Career Lattice

Community Health Worker

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Homecare Worker

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Personal Support Worker (OHA)

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Personal Support Worker (ODDS)

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Enhanced Homecare Worker

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Traditional Health Worker

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Enhanced Personal Support Worker

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Personal Support Worker Job Coach

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Community Health Worker

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Personal Health Navigator

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Exceptional Personal Support Worker

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Description

Certified Community Health Workers (CHWs) help people adopt healthy behaviors and navigate the health system. CHWs usually share ethnicity, language, socioeconomic status, or life experience with those they serve. CHWs work for their local health care practice or Coordinated Care Organization to deliver culturally appropriate health education to promote, maintain, and improve individual and community health.

CHWs may provide information on available resources, connect people to social supports, provide informal counseling, advocate for individual and community health needs, and provide services such as blood pressure screening or other health prevention screenings.