Community Health Worker
Earners of the Community Health Worker (CHW) credential achieve competency in interpersonal communication, relationship building, service coordination, navigation, capacity building, advocacy, education, facilitation, community assessment, outreach, professionalism, evaluation, and research skills.
- Type Validation
- Level Foundational
- Time N/A
Skills
Earning Criteria
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Earners of the Community Health Worker digital credential complete 80 hours of asynchronous and synchronous course work followed by a written examination and numerous interactive summative and formative assessments covering communication skills, resource management, and navigation skills. The written examination covers all competencies as noted above and requires a minimum score of 70% to pass on all assessments to earn the digital credential.