Community Health Worker - Time Limited - Health Department

Salt Lake CountyA career with a purpose in the community you love!

Salt Lake County invites you to explore our exciting career opportunities. We seek highly enthusiastic individuals to enrich our County with your experience and talent. If you enjoy working in a team environment that is committed to changing the lives of its community please keep reading.

What it is like to work here:

At Salt Lake County our culture is woven into all aspects of our work and our employees lives from the way we treat each other to the way we support the community. To promote and foster a fun and healthy work environment we appreciate employees through great benefits a healthy work-life balance and room to grow and develop.

Surround yourself with:

Peers who are motivated to make a difference in the lives of those we serve. We serve Salt Lake County and envision a safe and beautiful place for all to live work and have fun. Salt Lake County is about connecting people and championing our community. Community is more than a place. Its our heart and service that bring us together.

We encourage a work-life balance:

Working for Salt Lake County is more than just a paycheck. A career with /Salt Lake County includes several benefits and perks. We support our employees with 12 Holidays up to 24 vacation days 12 sick days and one personal day every year.

Additional Benefits include:

• Retirement options for hybrid pension/401(k) or 401(k) only with a 10% contribution
• Medical coverage including a 100% county-paid premium option Dental and Vision coverage including coverage for adult designees
• Health Savings account with a county contribution up to $1200/year Flexible Spending Account
• 100% county-paid Long-Term Disability and Short-Term Disability option
• Professional Development including professional membership fees paid
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Plus: On-site medical clinic and gym; pet insurance auto and home insurance and discounts at County facilities.

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JOB SUMMARY

The Community Health Worker (CHW) will work with Community Based Organizations (CBOs) healthcare providers and departments/programs within the County to strengthen health equity serve as a liaison between community members and service providers address social determinants of health and provide education in culturally relevant and linguistically appropriate ways. One of the essential functions for this position is to network and establish and build relationships within communities we serve.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelors Degree from an accredited college or university in Community or Public Health Education Health Education Public or Health Administration or closely related field OR an equivalent combination of related education and experience working as a Community Health Worker Promotion Health Navigator Patient Advocate or similar.

A valid Drivers License accepted by the State of Utah is required at the time of hire. A valid Drivers License issued by the State of Utah must be obtained within six (6) months of hire to operate a County vehicle.

Due to the nature of this position the successful applicant must pass a required background check through fingerprinting and enrollment in the continuous RAP Back (Record of Arrest and Prosecution Back) program in accordance with current County Human Resources policy requirements.

Experience working in specific zip codes/neighborhoods and with underrepresented communities strongly preferred.

Community Health Worker Certification is strongly preferred.

Ability to read write and speak in a language other than English strongly preferred

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Interacts with community members and connects them with needed resources.
• Acts as a liaison between clinic staff patients community members and CBO partners.
• Promotes services within the community by establishing relationships with local schools service providers community groups churches age-specific programs and others.
• Develops culturally and linguistically appropriate material this may include translating.
• Provides information education and outreach to individuals small groups and community partners and clinical staff.
• Networks develops and maintains partnerships with community support agencies.
• Provides advocacy to address health disparities at the individual and community levels.
• Gathers and provides statistics on numbers of community members served and community health worker outcomes for Salt Lake County Health Department
• Gathers feedback about additional community needs and gaps in services through focus groups surveys and individual discussion. Works with community agencies to help solve these gaps.
• Schedule appointments with health/social services agencies for community members.
• May provide information education and outreach on COVID-19 issues and teach community members ways to mitigate its spread in a manner that culturally supports the community being served.

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSA)

Knowledge of:

• Cultural sensitivity and culturally appropriate health information
• One language in addition to English
• Interpersonal and relationship building skills
• Community and individual assessment methods
• Community outreach and teaching strategies
• Ethical and professional standards of conduct
• Language and communication skills that build and maintain trust with clients and contacts.
• State county and community services and resources
• HIPAA regulations
• Standard office practices and procedures including business writing and telephone etiquette.
• Basic medical terminology

Skills and Abilities to:

• Communicate effectively in English both verbally and in writing.
• Be able to understand and read English and if applicable a second language
• Understand culturally and linguistically appropriate material for documents and flyers
• Work with minimum and act independently
• Work effectively in team settings
• Use a word processor computer
• Work effectively with people from a variety of social ethnic economic educational and professional backgrounds
• Communicate and deal effectively with public government business and community leaders

Typical work hours are Monday through Friday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. This position offers a hybrid schedule; with at least two days in office and a max of three days working from home.

The position requires traveling to outreach community events and Community Based Organizations with some evening and weekend hours due to community events.