Community Health Worker

Open

Northeast Pennsylvania

Outreach Coordinator

Scranton has a new public health department and the Public Health Workforce Development Corps Members will provide community outreach in various housing developments and city areas. 

 

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• Maintain the Public health dashboard and create social media pages for public health
• ·Organize vaccination clinics and health fairs in the community.
• ·Attend Pop-Up City Halls and other community events to understand the needs of the community and to promote public health.
• ·Improve access to healthcare for low-income, minority, and immigrant populations by communicating with residents and collaborating with other community partners.
• ·Combat the opioid crisis and substance abuse by spreading public health messages and collaborating with community partners to destigmatize addiction.
• ·Work to improve access to mental and behavioral health care by raising awareness through education and spreading relevant public health messages in the community.
• ·Address chronic health illnesses by promoting and planning educational programs for diabetes prevention, nutrition education, and healthy living.
• ·Will communicate with the community residents and leaders to understand the needs and find the gaps in the services to improve the physical and mental health of the residents.
• ·Create public health messages to improve awareness about general safety rules like seat belt use, bike helmet use, dangers of speeding and intoxicated driving, etc.

• good communication skills
• pleasant, patient
• comfortable with interacting and building relationships with the community members
•  ready to learn new skills

• High school diploma or higher
• Volunteer experience with outreach in the community
• Some health-related experiences would be beneficial as well
• Experience with working and managing social media accounts
• Creating educational materials like flyers and posters on Word or Canva
• Ability to lift up to 25lbs.
• Bilingual, Spanish/English, a plus