FSRI Employment Posting
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POSITION TITLE: Bilingual Community Health Worker, Best Start RI
PROGRAM: DCYF Best Start
FULL TIME: 40 hours per week
SALARY RANGE: $19.00 – $23.62
Summary: The CHW coordinates families connecting to services and assists families in ensuring basic needs are met, helping to fill out benefit forms, connect to legal services, traverse a complicated immigration process, access food banks, ensure each member of the family establishes a medical home, and with navigating the educational system— helping children entering public school systems fully vaccinated, as well as facilitating referrals to supports for special education services. During visits, the CHW works with the family to help them build skills such as: addressing safety concerns, accessing routine and preventive medical care, caring for infants and children in early childhood, identifying and meeting their social-emotional needs, recognizing and encouraging developmental and educational milestones of the child(ren), identifying gaps in care and ameliorating those gaps, supporting caregivers in worker and/or service transitions, and advocating to ensure that care is adhered to for the child.
Qualifications:
- Associate or Bachelor’s degree preferred, High School Diploma or Equivalent required.
- Certified Community Health Worker, or ability to be certified within first 6 months of employment.
- Experience working with the childhood and adolescent population.
- Bilingual in Spanish required.
- Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation.
- Ability to document in and navigate an Electronic Medical Record (EMR).
- Strong interpersonal and social skills with an ability to collaborate with a variety of individuals.
- Ability to provide services virtually, in resident’s homes, and community locations.
- Ability to have a flexible schedule to include evening shifts and occasional weekends.
- Prior experience in behavioral health and/or case management preferred.
- Bilingual skills are compensated by an additional 6%, above base pay.
We offer our employees a comprehensive benefits package that includes health, dental and work life benefits. Only together can we continue to grow and make a difference in our communities. Join our FAMILY today!
Family Service of Rhode Island provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.
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