Community Health Worker/Case Coordinator

Help patients and their families navigate and access community services, other resources, and adopt healthy behaviors and is based out of the PPOC North Region. The covered areas may include cities and towns in all of Massachusetts for pediatric patients cared for in Boston Children’s Pediatric Physician Organization at Children’s (PPOC) member practices but will concentrate in the area North of Boston and as far east as Leominster/Fitchburg/Worcester/Auburn. 
Support providers and other members of the Patient Centered Medical Home team through an integrated approach to care management and community outreach at the direction of the RST Leadership team.
As a priority, activity will promote, maintain, and improve the health of patients and their family. Provide social support and informal counseling, advocate for individuals and community health needs, and provide services as needed. 
Community outreach, such as home visits and health screenings are integral to the work of the CHW and Spanish language fluency is preferred to meet the needs of our families. 
Providing focused interventions for targeted patient populations, including, but not limited to: asthma; depression/anxiety; reproductive health/ high risk pregnancy care.