Community Health Partnership

Organization Description

Advocate for affordable and accessible health services for our diverse and multicultural communities regardless of socioeconomic, ethnic, religious, or cultural background, and to support our member organizations in achieving these goals.

Program Information

Intern will complete 80 hours of online curriculum and "in-person" training on various community health topics. Intern will also complete a community health project in partnership with a community health center. 

This program will enhance intern's clinical training with knowledge and skills development in community health. Intern will learn how community health centers respond to the health needs of underserved communities. And will learn the complexities of medical neighborhoods and how a high functioning patient-centered medical home operates.

 

Health & Safety

POPULATION SERVED: Some of our clinic sites serve unhoused clients as well as clients with behavioral health needs. These clinic sites have security guards as well as staff trained in de-escalation techniques.
Additional requirements and/or considerations
  • Background Check (e.g. fingerprinting/livescan, driving record)
  • Health Check/Screening (e.g. temperature screening, COVID-19 test)
  • Must be 18 or older
  • Pre-Placement Training
  • TB Test
  • POPULATION SERVED: Students will be working with "behaviorally challenged" populations.
Address 
408 N. Capitol Ave.
San Jose, CA 95133
United States
General Phone 
(408) 556-6605
Website:
https://www.chpscc.org/
Student Contact 
Name
Jesse Tarango
Job Title
Deputy Director of Workforce Development
Phone
(408) 910-0264
Email
jesse@chpscc.org
Program(s) 
Internship
Organization type 
Healthcare Facility or Network (Nonprofit)
Focus Population(s)
Adults, Children/Youth, Immigrants/Refugees, People Experiencing Homelessness, People Experiencing Illness, People Experiencing Material Poverty, Specific racial/ethnic/cultural group
Focus Area(s)
Advocacy and Human Rights, Civic Engagement, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Social Justice, Equitable Economic & Workforce Development, Health & Medicine
Hours of operation 

Monday - Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm

Maximum students 
5