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Casa Esperanza, Inc. (Boston)

Community Health Worker

Casa Esperanza, Inc. (Boston), Boston, Massachusetts, us, 02298

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Overview

Casa Esperanza, Inc. is a bilingual/bicultural behavioral health treatment provider serving Boston and the Merrimack Valley. Our mission is to empower individuals and families to recover from addiction, trauma, mental illness, and other chronic medical conditions; overcome homelessness and discrimination; and achieve health and wellness through comprehensive, integrated care. About The Role

Casa Esperanza is seeking a Bilingual Community Health Worker who is passionate about public health and understands the impact social determinants of health have on a person’s ability to recover. The Bilingual Community Health Worker will be part of the PALS: Promotores Amplificando La Sabidura initiative focused on reducing rates of drug overdose deaths and suicide in a social and community context. PALS is a Promotores Model that integrates culturally appropriate and linguistically accessible Community Health Workers into a trauma-informed continuum of care to build the capacity of Latines to address health quality problems in their communities. The role addresses health equity and access to health for Latines struggling with mental health and substance misuse using outreach, service delivery models, and community engagement.

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