Sea Mar Community Health Centers, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) founded in 1978, is a community-based organization committed to providing quality, comprehensive health, human, housing, educational and cultural services to diverse communities, specializing in service to Latinos in Washington State. Sea Mar proudly serves all persons without regard to race, ethnicity, immigration status, gender, or sexual orientation, and regardless of ability to pay for services. Sea Mar's network of services includes more than 90 medical, dental, and behavioral health clinics and a wide variety of nutritional, social, and educational services. We are recruiting for the following position:
Sea Mar is a mandatory COVID-19 and flu vaccine organization
Job Title Community Health Worker (Pathways)
Department PHS-MSS
Reports To MSS Program Manager
Union Status Union
FLSA Status Non-Exempt
Job Code CSWP08
As a mission-driven organization, the core values of, and the services offered at Sea Mar are based on
the belief that everyone deserves to be respectfully treated in a way that preserves dignity and enhances
self-worth. Sea Mar is an advocate for its clients and aims to achieve industry-leading, client-centered,
culturally-aware services.
Sea Mar employees serve as an extension of this mission and demonstrate their commitment to an
excellent client experience by:
• Understanding and empathizing with client needs
• Surpassing client expectations
• Demonstrating a high level of integrity
• Exhibiting compassion and commitment
• Advocating for social justice
• Taking pride in individual work as well as that of the team
• Continually learning to stay current with industry standards, best practices and technology
As a Sea Mar employee, the individual in this position commits to adherence to these values to their
utmost ability and endeavors to strengthen and embody this mission daily.
Position Summary
The Community Health Worker (CHW) will work in and according to the training provided by the
Pathways model to eliminate or mitigate barriers to health and social services as identified through the
client assessment. This position will work with pregnant women and their families to help navigate and
access community services, other resources, and to adopt healthy behaviors. The CHW will serve as an
advocate, linking at risk and high risk pregnant women and their families to appropriate government,
community resources, and services for improving self-sufficiency and health care outcomes. The CHW
will provide services in the home, community and office. CHW will document all client interventions
and services provided. This is a results oriented program and success will be measured by the
completion of the established pathways and improved client outcomes.
Duties and Responsibilities
Essential duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to those listed below. The CHW may
be required to perform other duties as assigned. Under the supervision of the MSS Program
Manager, the CHW will:
• Work primarily out in the community, where she/he can more readily reach and be accessible to
the patients.
• Be a patient advocate.
• Conduct standardized patient in-take and risk assessments.
• Based on the assessment, work to complete the assigned Pathways in a timely manner.
• Document all interactions and assessments in a timely manner, using Pathways documentation
platform and Sea-Mar’s EHR.
• Attend trainings and meetings by/for Pathways, Sea-Mar Community Health Centers, and other
entities as assigned.
• Establish a trusting relationship with the target population, referred clients, and community partners.
• Identify and assist clients with client identified health and social service goals as appropriate.
• As appropriate, act as a cultural liaison between the health and human service system(s) and clients.
Where appropriate communicate clients’ cultural preferences and needs with health and human
service system(s), community partners, etc.
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