Public Health Caseworker

Job Title

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Requirements

MOS Code: NONE Education and Experience: A Bachelor's degree or higher in Social Work, Behavioral Sciences, Health Education, Community Health Education, Public Health Education, School Health Education, Behavioral Sciences or a related field and two (2) years of experience in the healthcare field, providing case management, health education in a public health, clinic and/or school setting or direct contact experience with the public, patient or provider in a communicable disease control, epidemiology or preventive health program. Licenses and Certificates: Texas Class "C" Driver's License or equivalent from another state.

General Purpose

Under general supervision, provide outreach and case management services to specific populations within the El Paso County area.

Typical Duties

Plan, implement and assess a preventative health client-centered program. Involves: Implement an individual service plan to persons living with or at risk for infectious diseases to include family members. Provide direct support services to client through one-to one contacts. Provide case management activities to include follow-up, service plan review, re-evaluations and revision of individual service plan. Conduct comprehensive assessments, client advocacy, support in short and long-term goals and conduct home visits as necessary. Teach, model and practice goal setting, problem solving and assertive communication. Conduct preventative health screenings, outreach, and counseling to include venipuncture and finger sticks while working with the other programs within the Public Health Department as needed. Educate individuals and groups on the epidemiology of infectious diseases, modes of transmission and prevention. Maintain professional and ethical multicultural approach; maintain confidentiality and privacy of persons, documents, data and communications. Stay current on vector borne diseases, reproductive health and contraceptive methods, community resources and provide appropriate referrals and information. Elicit information through intake screening interview and provide counseling. Initiate appropriate individual plans and referrals. Develop individual service plan for each client that support clients in short and long-term goals. Administer satisfaction surveys and other related evaluative inventories, develop educational materials, conduct community education through public presentations, and document records regarding care coordination. Compile data to prepare records and reports.

General Information

For the complete job description, click here. Note: This is an unclassified contract position. Grant Funded. Note: Applicants are encouraged to apply immediately. This position will close when a preset number of qualified applications have been received. Please Note: Applicants with foreign diplomas, transcripts, and degrees must have all documents translated and evaluated by an agency of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) prior to submitting them to the Human Resources Department. Please visit for more information. A résumé and/or other documents will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application. Comments such as "See résumé" are not acceptable and will result in the application being considered incomplete. To qualify for this position, required education, experience, knowledge and skills must be clearly stated on your application's employment history. We do not use any information on your resume to review if you meet the minimum qualifications for this position. Failure to fully detail all experience and job duties in the application, or copying/pasting directly from the job specification, or responses referring to your résumé will eliminate you from consideration for the position.