Community Health Worker - Akron Public Schools
Company: Akron Children's Hospital
Location: Akron
Posted on: June 29, 2025
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Job Description:
Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Grant Funded Position
Onsite, Akron Public Schools Summary: The Community Health Worker
is a frontline public health worker who is a trusted member of
and/or has an unusually close understanding of the community they
are assigned to serve. This trusting relationship enables the
worker to serve as a liaison/link/intermediary between
health/social services and the community to facilitate access to
services and improve the quality and cultural competence of service
delivery. The position provides community support services by
partnering with other community agencies to help at-risk/highest
risk individuals and their families navigate complex social service
and health care systems to attain access to services to promote
healthy behaviors and manage conditions that affect their health
and social well-being. Responsibilities: 1. Serve as a
liaison/link/intermediary between health/social services and the
community. 2. Make home visits to various types of
individuals/families such as chronically ill patients, pregnant
women and nursing mothers, individuals at high risk of health
problems and the elderly. 3. Appropriately utilizes external
inter-agency care coordination collaboration platforms to enhance
inter-agency collaboration and for tracking services and outcomes
for the purposes of community research projects or service
reimbursement programs. 4. Adheres to industry accepted practices
and relevant legal and regulatory standards for community health
work. 5. Understands and applies the principles of patient and
family-centered care. 6. Accurately document client encounters in
electronic systems per organization standards. 7. Other duties as
required. Other information: Technical Expertise 1. Ability to work
with a diverse population of individuals. 2. Ability and
willingness to provide emotional support, encouragement and
motivation to clients. 3. Familiarity with resources available in
the community assigned. 4. Ability to follow set data collection
processes and track services provided. 5. Ability to solve
practical problems with a degree of autonomy. 6. Proven experience
being a team player. 7. Must possess emotional health and emotional
intelligence to review and resolve stressful situations. 8.
Proficiency in MS Office [Outlook, Excel, Word] or similar software
is required. Education and Experience 1. Education: High school
diploma or GED required. 2. Certification: Community Health Workers
certification through the Ohio Board of Nursing (within 2 years
from DOH/transfer be obtained after hire). 3. Good communicator –
both written and verbal. 4. Years of experience supervising: 0 to 2
years is preferred. Full Time FTE: 1.000000 Status: Fixed
Hybrid
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