Community Health Worker

Trinity Health MI; Muskegon (MI); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Paid time off

403B retirement plan

Job summary

Trinity Health MI is seeking a Community Health Worker for a full-time, day-shift role. You will assess and support clients to meet health and human service needs, coordinating care plans and conducting intake interviews. Extensive travel to client homes and community locations is required.

Fluency in Spanish is essential, with a HS diploma or equivalent and related experience. The role emphasizes comprehensive client-centered care in a setting focused on treating the whole person physically,

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• Bachelor's degree in a human services field preferred but not required.
• At least 1 year of experience in health, education, or social services.
• Basic understanding of health conditions such as HIV/AIDS, Diabetes, COPD, Asthma, CHF, CVD.
• Bilingual – fluent Spanish speaking.

Responsibilities

• Communicating program purposes and impact to clients.
• Conducting intake interviews and enrolling or referring individuals into community programs.
• Assisting healthcare providers to ensure patient understanding of care plans.
• Supporting care plan development, implementation, and execution.
• Monthly reporting and maintaining electronic client files.
• Traveling to client homes, community locations, agencies, and outreach destinations.

Skills

Bilingual Spanish

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Bachelor's degree in human services (preferred)

Job description

Description

Great opportunity for a Community Health Worker to work in an organization that focuses on treating the whole person, physically, emotionally and spiritually. Be Remarkable!

As a Community Health Worker, you will be assessing, planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating actions to meet the client's health and human services needs, so that they can adopt health behaviors leading to self-sufficiency. You will be coordinating and providing client support that is safe, timely, effective, efficient, equitable, and client centered.

Employment Type

Full time

Shift

Day Shift

Requirements for working as a Community Health Worker

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Bachelor's degree in a human services field, preferred but not required.
• Any combination of experience with health, education, and social services for a minimum of 1 year.
• Basic understanding of health conditions, such as HIV/AIDS, Diabetes, COPD, Asthma, CHF, CVD
• Bilingual - fluent Spanish speaking.

What Community Health Workers will do

• Communicating to clients the purposes of the program and showing them, the impact it may have on them.
• Conducting intake interviews, enrolling and or referring individuals into community programs.
• Assisting health care providers involved in the clients care, to ensure clients understanding of care plans.
• Supporting the development, implantation, and execution of care plans.
• Monthly reporting, maintaining electronic client files, including updated release of information, assessments, and other medical documents.
• Travels extensively to client homes, community locations, agencies, and other outreach destinations.

Highlights

• Day Shift Monday - Friday. No weekends or Holidays.
• Comprehensive benefit packages available including medical, dental, vision, paid time off and 403B
• We serve together in the spirit of the Gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.

Our Commitment

Rooted in our Mission and Core Values, we honor the dignity of every person and recognize the unique perspectives, experiences, and talents each colleague brings. By finding common ground and embracing our differences, we grow stronger together and deliver more compassionate, person-centered care. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.