West Elmwood Housing Development Corporation
Full-time $25/hr
Bilingual Spanish Required
CHW Certification Required
Essential Functions
- · Work with R2E Lead CHW to report client updates, outcomes and program overview needs
- · Willing to be cross trained to function in all aspects of the CHW role with a focus on:
- o Environmental health in clients’ homes and healthy housing
- o Supporting medication access, proper medication management as directed by theclinical team, and helping clients to adhere to their asthma action/treatment plan
- o Behavior change
- o Clinicaland community-based resource availability
- o Healthliteracy both at the individual and institutional levels
- o Knowledgeof asthma & other respiratory conditions
- o Patientand systems level advocacy
- · Participate in collaborative case conference team meetings with R2E partner entities and workwith clinical teams to help develop and deliver individualized plans to meetthe essential needs of adults and children with asthma.
- · Determine assets and needs of highest and medium/rising risk groups impacted by asthma and collect baseline data to inform responses to improve asthma treatment andprevention.
- ● Work as part of a team to conduct comprehensive healthy housing assessments and support families to address andmanage asthma triggers in their homes.
- ● Collaborate with and connect clients to awide variety of community service providers and resources, including transportation, legal services, code enforcement, smoking cessation, home repair, etc.
- ● Assist with COVID-19 response as necessaryduring the pandemic to manage outbreaks and spread of COVID-19, including:
- o Becoming trained to understand, disseminate and reinforce relevant COVID-19 facts and information.
- o Conducting outreach and engaging clients to understand and address their needs and tosupport resilience, recovery and health.
- o Supporting vaccination uptake and testing initiatives.
- o Providing quarantine and isolation supports to individuals and families.
- o Providing COVID-19 related education in the community.
- o Working with WEHDC and Department of Health Staff to develop effective messaging andoutreach strategies.
- · Conduct health assessments and screenings for Asthma participants in the program
- · Provide education and support to individuals regarding healthy lifestyle choices and Asthma prevention
- · Collaborate with healthcare professionals to develop care plans for individuals with chronic conditions
- · Actively participate on the 02907 HEZ Community Action team (HEZCAT) and Rhode to Equitycollaborative.
- ● Help conduct surveys, focus groups andone-to-one interviews with residents to learn from their experiences and toincorporate their perspectives to best respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and tosupport adults and children living with asthma.
- ● Establish relationships with trusted community leaders to identify and document cultural and structural barriers that interfere with effective treatment and case reduction.
- ● Document in partner organization Electronic Health Records and use the Unite Us electronic referral platform in to make andmonitor the status of referrals to resources in the community.
- ● Maintain accurate and accessible records,files and statistics as required internally and externally
- ● Work with partner organization staff toadvocate for systems and policy changes that will result in decreased asthmaprevalence in the 02907 HEZ. (i.e., air pollution, land use and zoning, etc.)
- ● Perform additional responsibilitiesconsistent with initiative needs and other duties as assigned.
Qualification: Education, Skills, and Requirements
The qualifications listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required to satisfactorily performessential duties. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
● CHW certification is required.
● One or more years’ experience in communityoutreach and engagement.
● Excellent communication skills, including fluency(speaking, reading, and writing) in English and at least one other language commonly spoken among 02907 residents is required.
● Ability to build rapport and establish trustwith individuals from diverse backgrounds
● Excellent organizational skills to managemultiple priorities and tasks.
● Valid driver’s license and reliable transportationare required.
● Demonstrated ability to work bothindependently and as an effective team member.
● Ability to build and sustain trust andrapport with community members based on listening and respect.
● Demonstrated proficiency with MicrosoftOffice/computer skills to enter data, prepare reports and correspondence.
● Able to lift packages of up to 30 pounds.
● Must be flexible to work between a variety of in person and virtual meetings/work.
To Apply
To apply, please send your resume and a brief cover letter via e-mail to Jessica Thigpen at jthigpen@westelmwood.org