioner Residency and Fellowship Training Consortium (NNPRFTC), the National Institute for Medical Assistant Advancement (NIMAA), and ConferMed.

Location:

Connecticut Pediatrics @ C