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Advising clients or community groups
Providing basic health care
Providing educational materials
Collecting community health information
Monitoring clients
Monitoring nutrition activities
Assessing community needs
Planning programs
Transporting clients
Maintaining client records
Interpreting cultural or religious information
Conferencing with clients
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Community Health Worker
Summary
Community Health Worker with experience in Advising clients or community groups and Providing basic health care.
Experience
Community Health Worker
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Maintained updated client records and plans
Advised clients on improving general health
Identified members of high-risk populations
Contacted clients to ensure required actions
Distributed educational documents to communities
Referred community members to health services
Skills
Advising clients or community groups, Providing basic health care, Providing educational materials, Collecting community health information, Monitoring clients, Monitoring nutrition activities, Assessing community needs, Planning programs, Transporting clients, Maintaining client records, Interpreting cultural or religious information, Conferencing with clients
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Maintained updated client records and plansAdvised clients on improving general healthIdentified members of high-risk populationsContacted clients to ensure required actionsDistributed educational documents to communitiesReferred community members to health services
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Maintained updated client records and care plans to ensure accurate tracking of health needs and services.
Identified members of high-risk populations to target outreach and support efforts.
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Add how often you updated the records and plans.
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Maintained updated client records and care plans every week for all clients to ensure accurate tracking of health needs and services
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Every week for all clientsDaily for new and existing clientsRegularly as needed for each case
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Show what improved in outreach after identifying these populations.
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Identified members of high-risk populations to target outreach and support efforts.
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Increased participation in health programsBetter access to health services for clientsMore effective support for vulnerable groups
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This work commonly includes maintained updated client records and plans, advised clients on improving general health, and identified members of high-risk populations.
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Other names for this job
behavioral health worker, BHW, community health outreach worker, field based community health worker, health outreach worker, public health outreach worker, public health worker, apprise counselor, behavioral health advocate, benefits outreach specialist, chw, community development coordinator.
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Community Health Worker
Already yours: Advising clients or community groups, Providing basic health care, Providing educational materials
4 of the 12 tasks this job is made of
What you have not done yet. Collecting community health information, Monitoring clients, Monitoring nutrition activities
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Already yours: Advising clients or community groups, Assessing community needs
2 of the 12 tasks this job is made of
What you have not done yet. Developing promotional strategies, Planning special events, Developing educational programs