Occupation Atlascommunity health worker
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/c7ad889f-10fc-4346-b740-bd479ad82b47
community health worker
Community health workers provide advice and information about various health subjects to the community. They can assist with pre- and post-natal care, give nutritional advice and help individuals stop smoking. Community health workers develop health and prevention programmes.
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Job Zone
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- 4
- 5
Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
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Occupational interest profile
SEISocial · Enterprising · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- S Social6.58
- E Enterprising3.53
- I Investigative3.49
- C Conventional3.38
- A Artistic2.22
- R Realistic2.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Community Health Workers (21-1094.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (14)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- apply decision making within social work
- apply knowledge of human behaviour
- apply quality standards in social services
- assess social service users' situation
- build community relations
- build helping relationship with social service users
- communicate with social service users
- community education
- deliver social services in diverse cultural communities
- legal requirements in the social sector
- maintain records of work with service users
- provide social counselling
- relate empathetically
- review social service plan
Optional (19)
- address public health issues
- advise on mental health
- advise on pregnancy
- advocate for social service users
- assess clients' drug and alcohol addictions
- assist families in crisis situations
- assist individuals with disabilities in community activities
- contribute to continuity of health care
- contribute to public health campaigns
- deliver group sessions on nutrition
- empower social service users
- identify the health benefits of nutritional changes
- inform on the risks of substance and alcohol abuse
- manage health promotion activities
- manage social crisis
- perform health assessment autonomously
- promote health and safety policies in health services
- promote social change
- support individuals on nutrition changes
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 14 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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