Part-Time: Community Health Worker

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Part-Time: Community Health Worker

  • 496915
  • Florence
  • Staff
  • Part-time
  • Gateway Community & Technical College

Title: Part-Time: Community Health Worker

Salary Range: $16.75

Contract Term Length: Not Applicable

Standard Hours: 15 hours / Week

Work Location: Limited Hybrid

FLSA Status: Exempt

College: Gateway Community & Technical College

Campus Location: Gateway Boone

Department: North Central Area Health Education Center(AHEC)

Total Rewards

Gateway Community & Technical College offers an attractive work environment that supports excellence, innovation, and creativity.

Job Summary

This part-time position will provide community health education classes to rural and disadvantaged populations in the North Central Area Health Education Center (NC AHEC) 16-county service area.

For more information about NC AHEC please visit: http://www.northcentralkyahec.org/

Job Duties:

  • Gives informal counseling and guidance on health behaviors.
  • Advocates for individual and community health needs, and provides some direct services such as first aid and blood pressure screening.
  • Promotes tobacco cessation and prevention services, and other health-related programs.
  • Participates in community health education events, and all appropriate Area Health Education (AHEC) outreach events and programs.
  • Provides basic health education through individual encounters and focus groups, community health presentations.
  • Assess participants needs and concerns; as they relate to their family, their community and their health, and provide health information and education.
  • Plans and leads group sessions and discussions on assigned health topics.
  • Makes referrals/Shares community resources to family support, health, and social services agencies in the area.
  • Attends conferences as directed and/or assigned.
  • Assists in completing other programs goals and requirements/as needed.
  • Promotes health professions programs at Gateway.
  • Coordinates health-related activities and
  • Report to Program Coordinator and Center Director.

Minimum Qualifications:

  • High School Diploma
  • 1 year experience
  • Bilingual, Spanish - English
  • Experience in and understanding of the importance of working with students from diverse populations.
  • Excellent organizational skills; high attention to detail; independent; self-motivated; able to work in a fast-paced, changing environment.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills; ability to communicate with many individuals at all levels throughout the internal college environment as well as external business and community partners, representing his/her self in a professional and courteous manner.
  • Ability to communicate clearly verbally and, in writing.
  • Ability to multi-task, work under deadlines, and prioritize projects to meet deadlines with high levels of efficiency and accuracy.
  • Must have proficient computer skills in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Teams and Outlook
     

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Associate or Bachelor
  • 5 years experience
  • CPR and First Aid certification, Certified Community Health Worker
 

Employee Rights - Employee Polygraph Protection Act

Equal Opportunity Employer - The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is an equal educational and employment opportunity institution.

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