Community Health Worker

Salary

$67,614.56 - $85,705.15 Annually

Location

WA, WA

Job Type

Career Service, Full Time, 40 hrs/week

Job Number

2025AO23997

Department

DPH - Public Health

Division

Community Health Services

Opening Date

04/04/2025

Closing Date

4/18/2025 11:59 PM Pacific

FLSA

Non-Exempt

Bargaining Unit

C9A : PROTEC
17-DPH, DCHS-Health Prof

Full- or Part-Time

Full Time

Hours/Week

40 hours/week

Community Health Services assures the provision of clinical health care services in King County through policy and planning work with partners and through the direct provision of clinical services. Community Health Services include parent-child health services, preventive and primary care services, oral health, homeless health care, youth health services, Integrated Behavioral Health services, outreach, WIC, refugee services, Access and Outreach, Black Community Equity Team, children's health services, dental clinics and other resources, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Emergency Medical Services, food insecurity screening, health insurance navigation, Health services for the homeless, immunization, Public Health Centers, resources for child care facilities, school health and teen health, and pharmacy services.

Do you have experience serving pregnant/parenting individuals, infants, and families with a commitment to racial and social justice? Do you enjoy working collaboratively with coworkers, colleagues and partners to facilitate the care of clients? Are you interested in putting your skills to work to make a difference in your community? Are you passionate about empowering clients, experience in navigating systems, have great listening and communication skills, possess cultural humility/cultural responsiveness, education and outreach skills, organization and documentation skills and understanding of public health?

If so, this is the job for you!

The Department of Public Health has an opening for a Community Health Worker (CHW) to join a vibrant, multi-disciplinary, and diverse team at Federal Way and Midway Public Health Centers to deliver First Steps services. The Community Health Worker is an important member of the First Steps team. The First Steps program serves individuals and families with diverse backgrounds and needs at a variety of Public Health and community locations, including client homes.

The program functions as a multidisciplinary team comprised of Dietitians, Public Health Nurses, Community Health Workers, and Social Workers.

The First Steps program provides health education, case management, referrals, and service linkages to qualifying individuals with Medicaid coverage to promote pregnancy, birth, and early childhood health outcomes. The CHW collaborates and coordinates with nurses, social workers, nutritionists, interpreters, and other CHWs to deliver health education and preventative health services to Medicaid-eligible and qualifying pregnant and post-pregnant individuals, infants, and their families from a broad range of cultures, communities, backgrounds, and experiences, including people experiencing homelessness and mental illnesses.

This position supports and advances the Community Health Services Division's values for fair and culturally-competent service delivery; innovative, effective, and efficient application of resources; and a culture of performance, expanding opportunities to seek input, listen, and respond to clients. The successful candidate will maintain positive relationships with our clients; demonstrate flexibility in managing schedules that meets client needs; be proficient in verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills;

exhibit a constructive and collaborative attitude in challenging situations; think critically and make informed decisions; be attentive to details; and conduct themselves in a professional manner, abiding by all confidentiality requirements.

Named after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., one of the most influential civil rights leaders in our nation's history, King County is a vibrant international community with residents that represent countries from around the world. It is a region with increasing diversity that cherishes the traditions of many cultures.

The county government has a deep commitment to equity and social justice and advancing practices, strategies, and policies that promote fairness, justice, and opportunity for all – in our workplaces and our communities. With this commitment, King County has adopted a pro-equity agenda to advance regional change and ensure that residents from all communities are incorporated into our emergency planning and public outreach efforts.

We recognize that structural racism consists of principles and practices that cause and justify an inequitable distribution of rights, opportunities, and experiences across racial groups. Since declaring Racism is a Public Health Crisis in June 2020, King County and Public Health committed to being intentionally anti-racist and accountable to Black, Indigenous and People of…