Community Health Worker 2 Downeast Bilingual (Spanish/English)

The Maine Mobile Health Program seeks an individual with bilingual skills in English and Spanish for a unique outreach position during the 2020 wreath season (October through December) to facilitate access to care and services for Maine’s migrant and seasonal farmworkers (MSFWs) and their families. The CHW 2 is a respected member of their community who acts as a bridge between medical providers and individuals to promote health, reduce health disparities, and improve access to care as well as to advocate for individual and community needs. MMHP is Maine’s only farmworker health program and provides mobile clinics to farmworkers across the state to reduce the barriers that they face to accessing medical care.

The CHW will provide health outreach services to MSFWs in Downeast Maine with a focus on supporting the migrant workers from Ellsworth to Calais.

Responsibilities to include:

Outreach to farmworker camps

Interpretation on behalf of patients and clinicians during evening and weekend clinics

Health education

Care coordination to assist with understanding the health care system in Maine (including transporting patients and interpreting for them in a clinical setting)

Ideal candidate will be a highly motivated individual with strong interpersonal skills, be able to empathize with patients, and have a commitment to supporting seasonal farmworkers in Maine with their access to health care. This individual should have an understanding of the farmworker community either because of prior work, relationship in/to the community and/or other life experience such as shared language or culture. The candidate should be and be comfortable working in mobile settings and flexible work-plans. This position will be full-time (30-40 hours per week) starting in mid October through mid December, with an evening schedule and some weekend or daytime hours. Reliable transportation/clean driving record, basic computer skills, and an ability to speak, read and write in Spanish at an advanced level are a must.

The job description is available.

To apply, please send a cover letter and resume to Tina Saseung at tsaseung@mainemobile.org.