Bilingual Family Health Advocate, Maternal & Child Health Consortium of Chester County, Coatesville & Oxford, PA

Bilingual Family Health Advocate

Posted on: June 21, 2013
Application deadline: July 22, 2013
Posted by: Maternal and Child Health Consortium of Chester County

DESCRIPTION

You can make a difference in your community! Provide outreach, case management, home visiting, and health education to women and their babies enrolled in our Healthy Start Program. Join our outstanding team of employees committed to providing the highest quality of service to their participants.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Identifies pregnant women through outreach in the community and referrals from agencies and enrolls them in the appropriate services of the program.
• Publicizes the program to the community through one-on-one contact, health fairs and other special events.
• Maintains ongoing contact with pregnant women by telephone and home visits to provide emotional support, health information and referrals to health care and social services.
• Serves as the pregnant woman's advocate and accompanies her to health and social service agencies, in accordance with program protocols.
• Provides support to women experiencing challenges such as depression and domestic violence.
• Conducts screenings and assessments of program participants to aid in identifying their needs.
• Assists families in applying for and maintaining public health insurance coverage.
• Encourages women to attend pre-natal and parenting classes, support groups, and other special events.
• Maintains complete and accurate records related to the delivery of program services, using a variety of manual and electronic data gathering tools.
• Protects the confidentiality of all information regarding current and past program participants as well as organizational operations.
• Provides additional staff support to other Healthy Start offices, as needed.
• Attends team events and organizational-wide staff meetings.
• Participates in organizational-wide training programs.
• Other duties may be assigned.

REQUIREMENTS

• Proven ability to and/or history of strong involvement in local community organizations.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Fully bilingual in both verbal and written Spanish and English.
• Effective written, reading, and verbal communication skills in English and, for some positions, also Spanish. Ability in these areas will be measured by oral and reading comprehension assessments.
• Basic computer skills (e.g. Keyboarding, Windows, Internet Explorer) including ability to enter and track participant data.
• Must be detail oriented and possess strong organizational skills.
• No criminal or child abuse history as determined by a criminal background check and child abuse screening.
• Track record of working as a productive and cooperative member of a team.
• Willingness to accept supervision and make personal performance improvements as appropriate.
• Capability to work flexible hours (minimum of one evening per month and one weekend day per month) and to work at other Healthy Start offices, as needed.
• Minimum of High School diploma or G.E.D.
• At least one year of relevant paid work or volunteer experience.

This position would work out of both Coatesville and Oxford sites.

HOW TO APPLY

To apply for this role, please send your resume, preferably in Microsoft Word format, to careers@ccmchc.org