Program Title
Community Health Worker, HIV and Hepatitis Navigation Specialist
TOPs Code
Community Health Care Worker (126100)
Projected Start Date
2018-08-17
Program Description
The Community Health Worker, HIV and Hepatitis Navigation Specialist Certificate of Achievement is part of the Community Health Worker (CHW) Program. This certificate is designed to prepare individuals for positions working with people and communities impacted by HIV and Hepatitis in community health and social service agencies and programs. CHW HIV and Hepatitis Navigation Specialists provide health education, client-centered counseling and case management services, and conduct community organizing and advocacy in a wide variety of employment settings. As part of their education, students will complete an internship with a local agency.
The San Francisco Department of Public Health accepts this certificate of achievement to satisfy six out of the twelve months experience required to meet the minimum qualifications for the Health Worker 1-3 job classification. For more information, go to www.ccsf.edu/chw.
Enrollment Completer Projections
The new CHW HHN Certificate will become one of five different CHW Certificate options. We anticipate that the annual number of completers of all five certificates will be approximately 60. Of these, approximately 12-15 are expected to complete the new HIV and Hepatitis Navigation Certificate.
Course Enrollment Fall 2016-Spring 2018
HLTH 201- 122
HLTH 202- 80
HLTH 203 -77
HLTH 66 -28
HLTH 67 -36
HLTH 91C - 81
HLTH 95 - 38
There were 32 CHW completers in Spring 2017 and anticipate 35 completers in Spring 2018.