Community health worker jobs in Finland
Community health workers provide advice and information about various health subjects to the community. They can assist with pre- and post-natal care, give nutritional advice and help individuals stop smoking. Community health workers develop health and prevention programmes.
Community health worker - Which skills are essential?
Assist and guide social service users to resolve personal, social or psychological problems and difficulties.
Establish affectionate and long-lasting relationships with local communities, e.g. by organising special programms for kindergarden, schools and for dissabled and older people, raising awareness and receiving community appreciation in return.
Apply quality stardards in social services while upholding social work values and principles.
The prescribed legislative and regulatory requirements in the social sector.
Programs targeting the social development and learning of individuals in their own community, through a variety of formal or informal education methods.
Deliver services which are mindful of different cultural and language traditions, showing respect and validation for communities and being consistent with policies regarding human rights and equality and diversity.
Assess the social situation of service users situation balancing curiosity and respect in the dialogue, considering their families, organisations and communities and the associated risks and identifying the needs and resources, in order to meet physical, emotional and social needs.
Recognise, understand and share emotions and insights experienced by another.
Practice principles related to group behaviour, trends in society, and influence of societal dynamics.
Review social service plans, taking service users' views and preferences into account. Follow up on the plan, assessing the quantity and quality of services provided.
Take decisions when called for, staying within the limits of granted authority and considering the input from the service user and other caregivers.
Maintain accurate, concise, up-to-date and timely records of the work with service users while complying with legislation and policies related to privacy and security.
Use verbal, non-verbal, written, and electronic communication. Pay attention to the specific social service users' needs, characteristics, abilities, preferences, age, developmental stage, and culture.
Develop a collaborative helping relationship, addressing any ruptures or strains in the relationship, fostering bonding and gaining service users` trust and cooperation through empathic listening, caring, warmth and authenticity.
Community health worker - Which skills are useful but not essential?
Facilitate disabled individuals` inclusion in the community and support them to establish and maintain relationships through access to community activities, venues and services.
Contribute to the delivery of coordinated and continuous healthcare.
Promote adherence to local, regional, national and EU Health and Safety legislation, policies, guidelines and protocols.
Promote healthy practices and behaviours to ensure that populations stay healthy.
Enable individuals, families, groups and communities to gain more control over their lives and environment, either by themselves or with the help of others.
Deliver information on good nutrition, healthy eating habits, and nutrition monitoring to groups.
Counsel patients on normal changes occurring in pregnancy, providing advice on nutrition, drug effects and other lifestyle changes.
Interview clients and assess their addictions in order to establish an appropriate plan for action.
Promote changes in relationships between individuals, families, groups, organisations and communities by taking into consideration and coping with unpredictable changes, at the micro, macro and mezzo level.
Encourage and support individuals in their strive to keep realistic nutritional goals and practices in their day to day diet.
Speak for and on behalf of service users, using communicative skills and knowledge of relevant fields to assist those less advantaged.
Help families by counselling them on how to cope with serious situations, where to find more specialised assistance and services that can help them overcome the family problems.
Autonomously perform comprehensive health assessment, using professional judgement to refer patients requiring specialist attention to other health professionals and agencies as appropriate.
Plan, implement and evaluate health promotion activities and projects in different settings such as kindergarten and school, workplace and business, social living environment and primary health care, particularly in the context of projects.
Advise persons of all ages and groups in terms of the health-promoting aspects of individual behaviour and institutions with regard to the personal, social and structural factors on physical and mental health.
Identify, respond and motivate individuals in social crisis situations, in a timely manner, making use of all resources.
Contribute to local or national public health campaigns by evaluating health priorities, the government changes in regulations and advertising the new trends in relation to health care and prevention.
Recognize the effects of nutritional changes on human organism and how they impact it positively.
Provide information in the community about the risks and dangers of substance and alcohol abuse.