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Youth Community Health Worker
Brooklyn, NY (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=400+Pennsylvania+Avenue+Brooklyn+NY+USA+11207)
Description
The central focus of the Youth Community Health Worker (CHW) is to assist program participants including youth and their caregivers to gain access to essential community resources to resolve difficulties such as unemployment, food scarcity, and referral to appropriate welfare and housing assistance agencies.
Essential Functions and Duties:
· Work collaboratively with the Youth Empowerment Counselor and Addictions Program Manager, to support goals Youth Empowerment Services
· Assist youth/caregivers with necessary resource referrals for available community and NYC resources. This will entail attending community focus meetings.
· Calling/texting clients to facilitate timely attendance in medical and behavioral health appointments.
· Build Rapport and Communication with BH, MOUD and adolescent patients to facilitate their treatment adherence.
· Precisely and briefly document all services they have rendered for patients in the electronic medical record.
Requirements
Required Skills/Abilities:
· 2 years of demonstrated working with both youth and adults within a social agency or adolescent department of a medical center, must have experience with youth having SUD issues.
· Able to establish rapport with adolescents, parents and extra-agency representatives.
· Able to attend community meetings, take notes and present with decorum.
· Attend 3- Hour Training of the Trainer (TOT) (Currently offered by NYCDOHMH).
· Have a working knowledge of East New York, Brownsville, and other surrounding communities.
· Practical understanding of technology, local and city-wide resources and the welfare system.
· Ability to prioritize and delegate multiple tasks and projects to ensure each is completed correctly and in a timely manner.
· Proficient in Microsoft Office.
· Proficient in utilizing Electronic Health Records.
· Able to establish and maintain effective and collaborative working relationships and demonstrate compassion, respect, courtesy, and tact when interacting with others.
· Actively listen, elicit needed information, and communicate information effectively and accurately.
Education and Experience:
· Associate or bachelor’s degree in human services, Social Work.
· Possess an active CPR certification.
· Effective time management and excellent organization and planning skills
· Computer literate in Word, Excel, and internet functions.
· Bilingual English with Spanish preferred.
Physical Requirements:
· Ability to attend meetings at BMS clinics as well as venues in the community.
· Must be able to lift 10 pounds at times.
· Must be able to traverse all facilities in all types of weather.
Salary Description
50,000