Community Health Worker Certificate Programs

Overview

The Community Health Worker Program offers three different certificates with a common core course sequence: 

  • Community Health Worker
  • Post Prison Health Worker
  • Youth Worker

The three connected certificates offered by the Community Health Worker Certificate Program are The Community Health Worker, Youth Worker, and Post Prison Health Worker Certificates. Each certificate has a different community focus, but share core public health foundation principles, competencies and a social justice perspective.

The curriculum is designed to prepare individuals for positions in community oriented health and social service fields. The core courses (H60, H62, H61, and H63) emphasize health education and promotion, community building and advocacy as well as competencies for working with specific communities such as the underserved and/or linguistically isolated communities; youth ages 13-21; and the formally incarcerated and their families. Students may earn one or more of these speciality certificates upon completion of the specific certificate's required courses.

The Community Health Worker (CHW), Youth Worker (YW), an Post Prison Health Worker (PPHW) Certificates all share the same admission requirements, requirements for the Certificate of Accomplishment, an internship requirement and core foundation classes.

 

Our Mission

The goal of the Community Health Worker Certificate Program is to prepare and train individuals for positions in community-oriented health and social services agencies and programs, provide health education, information and referrals, and client advocacy in both clinic and community settings. The program emphasizes health education and promotion as well as specific competencies for work in underserved and/or linguistically isolated communities.

We are also committed to increasing workforce diversity in public health and primary care in order to better serve people of color who now represent the majority in California.

 

Who We Are

The Community Health Worker Certificate Program is housed in the Health Education Department at City College of San Francisco. We are a group of diverse practicing and teaching instructors that integrate theory into practice to give students real life and practical experience.