Community Health Worker

The Community Health Worker is responsible for providing services for participants enrolled in the Kansas City Healthy Start Initiative at Nurture KC. 

Role & Responsibilities:

• Enroll and manage a caseload of at least 40 program participants assigned by supervisors.
• Actively recruit participants to build the expected caseload through outreach.
• Provide on-going care coordination to pregnant and postpartum women and their infants up to 18 months of age.
• Provide case management and referral to male involved partners of the children enrolled in the program.
• Administer depression screening to program participants and make appropriate referrals.
• Assure referral and/or enrollment of program participants and their families in health coverage under ACA.
• Develop a plan of care with the program participant and modify the plan when appropriate.
• Provide assistances in locating, expediting, and coordinating medical and psycho-social services which are culturally appropriate.
• Attend all required meetings and scheduled training.
• Attend community events that might include some nights and weekends.
• Collect and maintain timely data for monthly reports for the Evaluation Team.
• Assist with the recruitment of program participants to participate in the Community Consortium.
• Adheres to the guidelines of all federal, state, local and foundation grants.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in social work, health sciences, or related field.

• At least (1) year experience working in the maternal and child area (preferred).
• Familiarity with the neighborhood services and resources in the program service area.
• Experience with grassroots organizations and coalescing neighborhoods and their residents.
• Capacity to maintain full confidentiality of program participant information and data.
• Ability to work effectively with project staff and to be a team player.
• Self-directed with the ability to complete all tasks on schedule.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Suite.