Healthy Homes Community Educator Job at Community Development C, Hempstead, NY

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  • Community Development C
  • Hempstead, NY

Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

CDLI Overview

Community Development Long Island (CDLI) is the only full-service collection of community development entities that change Long Islanders lives for success in home creation and financial growth. CDLI supports these achievements on the individual and community level by offering innovative solutions and resources to achieve personal and community economic growth.

Position Summary

The Healthy Homes Community Educator is a professional who educates and empowers people with asthma and their families to mitigate allergens and irritants through environmental interventions and self-management strategies. The focus of the role is providing education on reducing asthma triggers in the home and teaching household members how to manage their asthma symptoms, aiming to prevent asthma attacks and improve overall quality of life.

Responsibilities:

- C omplete training in delivering guidelines-based Asthma Self-Management Education and conducting home environmental assessments (at no expense)

  • Conduct in-home visits to:
    1. Provide education on asthma, including its causes, symptoms, triggers, and self-management strategies.
    2. Identify and address environmental triggers like allergens, mold, and pests, and provide guidance on how to reduce exposure.
    3. Focus on the identification and removal/reduction of asthma triggers in the home environment.
  • Input customer-level and programmatic data into databases.
  • Maintain documentation of all programmatic activities, milestones and results.

Required:

  • Bachelor’s degree and/or comparably significant experience as a Certified Asthma Specialist (AE-C), Community Health Worker (CHW) or in a health science or related field such as nursing, respiratory therapy, social work, or human services.
  • Ability to plan and facilitate effective health education tailored to the needs of the person(s) with asthma and their family/caregivers utilizing the curriculum and toolkit to be provided.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Suite (Outlook, Teams, Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
  • Strong interpersonal skills with a willingness to listen and understand the life experiences, concerns, and strengths of diverse populations and vulnerable communities.
  • Proactive, detail-oriented with strong organizational skills.
  • Must possess a valid driver’s license
  • Ability to travel throughout Nassau and Suffolk Counties, in the evening and/or on weekends.
  • Able to work independently and remotely as needed.

Highly Desired:

  • Bilingual candidates are encouraged to apply (especially those who speak English and Spanish) to communicate effectively and provide language-accessible home-based asthma services.
  • We welcome applicants with experience of living with a chronic health condition, utilizing income support programs, or public health coverage plans.
  • Prior experience/knowledge of Unite Us or a similar platform for coordinating whole-person care across healthcare, government, and community-based organizations is a desirable asset.
  • If you are aligned with CDLI’s core purpose and values, and motivated to help build a future where health and home matters for all Long Islanders, please apply today to join our dynamic talent community.

This job description is not intended to be all inclusive and the employee will perform other reasonably related duties as assigned.

Job Tags

Remote work, Work from home, Weekend work, Afternoon shift,

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