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The Care Management Community Health Worker II (CHW) is part of the care management team and is responsible for promoting members’ optimal health and well-being through active engagement and helping them navigate and access health services. The CHW supports providers and the care management team through an integrated approach to care management and community outreach. Through 1:1 in-home visits as well as group education and support, the CHW helps identify members’ barriers to care and their preferences, provides education and mentoring, connects them to resources, and advocates for the individual.
Job Responsibility:
Cultural Mediation Among Individuals, Communities, and Health and Social Service Systems: Educating individuals and communities about how to use health and social service systems
Providing Culturally Appropriate Health Education and Information: Conducting health promotion and disease prevention education
Care Coordination, Case Management, and System Navigation: Participating in care coordination and case management
Providing Coaching and Social Support: Providing individual support and coaching
Advocating for Individuals and Communities: Advocating for the needs and perspectives of communities
Building Individual and Community Capacity: Building individual capacity
Implementing Individual and Community Assessments: Participating in design, implementation, and interpretation of individual-level assessments
Conducting Outreach: Case-finding/recruitment of individuals, families, and community groups to services and systems
Attending regular staff meetings, on-site monthly trainings and other meetings as requested
Managing assigned caseload
Perform other duties as assigned
Requirements:
High School Diploma/or High School Equivalency Certificate
At least 1 year of experience as a health navigator, peer support worker, outreach work, or promotora or working in a community setting and providing health education for chronic conditions, or equivalent
Knowledge of community resources in area of residence
Comfortable working with diverse populations
Exceptional ability to connect and engage with people
Ability to work in various environments including 1:1 in member’s homes, clinical settings, and/ or shelters
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Detail oriented, organized and possess time management skills
Basic computer skills
Travel to offsite locations for work
Able to work flexible job hours
Nice to have:
Motivational interviewing is desirable
Bilingual in one of LA Care Health Plan’s threshold languages is highly desirable. English, Spanish, Chinese, Armenian, Arabic, Farsi, Khmer, Korean, Russian, Tagalog, Vietnamese
Mental Health First Aide Certification
Successful completion of a Community Health Worker formal training program from a college or other education institution
Training in health education for chronic diseases, motivational interviewing is desirable