The Community Health Worker, Re-Entry SpecialistCertificate of Achievement is part of the Community Health Worker Program. This certificate is designed to prepare individuals for positions working with incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people in community health and social services agencies and programs. It emphasizes specific competencies for working with incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people such as cultural humility and providing client-centered assessment, education, counseling and care management services. As part of their education, students will complete an internship with a local agency. The San Francisco Department of Public Health accepts the certificate of achievement to satisfy six out of twelve months of experience that is required as minimum qualification for hiring as a HealthWorker 1-3.
The new ReentrySpecialist Certificate will become one of five different CHW Certificateoptions. We anticipate that the annual number ofcompleters of all five certificates will be approximately 60. Of these, approximately 8 - 15 are expected to complete the Reentry Specialist Certificate.
The estimate is basedon enrollment data for the past two years, Fall 2016 – Spring 2018:
Enrollment Data, Fall 2014-2016 Required Courses for the HIV & Hepatitis Specialty Certificate | ||
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Course Number | No. of Sections | No of Students |
HLTH 201 | 4 | 122 |
HLTH 202 | 4 | 80 |
HLTH 203 | 4 | 77 |
HLTH 66 | 2 | 28 |
HLTH 110 | 2 | 31 |
The goal of the ReentrySpecialist CHW Certificate is to provide students with foundational knowledge and skills required for entry level employment in public health, health careers and related settings with an emphasis on promoting the health and wellness of clients and communities with histories of incarceration.
The ReentrySpecialist Certificate will be one of five (5) certificate options in theHealth Education Department’s Community Health Worker Program.
To enroll in the ReentrySpecialty Certificate, students must either complete a pre-requisite course – HLTH59: Introduction to the CHW Field – or submit an application along with documentation that they have been working or volunteering for at least a year as a CHW or in a related position. These are the same requirements for all five of the CHW Certificates.
Upon completion of this certificate, students will be able to:
HLTH 201 | CHW Principles & Practice 1 | 5 | S1 |
HLTH 202 | CHW Principles & Practice 2 | 5 | S2 |
HLTH 203 HLTH 203W | Professional Skills for Community Health Workers CHW Internship Placement | 2 2 | S2 S2 |
HLTH 110 HLTH 66 | Health Impacts of Incarceration Chronic Conditions | 3 3 | any semester any semester |
Course Number Units Sequence
HLTH 201: CHW Principles& Practice 1 5 The first in the series of foundational classes
HLTH202: CHW Principles & Practice 2 5 Must be taken after completing H201
HLTH203: Professional Skills 2 Concurrently or after completing H202
ForCommunity Health Workers
HLTH203(W): CHW Internship 2 Concurrently or after completing H203
Placement
HLTH66: Chronic Conditions 3 Any semester
HLTH 110:Health Impacts 3 Any semester
Of incarceration
Total number of units = 20
Note that students will complete a brief “Certificate Passport” detailing an individual plan for completing the requirements of any CHW Certificate.
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