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Enroll Now: No-Cost Community Health Worker Training, Starts April 4, 2016

By on January 21, 2016
No-Cost Community Health Worker Training

Learn to conduct outreach for medical personnel or health organizations as a Community Health Worker through the no-cost training program available to MoSTEMWINs grant participants. Prepare to implement programs in the community that promote, maintain and improve individual and community health.

Enrollment is open now for training starting April 4, 2016.

The Community Health Worker non-credit training program combines classroom instruction with service learning in the community. The program includes 108 classroom hours and 60 service learning hours. Classroom instruction will take place at the Harrison Education Center located at 3140 Cass Avenue. Students must be available from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., three days per week.

What you will learn from this program

  • An understanding of the determinants to health at the individual and community level
  • How to implement community assessment techniques to include demographics, mapping and analysis of governmental agency services
  • The tracking techniques of clients and services
  • The dynamics in relationship building among groups, organizations, and individuals in the community
  • How to identify initiatives that will impact the health status of the community

There is no cost for this program for individuals who qualify. Let’s get connected!

About Richard Schumacher

Richard Schumacher is the technology manager for the Workforce Solutions Group of St. Louis Community College. He connects, designs, and applies technology to meet business user needs with eLearning, training, web content, instructional design, IT system, and performance improvement solutions. Richard is a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and has held Microsoft Certifications since 1993. Learn more about Richard by following him: LinkedIn - Twitter - Google+ - Articles - Email