Community Health Workers (CHW) are frontline public health workers who are trusted members of and/or have a close understanding of the communities served. This trusting relationship enables the CHW to serve as a liaison/link/ intermediary between health/social services and the community to facilitate access to services and improve the quality and cultural competence of service delivery. A CHW also builds individual and community capacity by increasing health knowledge and self-sufficiency through a range of activities such as outreach, community education, informal counseling, social support and advocacy.
*Agencies in our community are looking to employ CHWs to meet these needs. Potential employers will be met during service learning opportunities in the program.
For more information or to enroll
Email your name, contact info, and questions to the CCCB CHW certification instructor, Samantha White, MS, LPC.: samanthawhite@cccb.edu
- Online course in Fall Semesters
- In-seat/Hybrid course Fall only
Space is limited. Cost of CHW course is $1600, plus additional CCCB fees were indicated. Checks will be payable to CCCB.
Inquire if grant funding of a scholarship is available.
CHW Core Competencies Gained:
- Self-awareness
- Service Coordination and System Navigation
- Educating to Promote Healthy Behavior Change
- Advocacy
- Individual and Community Capacity Building
- Effective Communication Strategies
- Cultural Responsiveness
- Documentation and Reporting
- Professionalism and Conduct
- Use of Public Health/Community
- Health Concepts and Approaches
- Individual Assessment
- Community Assessment, Identify Barriers and Resources
Your CHW Instructors:
Samantha White, MS, LPC, brings a diverse and extensive background in behavioral intervention and clinical mental health counseling to her role as a prospective CHW curriculum provider. Beginning her career as a case manager for Children's Division, Samantha's dedication to serving vulnerable populations became evident early on. She pursued her passion further by obtaining a Master's of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from John Brown University in 2017. For the past six years, Samantha has served the Jasper County community, where she has work at a clinical mental health center (CMHC). In this capacity, she has demonstrated leadership as the head of a dialectical behavioral therapy team and as well as team member of an integrated healthcare team focusing on eating disorders (ED) (The first of its kind serving an underserved population in the rural community, placed in a CMHC). In these roles, Samantha trained multiple disciplinaries (doctors, nurses, therapists, case managers, etc) in exposure therapy for the treatment of ED’s. Samantha continues to serve this community through the supervision and training of counselors remotely. In addition to her clinical work, Samantha is a professor at CCCB, where she imparts her knowledge and expertise to the next generation of servant leaders in our community. Eager to further enhance her skills and contribute to community health initiatives, Samantha is a certified trainer for Community Health Workers.