Community Health Worker
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Make a difference in your community with training designed to prepare you for a career as a Community Health Worker. You’ll learn how to connect individuals and families with health and social services, provide education and support, and promote overall wellness through outreach and advocacy.
These courses teach practical skills in communication, cultural competency, and community engagement, giving you the knowledge and experience to help improve health and quality of life for diverse populations.
Courses
Prepare for a rewarding career as a Community Health Worker with courses that teach community outreach, health education, and non-clinical health assessment skills. These classes give you the tools to connect people with health services, promote wellness, and support the well-being of your community.
Community Health Worker
Essential skills needed to become a community health worker. Integration of the physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of the individual, family and community, while providing the science, philosophical foundation, and basic noninvasive technical skill. Includes both individual and community capacity by increasing health knowledge and self-sufficiency through outreach, individual and group education, coaching, social support, advocacy and networking.
This hybrid class meets on Mondays, 5:30 PM - 9:00 PM for virtual meetings and on Wednesdays, 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM with both virtual meetings and in-person meetings at West Campus.
*Reduced pricing is made available by grant funding and is subject to availability. Standard program cost is $800.00.
| Course | Start Date | End Date | Class Schedule | Time | Instructor | Location | Credits/CEUs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Health Worker - UPHP-105 1 | Aug 3, 2026 | Nov 25, 2026 | Monday, Wednesday | 5:30 PM - 9:00 PM | Alva Guerrero | West | - |
Essential skills needed to become a community health worker. Integration of the physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of the individual, family and community, while providing the science, philosophical foundation, and basic noninvasive technical skill. Includes both individual and community capacity by increasing health knowledge and self-sufficiency through outreach, individual and group education, coaching, social support, advocacy and networking.
This hybrid class meets on Mondays, 5:30 PM - 9:00 PM for virtual meetings and on Wednesdays, 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM with both virtual meetings and in-person meetings at West Campus.
| Course | Start Date | End Date | Class Schedule | Time | Instructor | Location | Credits/CEUs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Health Worker - UPHP-105 2 | Dec 7, 2026 | Apr 7, 2027 | Monday, Wednesday | 5:30 PM - 9:00 PM | West | - |
Essential skills needed to become a community health worker. Integration of the physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of the individual, family and community, while providing the science, philosophical foundation, and basic noninvasive technical skill. Includes both individual and community capacity by increasing health knowledge and self-sufficiency through outreach, individual and group education, coaching, social support, advocacy and networking.
This hybrid class meets on Mondays, 5:30 PM - 9:00 PM for virtual meetings and on Wednesdays, 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM with both virtual meetings and in-person meetings at West Campus.
| Course | Start Date | End Date | Class Schedule | Time | Instructor | Location | Credits/CEUs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Health Worker - UPHP-105 3 | Apr 12, 2027 | Aug 4, 2027 | Monday, Wednesday | 5:30 PM - 9:00 PM | West | - |