Community Care Health Educator

Description:

This role requires field work for Safer Air activities, overdose prevention activities, care navigation, community organizing, outreach and advocacy initiatives. This role involves some evening, early morning, and weekend work. Regular and predictable in office and onsite attendance are essential. This role is designed to be flexible, as the needs of the organization change. You will have the opportunity to both directly support, and help influence the evolution of our programs and services as part of a cross-functional team. 

TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Community Care Programs general responsibilities:

Develop educational and promotional materials for use in facilitating culturally and developmentally appropriate health education and promotion in community settings and partner sites.
Meet work obligations through efficient work habits such as: Meeting deadlines, honoring schedules, thorough communication, attending and actively participating in staff and individual meetings.
Support the programs team in implementation and execution of various community care projects and goals through day-to-day tasks.
Support collection of performance metrics, monitor, and analyze data to be used for continuous improvement ideation and execution. 
Perform other related work duties as needed or as required by supervisor and programs/advocacy/policy teams.
Create supportive environments where community members and participants feel comfortable discussing sensitive topics in 1:1 or group settings.
Participate in outreach and in-reach activities, in person, virtually, via social media, as appropriate.
Attend relevant community and coalition meetings and trainings.
Enter data in google sheets or future CRM accurately and promptly.
Use platforms such as Canva to build out training presentations, fliers, and infographics with the team.
Support the training and professional development of community members and Safer Together staff about health education resources, curricula, projects, materials, and goals. 
Deliver services and track completion of supported referrals and document status/progress in various platforms.
Complete all necessary paperwork, health record documentation, and reporting requirements in a timely fashion.

Safer Air (40%):

Assist community members in informed decision-making around Safer Air, clean air and harmful air mitigation by providing accurate and comprehensive information both orally and written.
Support community capacity building through collaborations with partners to advance youth-led environmental justice initiatives related to Safer Air
Conduct quarterly community convasses of Safer Air household and community care participants through virtual, in person or phone meetings.
Facilitate community deployment of air monitors and filtration devices
Maintain up-to-date knowledge in the fields of clean air, environmental justice, asthma and respiratory illnesses, wildfires, harm reduction, health education, positive youth development, and client-centered care.
Attend and receive certification through the CA DPH Asthma Management Academy or equivalent training.

Safer Care (40%):

Disseminate our various programs’ educational materials and care tools such as harm reduction, Naloxone, rapid antigen COVID-19 and Hep C tests and other CLIA waived tests.
Conduct on and off site training on overdose prevention and Naloxone distribution to anyone who may be at risk of experiencing or witnessing an opioid overdose, including people who use drugs (opioids or otherwise), their family, members of their social networks and service providers. 
Provide written and verbal harm reduction information on overdose prevention, safer injection strategies, and Nasal/intramuscular Naloxone administration.
Participate in street outreach to engage community members through active listening and referral to providers of evidence based supports to improve health outcomes as well as medicine for opioid use disorder.
Proactively work to develop ongoing client relationships across the program’s varied interventions, through consistent and compassionate support of individuals strengths and challenges. 
Provide individual and group health education and organizational presentations on harm reduction principles and practices as a public health intervention, particularly focused on areas of safer sex, prevention and treatment of infectious diseases, safer injection drug use interventions, safer use supplies, and overdose reversal training.
Support community distribution through street outreach, community events and partnerships with community based organizations

Community Outreach, Public Health Messaging, Peer Support and Care Navigation (20%):

Support peer based support group events, including set up/break down of meeting room, preparation of facilitation materials and follow up with care navigation and support resources.
Guide and support uninsured community members on how to sign up for Medi-Cal and other insurance providers that support CalAim’s “community supports” provided by Safer Together.
Support CCP team with home visits to deliver “community supports” including asthma remediation, asthma preventative services and support with adherence to clinical care plans
Provide clients with easily accessible and low threshold services that operate within a harm reduction framework using referral systems.
Conduct outreach, base building, training, education and leadership development among our participants and community members. 

Experience, Qualifications, Skills:

Lived experience, especially experiences shared in common with the communities we serve, is valued and will be considered as analogous to some professional or educational experience
Bilingual in Spanish and/or Chinese preferred 
Cultural and socioeconomic sensitivity in dealing with individuals and staff of diverse backgrounds
Interest in racial equity, environmental justice, public health, mental health, and well-being, particularly related to youth and families
Experience providing culturally relevant human support such as direct services and/or community organizing with target populations (BIPOC: Black Indigenous People of Color, PWUD: People Who Use Drugs, or unhoused community) 
Familiarity with and commitment to Harm Reduction theories strongly desired
Experiencing coordinating logistics that involve inventory, storage, supplies distribution, etc. are preferred
Experience training, facilitation, presenting and supervising individuals including volunteers are preferred
Must be very comfortable working in “street-based” outreach situations, community events, residences (e.g., SROs) with marginalized populations.
Self-directed, motivated, and flexible with the ability to work independently and as part of a team
Willingness to learn, give and receive feedback, and encourage knowledge sharing
Strong organizational, interpersonal and communication (written and verbal) skills required
Up to date with covid vaccinations
Livescan background check
Tuberculosis Test
Ability to be flexible and work business hours with some evenings, early mornings, and weekends required.