COMMUNITY HEALTH ADVOCATE I - Public Health Dayton & Montgomery : Job Details

Salary Range: $21.53 - $27.82/hourly (Non-exempt)

* salary commensurate with experience

Position Summary:

Under the direction of the Prenatal Outreach Supervisor, the Community Health Advocate I/II is responsible for conducting regularly scheduled home visits, educating parents on prenatal and postpartum care, along with information/education on toddler health and care through age one, within the ethnic communities of Montgomery County.

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

Responsible for Case Management, home visiting, documentation, and care coordination activities including: planning for and providing face to face home visits, prenatal and postpartum health education, infant growth and development education with each client within your caseload; providing appropriate referral and follow up services for clients, advocating for clients, and functioning as a community liaison between clients and community agencies to ensure clients needs are met

Completing Intake Reports, Head Start Family Strengths and Needs Assessments, Birth Outcome Reports, Sleep Assessments, Relationship Assessments, Edinburgh Postnatal Assessments, Sleep Safe Screenings, and various ages and stages questionnaires, following up with education and/or referrals based on screening results

Maintaining caseload; canvasing to recruit potential clients

Ensuring attendance at training and quality assurance activities as needed

Update and maintain skills and information

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelors degree in Social Science or related field

2-3 years of community-based work experience in community health, community outreach, or social services

Community Health Advocate I: Initiation/completion of Community Health Worker (CHW) educational requirements within one year of employment

Community Health Advocate II: Community Health Worker Certification (CHW)

Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Understands and acknowledges that Public Health - Dayton & Montgomery County uses evidence-based and evidence-informed public health practices based on scientific research including health promotion theory and practice, environmental health measures, and communicable disease control measures including vaccination, isolation, and quarantine practices, and medicine for treatment and prevention of disease, among others

Understands and acknowledges the use of tobacco or nicotine products in any form including replacement therapy products and prescription medications used to treat smoking addiction for anyone hired after January 1, 2014, is prohibited

Required to play an active role during a public health emergency, crisis, outbreak, incident, or event in which the Health Commissioner deems additional personnel resources are warranted. This may include changes in responsibilities and working locations/hours

Completion of Incident Command System 100 and National Incident Management System 700 courses within 90 days of hire

Valid State of Ohio drivers license and insurance on any personal vehicle that will be used for work

Preferred Qualifications:

Community Health Worker Certification (CHW)

Prenatal Healthcare experience

Bilingual

PHDMC provides a quality, affordable and competitive benefits package to employees, including the following:

Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance

Vacation, Sick, Personal Leave, and Paid holidays

Tuition Reimbursement

Membership with Ohio Public Employees Retirement Systems (OPERS)

Eligibility to contribute to a Deferred Compensation Program

Grant Funded: No

Closing Date to Apply: October 10, 2024, or until filled

Position is subject to a criminal background check

Applicants who declare use of nicotine/tobacco in any form including replacement therapy products and prescription medications used to treat smoking addiction on the PHDMC Application for Employment or addendum thereto, shall not be considered for employment

Applicants who do not support and promote Public Health evidence-based and evidence-informed public health practices shall not be considered for employment

PUBLIC HEALTH- DAYTON & MONTGOMERY COUNTY (PHDMC) IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER AND DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE ON THE BASIS OR RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, AGE, NATIONAL ORIGIN, DISABILITY, MILITARY STATUS, VETERAN STATUS, GENETIC TESTING, OR OTHER UNLAWFUL BIAS EXCEPT WHEN SUCH A FACTOR CONSTITUTES A BONA FIDE OCCUPATIONAL QUALIFICATION ( BFOQ )