Community Health Worker

CommonSpirit Health; Redding (CA); Hybrid; USD 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

CommonSpirit Health is seeking a Community Health Worker to bridge underserved communities with essential resources. You will conduct home visits, assess needs, and connect clients to medical, behavioral health, and social services.

The role requires cultural insight, problem-solving, empathy, and resilience to remove barriers to care. You will engage with clients via home visits and various settings, tracking outcomes and coordinating with providers, housing coordinators, and legal advocates to

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Minimum of 1 year of experience in social services or care coordination.
• Driver's license valid in California.
• Community health worker training or certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Advocates for individual and community health needs.
• Builds capacity through outreach, education, counseling, and advocacy.
• Conducts standardized client intake and risk assessments.
• Develops and updates plan of care based on client goals.
• Participates in assessments via in-person, home, office, or telehealth visits.
• Collaborates with health providers and housing/legal advocates to coordinate services.
• Identifies and assists enrollment in eligible health and human services programs.

Skills

Experience in social services or care

Empathy and resilience

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Community Health Worker, you will serve as a vital link between underserved communities and essential community resources. You will be instrumental in reducing health disparities by helping clients navigate and access critical health, social, educational, and employment services through a home-visiting model. Every day you will proactively engage with clients through home visits, meticulously assessing their needs and identifying specific Pathways to care and support. You will connect clients to identified community resources, provide guidance on accessing medical, behavioral health, and social services, and offer practical assistance to overcome logistical obstacles. To be successful in this role, you will possess a profound understanding of the cultural and geographical nuances of underserved communities. A strong ability to problem-solve, coupled with empathy and resilience, is essential for effectively removing barriers to care and empowering clients.

• Advocates for individual and community health needs 1.2 Builds individual and community capacity by increasing health knowledge and self-sufficiency through outreach, community education, informal counseling, social support and advocacy
• Conducts standardized client intake and risk assessments
• Based on assessments, develops and continually updates plan of care based on client-identified health and social services goals
• Participates in the ongoing assessment of client needs via in-person, home, in-office, virtual, and/or telehealth appointments, as appropriate. Similarly, follow-up with clients via telephone, home, or other locations where the client can be found, when appropriate.
• Collaborates with health providers to develop an integrated, holistic solution to help client access services and improve client health outcomes which includes working closely and cooperatively with other personnel assigned to the same client, including medical providers, behavioral health providers, housing coordinators, legal advocates
• Identifies and helps to enroll eligible individuals in federal, state and local private and non-profit health and human services programs which includes assisting clients in completing a variety of applications and forms

Job Requirements

Required

• High School Diploma/GED
• One or more years of experience in social services or care coordination, specifically serving older adults, behavior health clients or adults with complex chronic conditions
• Driver's License: CA

Preferred

• Community health worker training or certification

Where You'll Work

Dignity Health Connected Living has been serving seniors in Shasta County since 1968. Our programs have been designed for seniors and people with disabilities. We are dedicated to meeting each participant's physical, mental, and spiritual needs and we offer a variety of high-quality, affordable health care services in a compassionate environment.

One Community. One Mission. One California