Community Health Director is responsible for developing plans for community-based health programs aimed at the prevention of disease and promotion of health. Recommends community health initiatives, policy implications and best practices after reviewing health literature and statistics. Being a Community Health Director identifies community health program related grant funding and develops grant proposals. Manages specific community health programs from planning and design through implementation and evaluation. Additionally, Community Health Director requires a master's degree in a related area. Typically reports to a top management. The Community Health Director manages a departmental sub-function within a broader departmental function. Creates functional strategies and specific objectives for the sub-function and develops budgets/policies/procedures to support the functional infrastructure. To be a Community Health Director typically requires 5+ years of managerial experience. Deep knowledge of the managed sub-function and solid knowledge of the overall departmental function. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)
DEPARTMENT: Nutrition Care Services
REPORTS TO: Nutrition Care Manager
LOCATION: Sebastopol HQ
FLSA STATUS: Regular, Part Time, Non-Exempt
HOURS: 24/week
Position Summary
The Community Health Worker (CHW) is responsible for providing culturally competent health and social services to Ceres’ clients under the supervision of the Nutrition Care Manager, and in close collaboration with the Client Care Team. The CHW role is essential to building trust and vital relationships with Ceres’ client community and the systems of health care and social services clients utilize to improve access to needed services in the community, such as food, transportation, mental health, and housing to improve outcomes of chronic health conditions.
This position is one that is client and community facing; therefore, it requires staff to be warm, compassionate, emotionally mature, organized with excellent follow through and reliability, and able to coach and guide clients experiencing challenging health issues in conjunction with food insecurity and physical limitations. The ideal candidate must be comfortable interacting with clients over the phone or in person and liaising with staff in other community-based organizations and clinics/hospitals. Candidates with lived experience in the communities Ceres serves are encouraged to apply.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities
Qualifications
Physical Demands/Work Environment
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a staff member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
COVID-19
Ceres is following the guidance and requirements of the health departments of Sonoma and Marin counties and the state of California. We have protocols in place for prevention of and response to COVID-19 and all new staff will be briefed on these in their onboarding. We need a commitment from all staff that they will abide by these protocols.
Operating Principles
Ceres Organization
Founded in 2007, Ceres Community Project works to build healthy communities by restoring whole, organic and locally grown food to its place as the foundation of health, empowering youth, and connecting people in heart-centered ways to others and the earth.
Ceres Community Project's main program, Healing Meals for Healthy Communities, provides free and low-cost nourishing organic meals, nutrition education and caring support to people facing serious illness. All of the meals are prepared by teens that learn about growing, cooking and eating healthy whole foods and the connection between diet and health, develop life and work-ready skills, and discover their power to make a difference. The Healing Meals Program improves healthy eating behaviors among clients, teens and adult volunteers and educates the whole community about the link between healthy eating and the health of both people and planet. It also strengthens the social fabric of the community, another factor that is at the root of health. In times of disaster, Ceres is an emergency nutrition provider for our community.
In addition to operating three program sites in Marin and Sonoma counties, Ceres has trained 13 communities nationally to replicate our model. We are also active at the state and national level in advocating for policies that support equitable access to healthy food and health care, including reimbursement for medically tailored meals by insurers. For more information, please visit www.ceresproject.org.
Ceres Community Project is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions at Ceres are made without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin/ancestry, age, disability, marital & veteran status or any other status protected by laws or regulations.
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