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Community Health Worker Certificate - Online

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Students enrolling in this section must complete the program within eight weeks or by December 31, 2024, whichever comes first. Cohorts begin on the first of every other month: 1/1, 3/1, 5/1, 7/1, 9/1 & 11/1.
Enjoy the flexibility of this 60-hour online program while gaining the skills to become a non-medical health provider. Make a difference in your community by facilitating access to housing, food, education, employment, civil rights and health care resources. Learn how to evaluate a client’s needs, create a plan to address them, and explore HIPAA guidelines for client rights and confidentiality, required documentation and reporting, and safe boundaries for interpersonal relationships. Discover your advocacy role, how to develop community resources and partnerships, how to be sensitive to ethnic, cultural, religious and gender diversity, and case management strategies that will best serve your clients. Find out how to navigate the Nevada healthcare system and promote healthy living through nutrition and disease prevention. Understand the importance of time management and how to manage your self-care with coping skills that reduce the stress of emotional attachment and help you debrief difficult cases. Most occupations in this field will require formal occupational training. Locally, workers in this field can earn an average of $22.32 per hour or $46,420 annually. Source - Bureau of Labor Statistics 2020 wage data 

Class Details

0 Session(s)

Location
Canvas Login

Instructor
Nadia Noel 

Start Date:upon registration

 

Notice

Please read:  Students will receive an email with course login information. Upon receipt of the course log in information, students have eight (8) weeks to complete the course. Students will receive access to an eBook, "Foundations for Community Health Workers, 2nd Edition," upon access to Canvas. Students who prefer a physical copy of the textbook may purchase one independently through any vendor that distributes the same book. Title: Foundations for Community Health Workers, 2nd Edition ISBN: ISBN: 978-1-119-06081-9 Author: Timothy Berthold (Editor) Publisher: Jossey-Bass / Wiley

Tuition: 

$879.00


Schedule Information

Date(s) Class Days Times Location Instructor(s)
N/A - Online Nadia Noel 

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