Health Promoter / Outreach Worker- Public Health (Cameron and Hidalgo Counties) - Casual
Company: UT Health
Location: Brownsville
Posted on: June 14, 2022
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Job Description:
Health Promoter / Outreach Worker- Public Health (Cameron and
Hidalgo Counties) - Casual
**Brownsville, Texas**
Education / Child Care
UTHealth School of Public Health
Requisition #: 2200017R
**Department: School of Public Health**
**Location: Cameron and Hidalgo Counties**
**Position Type: Part Time/ Casual**
**Position Summary:**
The SNAP-Active program is a large-scale initiative delivering
messages using media, providing social support through counseling,
increasing education and access to physical activity resources
(e.g., exercise groups), providing health risk screenings and
nutrition education, and supporting environmental and policy change
strategies. The program plans expand efforts from Cameron County
into Hidalgo County through the establishment of new free exercise
offerings in conjunction with the existing Community-Wide
Campaign.
SNAP-Active will partner with the existing Community-Wide Campaign
municipalities that include Brownsville, Combes, Harlingen, Laguna
Vista, Los Fresnos, Los Indios, Port Isabel, Rio Hondo, and San
Benito, and will begin working in three new communities of La
Feria, Alamo, and San Carlos to expand the network of
municipalities implementing this evidence based approach. All of
these cities were chosen due to the prevalence of low-income
residents as well as a desire from city leadership to support
building healthy lifestyle programs, paving the way for city
leaders and university staff to leverage resources and provide free
programming to community residents and identify built environment
and policy solutions to better address population health.
**Position Key Accountabilities:**
+ Conducts exercise classes and/or nutrition-related classes within
the community assigned.
+ Works directly with community's Community Health
Worker/Promotor(a) to assist with programmatic needs such as
contacting participants and scheduling follow-ups, if
necessary.
+ Establishes rapport with participants in order to encourage
complete accurate responses and continuing participation. Works in
the field, either going to homes or places of business or at
specific program areas.
+ Follows program protocol for tracking participants, how to
conduct interviews, assist with follow-up, as well as exercise
class participation.
+ Data entry as needed.
+ Handles administrative details such as time and effort reports,
and mileage reports.
+ Performs other duties as assigned.
**Certification/Skills:**
+ Bilingual - English and Spanish preferred.
**_Preferred:_**
+ Current certification in a physical activity and/or nutrition, or
willingness to receive certification
+ Current CPR/First Aid certification, or willingness to receive
certification
+ Good communication skills, both written and verbal.
**Minimum Education:**
+ High school diploma or equivalent is preferred; but not
required.
**Minimum Experience:**
+ None Required
Physical Requirements:Exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally
and/or up to 10 pounds frequently and/or a negligible amount
constantly to move objects Security Sensitive:This job class may
contain positions that are security sensitive and thereby subject
to the provisions of Texas Education Code - 51.215
If you are looking for a great healthcare career in Houston,
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**University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
(UTHealth)**
Established in 1972 by The University of Texas System Board of
Regents, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
(UTHealth) is Houston's Health University and Texas' resource for
health care education, innovation, scientific discovery and
excellence in patient care. The most comprehensive academic health
center in the UT System and the U.S. Gulf Coast region, UTHealth is
home to schools of biomedical informatics, biomedical sciences,
dentistry, nursing and public health and the John P. and Kathrine
G. McGovern Medical School. UTHealth includes The University of
Texas Harris County Psychiatric Center, as well as the growing
clinical practices UT Physicians, UT Dentists and UT Health
Services. The university's primary teaching hospitals are Memorial
Hermann-Texas Medical Center, Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital
and Harris Health Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital.
**UTHealth Benefits**
UTHealth offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package.
For more information on our benefits programs please refer to the
UTHealth Office of Benefits Website.
https://www.uth.edu/benefits/benefits-summary.htm
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