Job Title: Community Health Worker Instructor
PVN ID: LA-2301-005319
Category: Instruction and Social Service
Location: LAGUARDIA C. C.

Job Description

General Description

LaGuardia Community College is seeking instructors to teach a community health worker training course.  A flexible schedule may be required to include day, evening and/or weekend hours.

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
  • Introduction of digital literacy to work within the healthcare field, teach the foundational and essential basic software skills

CHW Training Program consists of four 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 (32 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.

Public/Community Health (48 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.

Technology for Community Health (32 hours): The objective of the digital literacy course is to provide students with some of the foundational, and essential basic software skills, while providing them with hands-on experience throughout the course. Students will also be exposed to using various health app devices to help them thrive as citizens and community health care professionals.

Other Duties

Qualifications

Bachelor’s 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 Adult learning, participatory teaching style and popular education is desired.

RFCUNY Benefits

RFCUNY Employee Benefits and Accruals

About the Research Foundation

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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
Workforce Development
Status
Part Time
Pay Range
$60.00-$65.00
Hour(s) a week
4.00-16.00
Closing Date
Mar 03, 2023 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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