Job Title: Instructor
PVN ID: LA-1811-002820
Category: Instruction and Social Service
Location: LAGUARDIA C. C.

Job Description

General Description

Overview:  LaGuardia Community College is seeking instructors to teach a community health worker training course in an apprenticeship program conducted in collaboration with 1199SEIU-FET at BronxCare Health Center. This program provides selected incumbent hospital staff the opportunity to participate in a paid internship to become Community Health Workers.  LaGuardia will provide the didactic component of the project.   Day and evening hours required.

Topics to be covered in the instructor training and course curriculum include:

  • Key concepts in public health
  • Individual and community outreach
  • Organization, time management and documentation
  • Individual and community assessment
  • Advocacy and community capacity building
  • Care coordination and systems navigation
  • Navigating health insurance
  • Education to promote healthy behavior change
  • Topic specific information on screening and care of common chronic diseases

CHW Training Program consists of three courses:

Foundations for Community Health Workers (96 hours): This course is designed to provide an overview of the roles and responsibilities of a CHW and covers the CHW core competencies recommended by National Community Health Worker Advisor Study. This course is practical and skill-based focusing on the essential aspects of Community Health Worker functions.

Health and Wellness (48 hours):  Emphasis will be on learning strategies that can be used to aid in client awareness, their education, and incorporation of health into their daily living.

Community Health (32 hours): This course provides a theoretical and practical overview of public health with a strong emphasis in social justice and the role of policy in health outcomes. It covers a basic orientation to the organization of health care systems in New York City and the position of the community health worker within these systems.

Other Duties

Qualifications

Masters Degree in Health Education, Public Health, Community Health, 2 years teaching experience, 2 years work experience in the community/clinical settings. Familiarity with curriculum development and an Adult learning, participatory teaching style and popular education is desired.

About the Research Foundation

The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) was established as a not-for-profit educational corporation chartered by the State of New York in 1963. RFCUNY supports CUNY faculty and staff in identifying and obtaining external support (pre-award) from government and private sponsors and is responsible for the administration of all such funded programs (post-award).

RFCUNY stands between CUNY’s principal investigators (PIs) and the sponsors who support them and strives to fulfill its essential responsibilities to both groups. Working closely with individual PIs and Grants Officers on the campuses, RFCUNY oversees employment, accounting, audit, reporting, purchasing, and special responsibilities that include management of a planned giving program; liaison with governmental agencies and foundations; negotiation of agreements; facility construction and renovation; protection and commercialization of intellectual property; and compliance with applicable standards in research involving human subjects, animal care, environmental and radiological safety, and conflicts of interest.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The Research Foundation of the City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities Act/E-Verify Employer. It is the policy of the Research Foundation of CUNY to provide equal employment opportunities free of discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic violence victim status, arrest record, criminal conviction history, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Key Features

Department
Adult and Continuing Education
Status
Part Time
Pay Range
$65.00
Hour(s) a week
2.00-6.00
Closing Date
Dec 04, 2019 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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