Community Health Worker

The Community Health Worker (CHW) serves as an advocate or liaison in the community setting.

The position works in partnership with the community and plays a critical role in connecting networks with the community.

The CHW will play a central role in recruiting families, providers, and organizations throughout the Needs Assessment phase.

They will also lead stakeholder engagement for the Community Advisory Board, identifying caregivers, youth with asthma, pediatric healthcare providers, school health staff, and other community partners who can participate.

Essential Functions:

Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and the ability to work effectively with a wide range of constituencies in a diverse community and to build trust.

Identifying and developing relationships with key community partners

Community engagement, outreach and/or events planning

Locate and research new services and resources

Recruitment of families for needs assessments

Maintain records in accordance with program and funding source requirements

Develops a weekly calendar of outreach activities and location

Conducts formal presentations in the community
Participate in trainings, meetings, workshops, conferences, webinars, and conference calls as necessary

Qualifications:


* High school diploma required


* At least one year of relevant experience required


* Strong problem solving and analytical skills Knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint)


* Knowledge of virtual platforms

About Us

Nemours Children's Health is an internationally recognized children's health system.

With more than 1.7 million patient encounters annually, we provide medical care in five states through two freestanding state-of-the-art children's hospitals - Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida.

Our pediatric network includes 80 primary-urgent-and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospitalists serving 19 affiliated hospitals.

We generate annual revenues of more than $1.7 billion derived from patient services, contributions from the Alfred I.

DuPont Trust, as well as other income.

As one of the nation's premier pediatric health systems, we're on a journey to discover better ways of approaching children's health.

Putting as much focus on prevention as cures and working hand in hand with the community to make every child's world a place to thrive.

It's a journey that extends beyond our nationally recognized clinical treatment to an entire integrated spectrum of research, advocacy, education, and prevention, leading to the healthiest generations of children ever.

Inclusion and belonging guide our growth and strategy.

We are looking for individuals who are passionate about, and committed to, leading efforts to provide culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and helping build an inclusive and supportive environment.

All of our associates are expected to ensure that t...