Community Health Outreach Worker

Salary : $42,000.00 - $44,000.00 Annually

Location : City of Hopewell, VA

Job Type : Regular Full-Time

Job Number : HF111425

Department : Healthy Families

Opening Date : 11 / 14 / 2025

Closing Date : Continuous

Description

Under the general supervision of the Loving Steps Supervisor, conducts systematic, standardized screenings and assessments with parents prenatally or immediately following birth and refers families in need of extra supportive services to appropriate programs or agencies. Markets the program in the community via resource fairs, program contacts, and other sources, and make home visits.

Examples of Duties

• Conducts assessments / screenings with prenatal and post-birth families. Determines families in need of extra supportive serves, and meets with supervisor to review family status and plan appropriate service interventions i.e. Loving Steps and / or other community resources.
• Makes appropriate referrals to community resources if needed, submitting any written materials to supervisor for approval prior to mailing.
• Serves as client advocate as required. Demonstrates ability to successfully link client families with community resources.
• Accurately completes all paperwork required in a timely manner and submits to supervisor as required.
• Conducts community education activities and presentations as assigned.
• Accurately enters information into RedCap in a timely manner.
• Organizes and manages all resource information such as flyers, pamphlets, booklets, etc.
• Establishes and maintains relationships with referring agencies in the community.
• Establishes and maintains relationships with other community agencies to whom we may refer clients for services.
• Attends regular staff meetings, team meetings, in-service training, and other meetings as required.
• Performs other related duties as assigned by supervisor.
• Applies working knowledge of established family dynamic principals including but not limited to parent-child interaction, child development and the dynamics of child abuse / neglect to help client improve parenting skills, reduce family stress, and meet needs of parents. Helps parents learn problem solving and coping skills and refers them to appropriate community agencies as is appropriate. Helps parents to incorporate effective disciplinary techniques in the family structure.
• Performs case management and development of individual or family service plans with goals, objectives and activities to meet individual client needs. Meet with supervisor on a weekly basis to evaluate client status.
• Implements Family Service Plan and developmental screening tools under the general supervision of the Program Supervisor.

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DISCLAIMER : The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

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