Community Health Worker (CHW) in Holyoke, Massachusetts at Holyoke Medical Center

RVCC is looking to hire Community Health Worker for our School-Based Health Centers!

River Valley Counseling Center, Inc's Mission is to improve the health of all people in our community. We do that with honesty, respect, and dignity for our clients, visitors, and staff. We do that through expert and compassionate care, education, community partnerships, fostering innovation, and by inspiring hope in all we touch. We do that by being good stewards of our resources and providing efficient and cost-effective care for all.

This is a 10-month school-year position at one of our School-Based Health Centers. This program provides comprehensive health care on-site at public schools in Holyoke. The CHW will attend community events, work as a team, and provide outreach, assessments, and goal-setting with clients and their families.

Job Responsibilities:

• To support all aspects of RVCC’s Mission statement & clientele

• To provide culturally appropriate health education, information, and outreach in community-based settings

• To establish trusting relationships with patients and their families while providing general support & encouragement

• To perform initial and periodic needs assessments, including assessing barriers (i.e. transportation, community barriers, social supports); patient and family or caregiver preferences and language, literacy and cultural preferences

• To follow up with patients via phone calls, home visits, and visits to other community agencies

• Attend community meetings and health fairs to understand community issues and provide information to community assists families, groups and communities in accessing health related services

• Identify available community-based resources and actively manage appropriate referrals, access, engagement, follow-up and coordination of services

• Use health information technology to link to services and resources and communicate among team members, providers, community partners and patients and their families/caregivers

• Attend relevant trainings

• Collect and report on data for program evaluation

Job Requirements:

Education Level - High School diploma or equivalent required. Successful completion of a CHW training program preferred

Years of Experience - 1 to 2 years of experience working in a community-based setting

Skills/Abilities - Bilingual (English/Spanish) required. Excellent oral and written communication skills; ability to establish positive, supportive and trusting relationships with patients and colleagues and to work collaboratively and effectively within a team; knowledge of community social services and resources; knowledge of medical terminology and basic computer skills required. Extensive understanding of the Holyoke community including community resources.

Licensing - CHW certification preferred

Salary Range:

Benefits:

• Generous time off benefits

• Free access to VHS Fitness & Relaxation Center

• Excellent and affordable insurance including health, vision, dental and pet insurance

• Mileage reimbursement

• Exclusive Employee Discounts

• 403b match

• CEU reimbursement up to $1,000 per year

• Tuition reimbursement up to $7,000 per year