Incubator for a multicultural California Association of Community Health Workers
Incubator for a multicultural California Association of Community Health Workers
Community Health Workers work under many job titles depending on the mission of their employer or the project they are part of as well as the funding source and RFP/MOU agreements. The list of job titles that follows have been collected from research papers on community health workers, CHW surveys to employers as well as CHW themselves. Where in doubt the job description is compared with that of the core skills and competencies of CHW as well as salary which is usually volunteer/ unpaid or entry level positions.
Abuse Counselor
Access Worker
Accompagnateurs ( Partners in Health Haiti)
Acompañantes (Mexico)
Adult Case Manager
Addiction Treatment Specialist
Assistor Case Coordinator
Asthma Outreach Worker
Asthma Educator
Asthma Family Support Worker
Asthma Peer Educator
Aunties ( Hawaii)
Bilingual Community Advocate
Bilingual Family Outreach Specialist
Bilingual Family Advocate
Birth Assistant (Doula)
Birth Attendant
Birthing Family Support Worker
Case Management Technician
Care Coordinator
Care Transitions Coordinator
Caregiver (All ages and stages of life)
Career Coach
Case Worker
Case Managers (SNAP)
Certified Application Assistant (CAA)
Certified Recovery Specialist
Community Activist
Community Advocate
Community Aide
Community Care Specialist (PHI- COVID)
Community Care Worker (CCW)
Community Coordinator
Community Connection Resource Specialists (ACES Aware)
Community Connector Specialist ( CCS) ( Kaiser, Molina)
Community Dental Health Coordinators (CDHC)
Community Health Associate
Community Follow-Up Worker
Community Health Adviser (1998 study)
Community Health Advocate
Community Health Aide
Community Health Coach
Community Health Coordinator
Community Health Educator (CHE)
Community Health Navigators
Community Health Organizer (CHO Pennsylvania)
Community Health Outreach Worker (CHOW)
Community Health Partners
Community Health Promotion and Awareness Interns
Community Health Representative (CHR)
Community Health Specialist
Community Health Worker ( CHW) (BLS SOC 21-1094
Community Liaison
Community-Clinical Linkage Specialist (CCL)
Community Mental Health Worker
Community Navigator
Community Organizer
Community Outreach Manager
Community Outreach Navigator
Community Outreach Worker
Community Promoter
Community Social Worker
Cooperative Extension Professionals
Counselor
Cultural Case Manager
Cultural Counselor
Cultural Interpreter
Cultural Mediator
Diabetes Community Outreach Coordinator
Diabetes Education Associate
Diabetes Education Mentor
Diabetes Self-Management Support Associate
Diabetes Self-Management Support Mentor
Diabetes Educator
Diabetes Family Support Worker
Diabetes Navigator
Direct Care Worker
Discharge Planner
Doula -Greek- “Women Who Serves” ( Birth Assistant)
Educator
Eligibility Worker
Enrollment Worker
Family Advocate
Family Education Coordinator
Family Planning Counselor
Family Support Worker
Family Advocate
Family Health Advocate
Family Health Promoter
Family Leadership Specialist
Family Outreach Worker (FOW)
Family Support Specialist
Family Support Worker
Female Community Health Volunteers (FCHV) Nepal
Financial Counselor
Frontline Health Worker
Head Start Teacher Assistant
Health Advisor
Health Advocate
Health Agent
Health Ambassadors
Health Assistant
Health Broker
Health Communicator
Health Educator
Health Extension Workers
Health Facilitator
Health/Nutrition Support Worker
Health Information Specialist
Health Insurance Counselor
Health Promoter
Health Liaison
Health Specialist
Health Workers
HIV/AIDS Educator
HIV/AIDS Family Support Worker
HIV Peer Advocate
HIV Prevention Coordinator
HIV Risk Assessment/Disclosure Counselor
HIV Service Coordinator
HIV/STD Prevention Counselor
Home Care Worker
Home Visitor
Home-Based Clinician Intake Specialist
Homeless Advocate
In Home Support Specialist (IHSS)
Independent Living Services Manager
Informal Counselor
Intake Coordinator
Intake Assistant
Interpreter
La Leche Peer Counselor (Breastfeeding support)
Lay Health Advisor (LHA)
Lady Health Worker (LHW)
Lay Health Advocate
Lay Health Worker (LHW)
Líderes para Cambio
Maternal and Child Health Case Manager
Medical Concierge
Medical Interpreter
Medical Representative
Mental Health First Aid Responder
Mental Health Worker
Men’s Health Specialist
Men’s Health Worker
Multicultural Health Brokers
Natural Researcher
Navigator
Neighborhood Health Advocate
New Professionals
Non Clinicians
Nutrition Adviser
Nutrition Assistant
Nutrition Educator
Nutrition Support Worker Mental Health Aide
Outreach Advocate
Outreach Case Manager
Outreach Coordinator
Outreach Educator
Outreach Specialist
Outreach Worker
Parent Aide
Parent Liaison
Part Time Project Associates
Participant Advocate
Patient Experts
Patient Navigator
Patient Services Representative
Peer Advocate
Peer Counselor
Peer Educator
Peer Health Advisor
Peer Health Educator
Peer Leader
Peer Support Specialist (PSS) (SB 803)
Peer Wellness Specialist (PWS)
Personal Health Navigator (PHN) Oregon
Physical Activity Specialist
Preconception Peer Educator (Department of Minority Health)
Pre-Perinatal Health Specialists
Prevention Specialist
Program Coordinator
Promotor(a)
Promotor(a) de Salud
Promotores
Public Health Advisor
Public Health Aide
Public Service Aide
Roving Listener
Self-Management Diabetes Coordinator
SDOH Specialist
Social Determinants of Health Specialists
Social Worker Assistant
Street Outreach Worker
Team Advocate, Level I
Team Captains (Peer support diabetes II and BP self management)
Trabajadores Comunitarios
Trained Health Extension Workers
Village Health Workers (Malawi)
Volunteers
Volunteer Health Worker
Voluntary Health Worker
Wellness Ambassadors
Wellness Guide
Women’s Health Specialist
Youth Development Specialist
Youth Worker-Program Assistant
Youth Peer Counselor
Youth Worker