Bilingual Community Health Advocate — Home Visits & Education

Hamilton Madison House; New York (NY); On-site; USD 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

15 vacation days

12 sick days

3 personal days

12 agency-wide holidays

Job summary

Hamilton-Madison House in New York, NY is seeking a Community Health Worker to join the NORC Team. This full-time role supports rising-risk patients through culturally sensitive, peer-based education and connections to health and social services.

You will work with hospital-based teams, conduct home visits, and help patients navigate care across communities in NYC. Qualifications include 2+ years of CHW experience, workshop facilitation, and multilingual abilities.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of CHW or comparable community-based experience.
• Experience facilitating workshops and providing one on one health support.
• Comfortable conducting home visits.
• Strong interpersonal skills demonstrate empathy and support.
• Bilingual required: English/Cantonese or English/Spanish or English/French Creole or English/Other.

Responsibilities

• Enrolls and manages caseload of patients who meet rising risk program criteria.
• Conduct in person visits, provide in person education and support, along with other activities, including environmental assessment and medication reconciliation process.
• Delivers practice-based education and support.
• Help patients set and achieve program goals.
• Supports patients to navigate the health care system.
• Connects patients to social resources based on identified needs.
• Conducts at least 2 home visits and provides appointment accompaniment as needed; patients may reside in any of the boroughs of NYC.
• Complete required documentation associated with assessments and educational sessions using approved collection methods.
• Submits all required documentation by designated deadline.
• Facilitate at least one social service connection per patient.
• Collaborate with other Hospital team members to improve patient outcomes.
• Participate in outreach, planning and execution of special events, including workshops, health fairs, community events, and the annual Community Health events such as the family graduation.
• Facilitate at least 2 community-based workshops per year.

Skills

CHW experience

Workshop facilitation

Home visits

Interpersonal skills

Multilingual ability

Communication (written & verbal)

Job description

Hamilton-Madison House in New York, NY is seeking a Community Health Worker to join the NORC Team. This full-time role supports rising-risk patients through culturally sensitive, peer-based education and connections to health and social services.

You will work with hospital-based teams, conduct home visits, and help patients navigate care across communities in NYC. Qualifications include 2+ years of CHW experience, workshop facilitation, and multilingual abilities.