Community Health Worker (Union) 26-53

Position:  Community Health Worker (Union)

Position code: 26-53

Position Location: All Sites

Current Work hours: 40 HRS/WK

Compensation Range: $17.13/HR-$22.08/HR (grandfathered)

Annualized: $35,630.40-$45,011.20

Position Dates: ASAP

Supervisor: Clinical Supervisor

Date Position Posted: 8/10/2026

Internal Deadline: 8/14/2026

Requirements:  High School Diploma or GED required.  Preference of a certified Community Health Worker and Peer Support Specialist Certification, the ability to obtain CHW certification within 6 months of employment is required. DCH Group Home Certification required within the first three months of employment.

Testing Requirements: Critical Thinking

All internal and external job applicants are required to use UltiPro to apply for this position.  Please see the Sanilac County CMH website at www.sanilaccmh.org and click on “Employment”.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title:                                 Community Health Worker (CHW)

Department:                           Behavioral Health Home

Location:                                 Specialty Services

Supervisor:                             Clinical Supervisor

Shift:                                       Between 8:30am-5:00pm Flexible

Classification:                         Three (3)

Prepare Date:                         08/10/2026

Reviewed By HR:                   08/10/2026

Revised By:                             Clinical Supervisor

Revised Date:                        

Summary

Community Health Workers are individuals who have a unique background and skill level from their experience in using services and supports to achieve their personal goals of community membership, independence, health wellness, and productivity. Under immediate supervision of the Clinical Supervisor, the CHW serves as an advocate to individuals we serve; provides information and health support. The CHW performs a wide range of tasks to assist individuals we serve in regaining control over their own lives and over their own recovery process.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following:

• Teach and role model the value of every individual's recovery experience.
• Screens individuals for SDOH that may contribute to disease and/or present as barriers to self-management
• Coordinates and provides access to chronic disease management
• Implements wellness and prevention initiative
• Facilitates health education groups
• Provides education health conditions and strategies to implement care plan goals, including both clinical and non-clinical needs
• Accompanies individual to appropriate and supports groups
• Coordinates and provides access to individual and family supports, including referral to community supports groups
• Meets regularly with the care team to plan care and discuss cases and provide feedback as needed to promote treatment success
• Assist individuals we serve in articulating personal goals for recovery.
• Assist individuals we serve in determining the objectives they need to reach their recovery goals.
• Attend staff meetings to provide information and training BHH as directed by supervisor
• Assist individuals we serve in creating a Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) and/ or relapse prevention plan.
• Utilize and teach problem solving techniques with individuals and groups.
• Attend professional advancement opportunities to maintain skills.
• Other duties as assigned.

COMPETENCIES FOR PROFESSIONAL STAFF

Sanilac CMH staff are dedicated to providing services to the community to improve lives.  When they see a task that needs to be completed, they step in to assist or are first in line to help the Agency in promoting recovery, discovery, and independence.  Each staff member works within their strengths and collaborates with their coworkers so that collectively we are a stronger whole.  Staff provide positive feedback and suggestions to improve the quality of care in the Agency.  They hold their coworkers, the individuals they serve and the community in high esteem.

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

Initiative/Organization/Reasoning:

• Takes initiative and steps in to take on difficult challenges.
• Is a self-starter in attaining job objectives.
• Willing to identify problems and work to resolve them in the early stages.
• Plans and organizes work activities and uses time efficiently.
• Properly organizes and carries out job tasks in a timely manner.
• Know and understands job expectations and is willing to expand job knowledge and skills to be more effective to the Agency and the individuals served.
• Is enthusiastic about the Agency’s Mission and is a positive influence for co-workers and individuals served.
• Demonstrates an understanding of and adherence to Agency policies and procedures and is willing to provide suggestions to make policies and procedures more efficient.
• Is willing to think outside of the box while able to make sound decisions and taking actions based on sound reasoning and weighing possible outcomes.

Ethics/Teamwork:

• Consistently treats all people with dignity and respect.
• Demonstrates expected morals and principles.
• Accepts responsibility for actions and follows through on commitments.
• Demonstrates ability and willingness to work cooperatively and effectively as part of a team.
• Willingly acknowledges team members and co-workers’ value to your work.

Emotional Intelligence:

• Verbal and written communication is constructive, effective, respectful, and clear.
• Willing to take the time to learn about co-workers’ personality so that working together is more effective.
• Willingness to ask questions, listen to others’ ideas, and understand how the impact of your work, impacts your co-workers/team.
• Willing/Ability to be cost conscious.
• Staff are expected to learn and understand job functions and carryout tasks in a proficient manner.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES                         

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIREMENTS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE      

High School Diploma or GED required.  Preference of a certified Community Health Worker and Peer Support Specialist Certification, the ability to obtain CHW certification within 6 months of employment is required. DCH Group Home Certification required within the first three months of employment.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.  Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.  Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Basic Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.  Has the ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

REASONING ABILITY

Intermediate Skills: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.  Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

COMPUTER SKILLS                           

To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Word Processing software. Typing speed of 45 wpm is recommended.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

Valid Chauffeurs' Licensed.

OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, and use hands to finger, handle, or feel.  The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell, use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls.  The employee must be able to lift no less than 50 pounds as needed.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently works near machinery or in vehicles, is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and outside weather conditions.  The employee frequently works in areas where universal precautions and confrontation avoidance techniques are required, and is occasionally exposed to risk from body fluids or client actions. The noise level in the work environment is quiet to moderate.

The work environment will include the program site, agency activities and vehicles, and the community at large. Year round driving with or without consumers in the vehicle may be required.

Sanilac County CMH embraces an employment environment that promotes recovery and discovery, a person-centered approach to treatment/services, and cultural competence.  An employee in this or any position is expected to support the employment environment.  This includes having lived experience with behavioral health issues.

Welcome to Sanilac County Community Mental Health

AFSCME Employees

In your orientation, you will find several benefits.  You may want to take a moment to review the benefits listed below and costs associated with each of them. You must work over 30 hours per week to be eligible for medical and café benefits. Paid time off accruals are based on hours worked.

*Note if you do not need medical insurance, $233.00 per month (less Social Security & Medicare Taxes) will be deposited into an annuity account.  You will need to set up the annuity account through Nationwide Retirement.

For time off, it is calculated upon the number of hours worked – to reach the maximum benefit, you must work 40 hours per week.