Health Educator - Maternal & Child Health

Salary Range: $30.39-$39.33 per hour

SUMMARY

Los Angeles County (LAC) Department of Health Services (DHS) Women's Health Programs and Innovation (WHPI) is seeking a skilled Health Educator (HE) to assist in an evidence-based grant initiative where program objectives help support healthy reproductive lives.

The position will primarily work in the WHPI Healthy Start (HS) initiative with the goal of reducing perinatal mortality and infant mortality and addressing poor perinatal health outcomes.

The areas of focus are 1) providing services, i.e., perinatal health and parenting education, screening, and referrals (food, housing, transportation), case management, care coordination, linkages to clinical care; and 2) convening diverse community associations and establish multi-sector partners to advise and inform HS activities and to develop and implement plans to improve perinatal outcomes.

The HE will also work within the entirety of the various WPHI programs and may be assigned to provide services in more than one area of focus to patients and clients.  These other programs provide maternal child health services by delivering health group and individual education classes, care navigation, linkages to practical supports, and community outreach to promote the gamut of group and individual services and referrals spanning substance use, family planning, pre-conception planning, abortion care, perinatal, postpartum, sexual health, sexually transmitted infections, and parenting education.

WHPI health education and outreach activities include working with patients who are of reproductive age and are at risk for aa combination of issues such as experiencing socio-economic distress, domestic violence, psycho-social, mental health, children, and family issues, such as lack of father involvement, or receiving treatment for a substance use disorder that may affect an existing pregnancy or their ability to become pregnant or parent.

In accordance with grant program evaluation objectives, duties include data collection utilizing evidence-based tools to demonstrate grant deliverables outcome measures.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS


* Adhere to HIPAA privacy and confidentiality standards and practices, in all areas of service delivery, including evaluation activities.


* Implements and assists in the delivery, tailoring and evaluation of grant initiative objectives on health education to include outreach linkages to care related to substance use, family planning, pre-conception planning, pregnancy options, perinatal, postpartum, abortion care, sexual health, sexually transmitted infections, and parenting education.


* Provides medically accurate education and information, through the coordination and facilitation of direct services, such as screening and referrals, case management, care coordination, health, and parenting education.


* Leads and supports the health education services through coordination to establish class schedules and coordination of...