Health Educator Job at Jewish Family Service of Atlantic & Cape May Counties, Margate, NJ

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  • Jewish Family Service of Atlantic & Cape May Counties
  • Margate, NJ

Job Description

As a Health Educator at JFS, you will coordinate resources and services in response to individual client and program level needs. You are an active and contributing member of an interdisciplinary team contributing to team goal setting. You act as a consultant to the clinical team, service lines and other departments and participate in program development and quality improvement initiatives. Health Educators are committed to working with all clients regardless of race, gender, religious affiliation, cultural beliefs, lifestyle, and disease process or treatment plan.

Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Assess the health needs of clients and groups within JFS mental health programs. Develop and manage health education programs that help individual and client groups maintain healthy lifestyles.
  • Test the effectiveness of programs and educational materials.
  • Help clients find health services or information and the supports to navigate and access the services via scheduling support and health benefits applications (Medicaid, SNAP, WIC, MLTSS).
  • Provide training programs for other team members in mental health programs.
  • Advocate for improved health resources, policies, procedures and services that promote health.
  • Collect and analyze data to learn about and to improve programs and services for mental health clients at JFS.
  • Delivers services throughout the community, client homes, and at all JFS offices.
  • Organizes and supports recreational and/or socialization activities.
  • Develops and maintains consistent positive collateral and community relationships.
  • Prepares documentation of work utilizing agency information systems consistent with agency/program expectations regarding timeliness and content for billing purposes and compliance.
  • Attends team, scheduled supervision sessions, in service training workshops and staff meetings according to agency and program schedules.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Public Health, Community Health Education, or allied/related field or discipline.
  • - Position requires ability to drive. When using agency or own vehicle, employee must have a Valid NJ driver’s license and proof of NJ Auto Insurance ($100,000-$300,000).
  • – Day hours, Monday-Friday with some weekends and evenings required.

Job Tags

Full time, Weekend work, Afternoon shift, Monday to Friday,

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