Community Health Worker

** The Community Health Worker serves as a liaison between residents and health providers and health care agencies in the community. The Community Health Worker helps facilitate residents access to health care providers and services to improve their health outcomes and wellbeing. This position works in conjunction with the Resident Service Coordinators at Paloma Garden and helps build residents health knowledge and self-sufficiency through a range of health-related activities education and coaching.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Collaborating with Resident Service Coordinators to identify and help address residents needs.

Collaborating with the Resident Service Coordinators to develop and coordinate on-site health and wellness programs.

Assisting residents with identifying issues that affect their overall health and developing health/social management goals and plans.

Translating and interpreting health information for residents.

Assisting residents with communicating issues and concerns to their medical providers helping to build their capacity for communication and self-advocacy with providers.

Work closely with medical providers to help ensure that residents have comprehensive and coordinated care plans

Work collaboratively with the residents and their health care providers.

Responsible for providing consistent communication to the Resident Service Coordinator.

Engaging residents in on-site health and wellness activities.

Assisting residents with completing health related forms and paperwork. Assisting residents with scheduling health-related appointments.

Documenting all resident interactions and contacts made with residents and on their behalf in an electronic database.

Attending regular staff meetings and training.

Comply with all Fair Housing requirements.

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements

This position works in an indoor office environment with prolonged periods of sitting.

Some local travel is required to fulfill training requirements and attend meetings.

Out of state travel once per year to attend national conference.

Bending Climbing Stooping Kneeling Reaching Crouching Squatting Lifting (30 to 50 pounds) Balancing Standing Sitting Hand/Foot motions Walking Seeing (Close and distant vision Detect Determine Perceive Identify Recognize Judge Observe Inspect Assess Estimate) Depth Perception Hearing/Listening Speaking/Shouting (Communicate Discern Convey Express Exchange) Use of Hands/Fingers (Grasping Holding Touching) Thinking Calculating Memory/Recall Exposure to Indoor and Outdoor environments.

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work:

Full Time Monday through Friday

Pay Range: $21.50-$24.00/hour

Location:

3140 Mallard Drive Colorado Springs CO 80910

Competencies:

Models core culture attributes of Volunteers of America Colorado that include AIRS Accountability Integrity Respect and Service.

Models Volunteers of America Colorados three strategical critical virtues of HHS Hungry Humble and People Smart

Utilization of various databases for recordkeeping.

Fair Housing Regulations

Minimum Qualifications of the Community Health Worker position:

Bachelors degree in human services or 3 years experience working with older adults in a social services environment.

Knowledge of health-related issues of older adults such as physician and mental impairments is common to the aging process.

Knowledge of Medicare Medicaid and other public benefit programs.

Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues and other stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications of Position

Certifications:

Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) Patient Care Technician (PCT) Home Health Aide.

Resident Engagement:

Ability to build trust and assist residents in identifying and managing health issues

Communication & Tech Skills:

Strong interpersonal and written/verbal communication

Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook Teams Word)