Community Health Worker Specialist - Jefferson Einstein Hosptial

Job Details

The Trauma Intervention Program (TIP) was established at Einstein in 2016 in the tradition of the Healing Hurt People Program of Drexel University. TIP provides intensive follow-up care to young people aged 14-30 who have been treated in the emergency department for injuries related to violence, including assaults, stabbings and gun violence. The program aims to help these patients recover from the substantial social and psychological effects of violence.

Starting with the initial injury and continuing for up to nine months afterwards, members of the team meet with clients on a regular basis to identify their needs and to connect them with services to support their recovery. The team works with clients on basic needs such as coordinating medical follow-up, health benefits, housing and legal help, runs support groups where clients can meet others who have been through similar situations, and helps with educational needs and job services to advance life goals and build hope for the future. Throughout this process, the team also provides trauma-informed counseling to help clients cope with the psychological effects of violence, working closely with Einstein's Department of Behavioral Health to provide more intensive care for issues such as depression, substance abuse, or post-traumatic stress symptoms.

Job Description

The Community Health Worker Peer (CHWP) also referred to as Peer Specialist is key member of the team providing comprehensive social services support and long-term interventions that result in mental and emotional wellbeing in addition to the medical care to support physical wellbeing to victims of violent injury. The CHWP position requires the ability to engage with young adults and their caregivers in the immediate aftermath of a potentially traumatic event (violent injury). CHWPs are trained to conduct all visits in a trauma-informed manner, and to model effective ways of engaging with resources to support healing. This job requires a significant amount of community / home-based work, and a willingness to engage with a diverse range of neighborhoods in Philadelphia. The primary role of the CHWP is to assist in engaging with clients during their involvement with TIP and to increase connection and empowerment of individuals impacted by violent injury and broader community violence.

The CHWP is responsible for engaging youth and young adults (ages 14-30) who were treated at Einstein or referred by a community agency after suffering a violent injury. This includes conducting bedside, home, community, and office visits, and phone outreach, in order to engage patients and offer TIP services. For those who become TIP participants, the CHWP is responsible for providing peer support, linkages to community supports and resources, support around navigation of health and social services, engagement with the participant's family members or natural supports when possible, and co-facilitation of trauma informed groups. The CHWP works closely with the TIP Social Worker / Program Manager, conducting joint sessions as needed.

This position requires providing service to the following age population(s) _ALL in a manner that demonstrates an understanding of the functional / developmental age of the individual served.

Work Shift

Workday Day (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Employee Entity

Albert Einstein Medical Center

Primary Location Address

5501 Old York Road, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic / programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educa?tional and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

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