Community Health Worker Training Opportunities
Based in South Carolina, we offer in-person and virtual trainings for the entire United States.
Training, Coaching, Support, and Partnerships
A community health worker (CHW) is a trusted member of the community who empowers their peers through education and connections to health and social resources. The Center for Community Health Alignment (CCHA) supports the advancement of the CHW workforce through training, coaching, showing impact in communities, and working in partnership with clinical teams. CCHA’s training team is made up of certified community health workers (CCHWs) with years of experience. These trained professionals craft course curriculums that utilize the Community Health Worker Core Consensus Project (C3 Project) as a guideline, incorporate popular education and adult learning techniques that stress the importance of peer-to-peer learning throughout, and have been vetted by as well as co-created with certified community health workers (CCHWs) in the field.
“I watched the people who are the trainers in this classes; and it motives me to see that they are BIPOC Community Health Workers and not scholars; this tells me you guys know what you’re talking about and have been in our shoes”
CHW Core Competency Training
The CCHA Community Health Worker Core Competency Training Curriculum provides participants with the foundational knowledge necessary to begin work as a community health worker (CHW) and provides an avenue to certification eligibility. After all phases of training have been completed, training participants will be prepared to sit for the South Carolina Community Health Worker Exam administered by the South Carolina Community Health Worker Association (SCCHWA).
To register for this training, the following application form needs to completed for each trainee. Cohorts are capped at 20 participants. Registration windows close one month prior to the training start date.
The standard cost for training is $1,850.00 for CHWs employed by agencies making more than 200k annually. There is a discounted price of $1,050.00 for CHWs employed by non-profit organizations making less than 200k annually. For independent, or self-pay, CHWs, there is a discounted price of $450.00.
“Great training, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Everyone did an excellent job. Best training I have ever attended thus far. Looking forward to continuing and being more involved with the Center for Community Health Alignment.”
Custom Tailored CHW Trainings Crafted to Fit Your Needs
Would you like for the Center for Community Health Alignment to create a training based around your needs as an organization? Please fill out the below training request form to request a training today. Keep in mind that we are not able to reduce the length of a class that has already approved for continuing education units (CEUs) by the South Carolina Community Health Worker Association. Instead, we offer these trainings in modules.
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CHW Training in Spanish- Capacitaciones de promotores de salud en español
If you’re interested in CHW training in Spanish, please visit PASOs’ website to learn more.
Para aprender sobre las capacitaciones de promotores de salud en español por favor visite el sitio web de PASOs.
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CHW Health and Racial Equity Training
This training opportunity is made possible by Johnson & Johnson’s Our Race to Health Equity Campaign. This 20 hour training covers topics such as equity, privilege and inclusion, past and present policies that maintain health inequities, as well as learning how to create opportunities to impact and sustain systemic change through partnerships. The 20 hour training is offered for $20.
CHWs in Telehealth
In today’s evolving healthcare landscape, telehealth has emerged as a pivotal tool in improving access to care and enhancing healthcare delivery. This training program equips community health workers (CHWs) with the knowledge and skills necessary to effectively integrate telehealth into their practices. By the end of this training, participants will be empowered to leverage their roles as CHWs to foster trust and promote the utilization of telehealth among their communities. The training is offered for just $10.
Intro to Diabetes Prevention & Management Training
Designed for community health workers (CHWs) and health professionals working in similar roles, this introductory module encompasses topics such as obesity, body mass index (BMI), chronic and non-chronic conditions, infectious and non-infectious conditions, and an overview of prediabetes, type I, type II, and gestational diabetes.
The Center for Community Health Alignment (CCHA)’s trainings are intentionally limited to 20 students in order to exercise best practices in adult participatory learning, specifically popular education, by engaging learners in dynamic conversations informed by their own lived experiences. As such, we do not record our trainings to allow anonymity for learners when sharing their lived experience and to encourage engagement/interactivity.
If you notice that a training is already full, please complete the following training request form: https://forms.gle/TX27RenJiSSfN6Vy8