Sea Mar Community Health Centers AmeriCorps/HealthCorps Opportunities:
Community HealthCorps is intended to promote health care for America’s underserved populations, and helps to develop tomorrow’s health-care workforce. Community HealthCorps members provide direct service to Sea Mar clients while enhancing their skills and experiences in the field of health and human services. Each member’s personal growth is fostered through a highly supportive, challenging and educational team environment.
The HealthCorps positions are all 11-month commitments, beginning August 15th and lasting through July 15th. All positions are full-time commitments, with a total of 1700 service hours required by the end of the service term.
Benefits include:
* Trainings on various health related topics * Annual living stipend of $11,800/$850-900 (net) per month * Educational award of $5350 to help pay educational loans * Health insurance * Child care (if eligible) * Food assistance (if eligible) * Student loan deferment numerous trainings on a myriad of health-related topics are offered throughout the service term.
To be eligible for this program, an applicant must be at least 18 years of age with a high school diploma. Applicant must be a U.S. citizen, US national or permanent legal resident at the time of application. Applicant must also possess a strong interest in serving the community within the health and human services fields.
We are currently accepting applications for:
* Doula in Seattle (Bilingual Spanish / English required) * Diabetes Health Education / Patient Navigator – Seattle (Bilingual Spanish / English required) * Tobacco Cessation Health Education – Seattle (Bilingual Spanish / English required) * Patient Navigator in Tacoma * Patient Navigator in Olympia * Patient Navigator in Aberdeen
Please visit our website at http://www.seamar.org/, pull down the Jobs menu and click on “AmeriCorps” to learn more about the program, the listed positions, language requirements and to learn how to apply to our program. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
Thank you in advance for your time.
Christopher Diangco
2010-2011 HealthCorps Member
Sea Mar Community Health Centers
