Community Health Worker

Job description

Description: ** 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 ensu...