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.

 Education Requirement:

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

 Qualification Requirements:

• 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.

Employee benefits include health, dental, vision, life and long-term disability with most benefit premiums paid by the organization. The organization also offers a retirement plan, flexible spending plan and paid time off.

The salary for this position is $44,500 annually.  
Please submit cover letter, resume and salary requirement to View email address on info.npconnect.org .  

It is the policy of Nurture KC to provide equal opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, disability, genetic information including family medical history, citizenship, past or current military service, future military obligations, or any other status, characteristic, or condition that is protected by applicable law.

Job Type: Full Time

Salary Range: $30,000 - 49,999