Essential Duties:

Help clients understand their health condition(s) and develop strategies to improve their health and wellbeing Facilitate communication and client empowerment in interactions with healthcare/social service systems Serve as a liaison between health/social services and the community to facilitate access to quality services and health resources Assist clients with insurance applications or other paperwork and provide informal counselling, support, and follow up with them as needed Assist clients to build understanding and social capital to support healthier behaviors and lifestyle choices Work with healthcare and social service systems to help them be culturally relevant and responsive to their service population Provide health service screenings such as blood pressure monitoring, coaching diabetes monitoring, observe medication consumption, and medication counts Collect data and report findings to healthcare providers

Other Duties:

Any other duties required by supervisor Evaluate emergency situations and handles them when the Supervisor is not in the area Maintains confidentiality of all data, including guests, employee, and operational data

Education/Qualifications:

High School Diploma/GED - CHW Certification preferred with one or more years of experience Must agree with and sign LifePath's Statement of Christian faith and be able to share that faith and knowledge with staff and guests Must have excellent and demonstrated interpersonal relations and both written and oral communication skills Proficiency with MS Office Suite, computer input, and database management Other Factors to

Consider:

Ability to walk, stand and/or sit for long periods of time, reach, lift, bend, kneel, stoop, climb stairs, push, and pull items weighing 25 pounds or less; manual dexterity; auditory and visual skills; ability to follow written and oral instructions and procedures. Excellent reading and writing skills; typing/computer usage; proficient interpersonal relations and communicative skills; ability to follow written and oral instructions and procedures; Possess a valid

Pennsylvania Driver's License Working Conditions:

Inside and outside environment