What are the responsibilities and job description for the High Rocks Greenbrier Co. Health Alliance position at AmeriCorps?
High Rocks Greenbrier Co. Health Alliance
The Greenbrier County Health alliance (GCHA) is sponsored by the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, Center for Rural and Community Health with grant funding from West Virginia Clinical Translational Science Institute. The GCHA's mission is to empower all local communities in Greenbrier County to improve health through community action and innovative programming.An Alliance core planning group began meeting monthly in October 2014 to develop a shared process for networking collaboratively to define issues and consensus on intervention activities. The group agreed that interventions would intend to improve health and well-being of country residents by focusing on 4 major action areas : socioeconomic factors, physical environment, health behaviors and clinical partnerships. Simultaneously, the planning group developed an organizational structure to become a non-profit organization and received non-profit designation in November 2015. A newly established board of directors and 4 task force work plans have been defined to : (1) Expand the community ambassador program; (2) Increase capacity and create a network of supports to sustain evidence based self-management community workshops; (3) Develop a digital asset map of county health resources; (4) and Aggregate local foods to help meet local needs. A key component to the Alliance coordinated approach for the community health outreach is the use of community ambassadors. Ambassadors are identified because they have an interest in improving their communities' health. In 2015, five communities participated by identifying local ambassadors who became trained to identify a local need and implement a mini-grant project. Mini-grant projects occurred across the county and these help define pathways for future coordination of grassroots engagement.
Member Duties :
- Coordinate closely with the supervisor to plan and implement weekly action plans to help the GCHA reach its goals
- Focus on building stronger relationships with clinical partners, local service providers, and community partners
- Be a positive, "ambassador of good will' in the community on behalf of the GCHA Assist with the GCHA efforts to
- Inventory existing resources across the county and develop a digital asset map
- Expand the 'community ambassador' project and support ambassadors to represent their community's needs and provide solution-focused leadership to promote health behaviors
- Increase capacity for providing community based self-management workshops and develop a network of referral linkages to optimize community capacity to address health related social needs
- Identify market opportunities and plan production of local foods to help meet local need and develop resources and linkages that assist local farmers with aggregation
Program Benefits : Living Allowance , Health Coverage , Childcare assistance if eligible , Education award upon successful completion of service .
Terms :
Car recommended , Permits attendance at school during off hours , Permits working at another job during off hours .
Service Areas :
Health , Community Outreach .
Skills :
General Skills , Communications , Team Work , Education .
