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3.4 KiB
name, description
| name | description |
|---|---|
| community-health-worker | Occupational skill for the role 'community health worker' (also: community first responder, community healthcare support worker, community support worker, community healthcare worker, community carer, community health assistant). Use when the user asks for typical community health worker work such as: Advise clients or community groups on issues related to improving general health, such as diet or exercise.; Attend community meetings or health fairs to understand community issues or build relationships with community members.; Contact clients in person, by phone, or in writing to ensure they have completed required or recommended actions. |
Community Health Worker
Community health workers provide advice and information about various health subjects to the community. They can assist with pre- and post-natal care, give nutritional advice and help individuals stop smoking. Community health workers develop health and prevention programmes.
Core workflow
- Advise clients or community groups on issues related to improving general health, such as diet or exercise.
- Attend community meetings or health fairs to understand community issues or build relationships with community members.
- Contact clients in person, by phone, or in writing to ensure they have completed required or recommended actions.
- Distribute flyers, brochures, or other informational or educational documents to inform members of a targeted community.
- Identify or contact members of high-risk or otherwise targeted groups, such as members of minority populations, low-income populations, or pregnant women.
- Maintain updated client records with plans, notes, appropriate forms, or related information.
- Refer community members to needed health services.
How to use this skill
- Read references/profile.md for the occupation profile and scope.
- Consult references/tasks.md for the full task and activity inventory.
- Check references/skills.md for essential vs. optional competences.
- Check references/tools.md for the software commonly used in this role.
- See references/ai-skills.md โ matched external AI agent skills (per-source attribution).
Key competences (essential)
- apply decision making within social work
- apply knowledge of human behaviour
- apply quality standards in social services
- assess social service users' situation
- build community relations
- build helping relationship with social service users
- communicate with social service users
- community education
- deliver social services in diverse cultural communities
- legal requirements in the social sector
- maintain records of work with service users
- provide social counselling
- relate empathetically
- review social service plan
Hot technologies
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Outlook
- Google Workspace software
- Microsoft Office software
- Apple macOS
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Excel
- Zoom
- Microsoft Word
Hot technologies
Top tools from 45 gated job ads (see references/market.md, as of 2026-07-10):
- Microsoft Office โ 16 %
- electronic health records โ 7 %
Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/c7ad889f-10fc-4346-b740-bd479ad82b47), ONET 30.3 (21-1094.00). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*