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The Community Health Worker 1 contributes to administration of care management. Provides non-clinical support to the assessment and evaluation of members' needs and requirements to achieve and/or maintain optimal wellness state by guiding members/families toward and facilitate interaction with resources appropriate for the care and wellbeing of members. The Community Health Worker’s work assignments are often straightforward and of moderate complexity.

Humana’s Community Health Workers (CHW) serve as members of our Medicaid enrollee centric Comprehensive Care Support teams. The CHW applies a hands-on approach to enrollee engagement to support case management functions, address social determinants of health (SDOH) to improve self-management of chronic conditions, navigate the healthcare system, and promote prevention and health education that is tailored to the needs of the communities we serve. The CHW leverages their knowledge of the community and shared life experience to inform their interactions with enrollees and Humana’s community partners.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

+ Work collaboratively with other Humana associates as a member of Humana’s Comprehensive Care Support team, including case managers, housing specialists, and SDOH coordinators, ED Liaison, Redetermination Specialist, etc.

+ Conduct in-person assessment(s) to understand member care needs, preferences, and socioeconomic barriers and evaluate the home environment

+ Assess member barriers to healthy living and accessing healthcare services and assist enrollees with scheduling physical health and behavioral health (BH) office visits, addressing barriers to appointment attendance

+ Act as a member advocate with providers, community resources, schools, and other entities as needed for support

+ Assist members with navigating health care and social service systems and coordinating access to basic needs (e.g. housing, food, income, transportation)

+ Promote and monitor member adherence with their care plan and provide motivational interviewing to support medication and treatment adherence

+ Provide social support to help boost members’ morale and sense of self-worth, serving as a trustworthy, reliable, non-judgmental, consistent, and accepting member of the members’ multi-disciplinary team

+ Support member self-management through the provision of culturally appropriate health education and health coaching

+ Attend Humana community events to connect with members and provide education on case management services

+ Conduct research and in-person outreach to locate difficult-to-contact members to increase assessment completion and participation in clinical programs

+ May assist with Health Risk Screenings (HRS) and/or Welcome Calls

+ Build and maintain relationships with providers and community resources to support member referrals and implement community assessments to identify community resource gaps

+ Support the implementation of Humana’s Readmission Prevention and ED Diversion program

+ Other duties as assigned

Use your skills to make an impact

Required Qualifications

+ Minimum two (2) years prior experience working with community resources, community health agencies/social service agencies (Area Agency on Aging, DME providers, Meals on Wheels etc.).

+ **Must reside in Illinois.** This is a hybrid role and may require up to 75% travel to member’s homes, provider organizations, Humana office in Chicago/Schaumburg, etc. as well as working from home office

+ Valid driver's license, car insurance, and access to an automobile

+ Intermediate working knowledge using Microsoft Office Programs specifically Teams, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Word

+ Exceptional communication & interpersonal skills with the ability to build rapport with internal and external customers and stakeholders

+ Decision making skills regarding own work approach/priorities, and work assignments, standards and resources

+ Ability to multi-task and work in a very fast-paced environment

+ Strong understanding and respect of all cultures and demographic diversity

+ Must be able to work a 40-hour work week, Monday through Friday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, over-time may be requested to meet business needs

Preferred Qualifications

+ Bachelor’s degree in social work or related health field

+ Community Health Worker training and/or certificate

+ Familiarity with state Medicaid program guidelines

+ Experience engaging with Medicaid enrollees, including those with physical health and behavioral health needs and varied health literacy

Work at Home Requirements

+ At minimum, a download speed of 25 Mbps and an upload speed of 10 Mbps is recommended; wireless, wired cable or DSL connection is suggested.

+ Satellite, cellular and microwave connection can be used only if approved by leadership.

+ Associates who live and work from Home in the state of California, Illinois, Montana, or South Dakota will be provided a bi-weekly payment for their internet expense.

+ Humana will provide Home or Hybrid Home/Office associates with telephone equipment appropriate to meet the business requirements for their position/job.

+ Work from a dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information.

Interview Format

As part of our hiring process, we will be using interviewing technology provided by HireVue, a third-party vendor.  This technology provides our team of recruiters and hiring managers an enhanced method for decision-making.

If you are selected to move forward from your application prescreen, you will receive correspondence inviting you to participate in a pre-recorded Voice Interview and/or an SMS Text Messaging interview.  If participating in a pre-recorded interview, you will respond to a set of interview questions via your phone. You should anticipate this interview to take approximately 10-15 minutes.

If participating in a SMS Text interview, you will be asked a series of questions to which you will be using your cell phone or computer to answer the questions provided.  Expect this type of interview to last anywhere from 5-10 minutes. Your recorded interview(s) via text and/or pre-recorded voice will be reviewed, and you will subsequently be informed if you will be moving forward to next round of interviews.

Travel: While this is a remote position, occasional travel to Humana's offices for training or meetings may be required.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Pay Range

The compensation range below reflects a good faith estimate of starting base pay for full time (40 hours per week) employment at the time of posting. The pay range may be higher or lower based on geographic location and individual pay will vary based on demonstrated job related skills, knowledge, experience, education, certifications, etc.

$41,900 - $56,600 per year

Description of Benefits

Humana, Inc. and its affiliated subsidiaries (collectively, “Humana”) offers competitive benefits that support whole-person well-being. Associate benefits are designed to encourage personal wellness and smart healthcare decisions for you and your family while also knowing your life extends outside of work. Among our benefits, Humana provides medical, dental and vision benefits, 401(k) retirement savings plan, time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, volunteer time off, paid parental and caregiver leave), short-term and long-term disability, life insurance and many other opportunities.

About us

Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is committed to putting health first – for our teammates, our customers and our company. Through our Humana insurance services and CenterWell healthcare services, we make it easier for the millions of people we serve to achieve their best health – delivering the care and service they need, when they need it. These efforts are leading to a better quality of life for people with Medicare, Medicaid, families, individuals, military service personnel, and communities at large.

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Equal Opportunity Employer

It is the policy of Humana not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. It is also the policy of Humana to take affirmative action, in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and VEVRAA, to employ and to advance in employment individuals with disability or protected veteran status, and to base all employment decisions only on valid job requirements. This policy shall apply to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, recall, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation and selection for training, including apprenticeship, at all levels of employment.

Humana complies with all applicable federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or religion. We also provide free language interpreter services. See our https://www.humana.com/legal/accessibility-resources?source=Humana_Website.