Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Incumbent in this position reports to Program Supervisor. This position works with individuals, organizations and groups in the community to recruit community volunteers and involve them in decreasing infant mortality/morbidity rates in the Black community in Palm Beach County. Community Voice is part of the Children’s Services Council Healthy Beginnings System, and is administered by Sickle Cell Foundation of Palm Beach County and Treasure Coast, Inc.

• Recruit community volunteers to participate in a five (5) week educational curriculum on prenatal care in order to raise awareness among community members on Black infant mortality;
• Train community volunteers in five-week sessions, two-hours per week, utilizing the Community Voice curriculum: “Taking It to the People”;
• Administer a pre- and post-test for community volunteers participating in the Community Voice program;
• Conduct presentations in the targeted zip codes in Palm Beach County in order to recruit persons in the zip codes to participate in the Community Voice program;
• Develop relationships with community organizations, churches, business and nonprofit agencies to serve as training locations and sources of community volunteers;
• Produce monthly reports documenting recruitment efforts and graduation rates;
• Maintain weekly contact with Lay Health Advisors for at least six months after graduation;
• Educators will conduct monthly booster sessions with Lay Health Advisors and invite special guests to discuss various programs in the Healthy Beginnings System. These sessions will provide a venue to develop strategies to disseminate and share information about the Healthy Beginnings System in order to increase referrals for services;
• Coordinate and facilitate quarterly roundtable discussions in order to keep Community Voice graduates engaged in the program and receive feedback on their experiences in the community;
• Assist with planning the annual year-end program convening and recognizing all Lay Health Advisors;

• Participate in agency Staff meetings;
• Attend Community Voice Program Staff meetings;

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