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job opening: community health worker

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Community Health Worker – Bilingual English/Spanish

Posted  2/9/2016

Position Description:  We are seeking a full time Community Health Worker for our Improving Pregnancy Outcomes grant. The Health Worker will provide culturally competent maternal and child health (MCH) advocacy and support services for women of childbearing age and pregnant women in Middlesex County. This position will involve navigation of the health care system; identification of health care resources; appointment scheduling; arranging transportation and child care; accompanying patients to prenatal/specialist visits and other associated tasks.

Qualified applicants must have H.S. Diploma, BA Preferred and a minimum of 1 year in maternal child health field. A strong knowledge about the Middlesex County (must be a resident of Middlesex County) and New Jersey social services system required and experience relating to the field of public health, specifically maternal child health is strongly preferred. A valid driver’s license and the ability to travel extensively on a daily basis for community based appointments in Middlesex County is also required. If you are interested in applying for this position, please email your cover letter and resume to jclaudio@cjfhc.org.

Jocelyn Claudio, MA*

Director  of Human Resources *

2 King Arthur Court, Suite B

North Brunswick, NJ 08902

Phone: 732-937-5437 Ext. 124

Fax: 732-937-5540

www.CJFHC.org

Karen L. Johnson: On Thanksgiving

Faith and Social Justice, multicultural, , , ,

Here is a story that has become part of our family Thanksgiving tradition.  My father was a printer, and at Thanksgiving he would distribute hundreds of copies of this story on burnt orange paper.  At home by each Thanksgiving Dinner plate were five grains of corn, and this was read before dinner:

THANKSGIVING is distinctly an American holiday;  there is nothing like it elsewhere in the world. It celebrates neither a savage battle nor the fall of a great city. It does not mark the anniversary of a great conqueror or the birthday of a famous statesman. It does not commemorate the writing of a historic public document or the launching of a new constitution. The American Thanksgiving Day is the expression of a deep feeling of gratitude by our people for the rich productivity of the land, a memorial of the dangers and hardships through which we have safely passed, and a fitting recognition of all that God in His goodness has bestowed upon us.

In early New England it was the custom at Thanksgiving time to place five grains of corn at every plate as a reminder of those stern days in the first winter when the food of the Pilgrims was so depleted that only five grains of corn were rationed to each individual at a time

To continue, click here  for the Google doc

Thanks to my friend Karen  L Johnson for this inspiring story.

How to help girls be confident? This was an often raised question at the 2015 New Jersey Conference for Women on Friday, October 16. The state’s counselors explore that in a conference on Friday, October 23. The New Jersey Association for Multicultural Counseling offers Girls to Women — a Multicultural Celebration. For details, click here.