Community Health Worker I (JONESBORO, AR)

Present College of Arkansas System workers, together with scholar workers and graduate assistants, must log in to Workday by way of MyApps.Microsoft.com , then entry Discover Jobs from the Workday search bar to view and apply for open positions. College students at College of Arkansas System two-year establishments may even view open positions and apply inside Workday by looking for “Discover Jobs for College students”.
All Job Postings will shut at 12:01 a.m. CT on the required Closing Date (if designated). To view the job posting deadline please return to the seek for jobs web page.

In the event you shut the browser or exit your utility previous to submitting, the applying course of can be saved as a draft. It is possible for you to to entry and full the applying by means of “My Draft Functions” situated in your Candidate Residence web page.

Kind of Place:
Tutorial Growth

Job Kind:
Common

Work Shift:
Day Shift (United States of America)

Sponsorship Obtainable:

No

Establishment Title:
College of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

The College of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has a novel mixture of schooling, analysis, and scientific applications that encourages and helps teamwork and variety. We champion being a collaborative well being care group, centered on bettering affected person care and the lives of Arkansans.
 

UAMS gives wonderful advantages and perks (out there for advantages eligible positions solely ):

• Well being: Medical, Dental and Imaginative and prescient plans out there for qualifying employees and household
• Vacation, Trip and Sick Go away
• Training low cost for workers and dependents (undergraduate solely)
• Retirement: As much as 10% matched contribution from UAMS
• Fundamental Life Insurance coverage as much as $50,000
• Profession Coaching and Academic Alternatives
• Service provider Reductions
• Concierge prescription supply on the primary campus when utilizing UAMS pharmacy

Under you can find the small print for the place together with any supplementary documentation and questions you need to evaluate earlier than making use of for the opening.  To use for the place, please click on the Apply hyperlink/button.

The College of Arkansas is an equal alternative, affirmative motion establishment. The College doesn’t discriminate in its education schemes or actions (together with in admission and employment) on the idea of age, race, coloration, nationwide origin, incapacity, faith, marital or parental standing, protected veteran standing, army service, genetic data, or intercourse (together with being pregnant, sexual orientation, and gender id). Federal regulation prohibits the College from discriminating on these bases. Questions or considerations in regards to the utility of Title IX, which prohibits discrimination on the idea of intercourse, could also be despatched to the College’s Title IX Coordinator and to the U.S. Division of Training Workplace for Civil Rights.

Individuals should have proof of authorized authority to work in america on the primary day of employment.

All utility data is topic to public disclosure underneath the Arkansas Freedom of Info Act.

At UAMS we worth Variety, Fairness and Inclusion.
 

For basic utility help or when you have questions on a job posting, please contact Human Sources at [email protected] .

Division:
COM IOA Northeast Admin

Division’s Web site:

Abstract of Job Duties:
***POSITION IS LOCATED IN JONESBORO, AR***
The Neighborhood Well being Employee (CHW) is an important member of the Built-in Companies crew, accountable for offering community-based schooling and well being promotion actions, helping with sustaining a referral useful resource checklist for fifteen counties and collaborating with different group service suppliers to enhance well being outcomes for older adults within the assigned counties. The CHW may even help with the upkeep of the Middle on Growing older’s recordsdata and database, together with different administrative duties, and can present train alternatives in individual, hybrid, and nearly to older adults within the assigned counties. The perfect candidate have to be prepared to work with multi-disciplinary groups internally and externally in numerous communities in an built-in well being and social companies care supply crew mannequin whereas striving to enhance well being outcomes for older adults.

{Qualifications}:

Minimal {Qualifications}:

• Excessive Faculty Diploma/GED plus two (2) years basic expertise in group outreach, schooling, case administration, and administration skilled
• Should enroll in an authorized CHW Coaching Program inside 45 days of employment
• Should be proficient with Microsoft Workplace.
• Should be out there to work on nights or weekends for infrequent well being truthful (superior discover and prearrangement can be given
• Legitimate AR driver’s license and dependable transportation

Information, Expertise & Talents:

• Sturdy interpersonal and communication abilities, with the power to work together successfully with older adults, their households, and healthcare suppliers
• Capability to work independently and collaboratively as a part of a multidisciplinary crew
• Information of group sources and the power to attach older adults with applicable companies and assist
• Sturdy organizational abilities, together with the power to handle a number of duties and meet deadlines
• Dedication to selling range and inclusion in all features of service supply
• Flexibility to work in numerous group settings, together with personal properties, group amenities, and digital platforms
• Capability to adapt to altering priorities and deal with delicate data with discretion

Most well-liked {Qualifications}:

• Accomplished licensed CHW coaching program
• Two (2) years expertise working in group outreach in geriatrics
• Bachelor’s Diploma plus 4 (4) years basic expertise in group outreach, schooling, case administration, or administration expertise

Extra Info:

Duties:

• Conducts outreach to people, communities, service suppliers, and teams
• Identifies and recruits people, households, and group teams to companies and techniques
• Educates well being and social service techniques and suppliers about group views and cultural norms
• Facilitates cross-cultural communication amongst people, communities, and well being/social service system employees
• Liable for the interpretation and cultural adaptions of sources and academic supplies
• Coordinates care, gives case administration assist and assists people and communities in navigating well being and social service techniques
• Participates within the design, implementation, and interpretation of community-level assessments (e.g. windshield survey of group belongings and challenges, group asset mapping)
• Presents at native companies and group occasions to share data and educate people and communities about well being and social service considerations and sources

***POSITION IS LOCATED IN JONESBORO, AR***

Wage Info:

Commensurate with schooling and expertise

Required Paperwork to Apply:

Checklist of three Skilled References (identify, e mail, enterprise title), Resume

Non-obligatory Paperwork:

Proof of Veteran Standing

Particular Directions to Candidates:

Recruitment Contact Info:

Please contact [email protected]  for any recruiting associated questions.

All utility supplies have to be uploaded to the College of Arkansas System Profession Website https://uasys.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/UASYS  

Please don’t ship to listed recruitment contact.

Pre-employment Screening Necessities:
Annual TB Screening, No Background Verify Required

This place is topic to pre-employment screening (prison background, drug testing, and/or schooling verification). A prison conviction or arrest pending adjudication alone shall not disqualify an applicant besides as offered by regulation. Any prison historical past can be evaluated in relationship to job duties and enterprise necessity.  The data obtained in these experiences can be utilized in a confidential, non-discriminatory method in keeping with state and federal regulation. 

Fixed Bodily Exercise:
N/A

Frequent Bodily Exercise:
Crawling, Feeling, Kneeling, Manipulate objects with fingers, together with keyboarding, Reaching, Sitting, Standing, Stooping, Strolling

Occasional Bodily Exercise:
N/A

Advantages Eligible:
Sure