{"id":22301,"date":"2025-07-16T15:01:45","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T19:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.forsythtech.edu\/?post_type=program_tracks&#038;p=22301"},"modified":"2025-07-16T15:01:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T19:01:47","slug":"community-health-worker","status":"publish","type":"program_tracks","link":"https:\/\/www.forsythtech.edu\/program_tracks\/community-health-worker\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Health Worker"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- Hero banner program -->\r\n<div class=\"fy-hero-program\">\r\n\t<div class=\"fy-hero-program__link-container container\">\r\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forsythtech.edu\/programs\/fast-track-continuing-education\/medical-health-continuing-education\/\" class=\"fy-hero-program__link fy-icon-link fy-icon-link--xs\"><i\r\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"fa-regular fa-arrow-left-long fy-icon-link__icon-left\"><\/i> Medical &amp; Health Continuing Education<\/a>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t<div class=\"fy-hero-program__container container\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-8\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<h1 data-aos=\"fade-up\" class=\"fy-hero-program__title fy-h2\"  aria-label=\"main\" role=\"main\">Community Health Worker<\/h1>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-delay=\"100\" class=\"fy-hero-program__subtitle fy-highlight\"><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"fy-hero-program__details row\">\r\n\t\t\t<div data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-delay=\"200\" class=\"col-12 col-md-3 col-lg-2\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-delay=\"300\" class=\"col-6 col-md-3 col-lg-2\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"fy-hero-program__label\">Time to Completion:<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"fy-hero-program__detail\">8 Weeks<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-delay=\"400\" class=\"col-6 col-md-3 col-lg-2\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"fy-hero-program__label\">Schedule:<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"fy-hero-program__detail\">Daytime<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/Hero banner program -->\n\n<section class=\"fy-wysiwyg fy-two-column-list fy-mt-80 fy-mb-100\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t<div data-aos=\"fade-up\" class=\"fy-two-column-list__left col-12 col-md-6 col-lg-5\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg\">\r\n\t\t\t      <h2>What you&#8217;ll learn<\/h2><br>\r\n\t\t\t      \t\t\t    <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-delay=\"100\" class=\"fy-two-column-list__right col-12 col-md-6 offset-lg-1 col-lg-6\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg\" style=\"padding-bottom: 3rem;\">\r\n\t\t\t      <p>This course will help you gain the knowledge and skills needed to become a certified Community Health Worker (CHW) in North Carolina. CHWs work in many places like hospitals, health departments, clinics, and community or faith-based organizations.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll learn about\u00a0<strong>nine key skills<\/strong>\u00a0that every CHW needs, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Talking and listening effectively (communication)<\/li>\n<li>Helping people build skills and confidence (capacity building)<\/li>\n<li>Connecting people to services (service coordination)<\/li>\n<li>Working well with others (interpersonal skills)<\/li>\n<li>Speaking up for others (advocacy)<\/li>\n<li>Reaching out to the community (outreach)<\/li>\n<li>Growing personally and professionally<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You\u2019ll also learn about health problems that affect many people, like\u00a0<strong>diabetes, asthma, and cancer<\/strong>, as well as social challenges like\u00a0<strong>safety, emergency preparedness, social isolation, and childhood trauma (ACEs)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, you\u2019ll explore how healthcare is changing in North Carolina 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