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Community Health Worker - York & Adams County

UPMC
Camp Hill, PA Full Time
POSTED ON 3/20/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/19/2025

UPMC Community Care Behavioral Health is hiring a flex full-time Community Health Worker (CHW). This role will work 28 hours/week between 8:30 am - 5 pm Monday through Friday. There is flexibility in the schedule with the preference that the CHW works some hours each day and has the flexibility to adjust hours to meet members needs. This position predominantly works remotely with some travel required through York and Adams Counties. 

The Community Health Care Worker (CHW) will work directly with individuals receiving services, family members, providers and other stakeholders, at the direction of a supervisor. This position requires the candidate have close understanding of the community they serve. This trusting relationship enables CHWs to serve as a liaison link/intermediary between health/social services and the community to facilitate access to services and improve the quality and cultural competence of service delivery. We recognize CHWs build individual and community capacity by increasing health knowledge and self-sufficiency through a range of activities such as outreach, community education, social supports and advocacy. To fill this position we will recruit a seasoned person who has expertise in issues such as housing, transportation, peer support, informal counseling, career training, and social supports. The CHWs will provide care coordination services to address health needs of individuals enrolled in the program. This position will include telephonic and face to face contact with individuals receiving services, family members and other stakeholders to engage in problem-solving and referral strategies; community-based services; resources for housing and resources available to members to promote recovery. The CHW also represents the organization to the general public, individuals in, and seeking, recovery, family members, and to stakeholder groups.

Responsibilities:

  • Flexibility in schedule to meet members' need
  • Provides telephonic assistance to members and family members concerning recovery tools and resources
  • Engage the community to improve underlying social and economic conditions that impact health
  • Assist in scheduling appointments as needed
  • Identifying challenges a member faces in the Eight Stages of Wellness and Recovery
  • Connect the member to community-based treatment and recovery supports.
  • Travel throughout the region
  • Mobilize the community level to enhance provider understanding of community needs and preferences
  • Advocate for the members' community needs, medical and behavioral health needs
  • Empower the member to self-advocate and follow through with treatment (making and attending scheduled appointments, setting goals, and community networking)
  • Represents Community Care and UPMC Health Plan recovery and transformation at all levels
  • Utilize motivational interviewing to effectively identify the member's strengths, needs, motivation, triggers, and goals in managing life circumstances.
  • Collaborate with Community Care and UPMC Health Plan care management staff, as needed, for interventions
  • Promotes principles of recovery with members, providers, and stakeholders
  • Bridge the gap between the physical health care and behavioral health treatment
  • Work in the community setting at least 80% of the time, to have direct contact with members, support teams, treatment providers and recovery supports
  • Assist members with specific non-medical needs that affect health and access to care

Salary : $19 - $29

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