NHC Delaware: Community Health Fellowship

NHC Delaware: Community Health Fellowship

NHC Delaware: Community Health Fellowship is a program of the NHC AmeriCorps program and is administered by the Office of the County Executive of New Castle County Delaware, a sub-grantee of NHC's parent organization, the Health Federation of Philadelphia.

Delaware Members will serve a full-time, 1,700- hour service term over 42-52 weeks. Member service activities take place at their nonprofit community-based host sites and include community health worker tasks, digital health navigator tasks, and/or medical interpreter tasks such as COVID-19 response, care coordination, case management, health education, outreach coordination, and patient navigation. Members are assigned a host site mentor who provides mentorship, supervision, and access to professional development opportunities at the host site.

Members also participate in ongoing professional development, team-building, and will earn a Certificate of Completion in Community Health Work from Delaware Technical & Community College, and have opportunity for optional outside/group service activities through their NHC program. Further help on this page can be found by clicking here.

Member Duties : Member service activities take place at their nonprofit community-based host sites and include community health worker tasks, digital health navigator tasks, and/or medical interpreter tasks such as COVID-19 response, care coordination, case management, health education, outreach coordination, and patient navigation. Members are assigned a host site mentor who provides mentorship, supervision, and access to professional development opportunities at the host site.

Members also participate in ongoing professional development, team-building, and will earn a Certificate of Completion in Community Health Work from Delaware Technical & Community College, and have opportunity for optional outside/group service activities through their NHC program.

Program Benefits : Childcare assistance if eligible , Courses toward certification , Health Coverage , Training , Living Allowance , Education award upon successful completion of service .

Terms :

Permits attendance at school during off hours , Permits working at another job during off hours , Car recommended .

Service Areas :

Community Outreach , Health , Public Health AmeriCorps .

Skills :

Volunteerism, Service Oriented .