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SOC 21-1094 · O*NET 21-1094.00
Promote community health by helping individuals adopt healthy behaviors; serve as an advocate for individuals' health needs by helping community residents communicate effectively with medical providers or social service agencies; serve as a liaison or advocate and implement programs that promote, maintain, and improve individual and overall community health; may provide health-related preventive services such as blood pressure, glaucoma, and hearing screening; may collect data to help identify community health needs: advise clients or community groups on self-care and general health and risk prevention and hygiene and screening; identify the specific health care needs of individuals in a community or target area and refer community members to the services they need; develop plans or formal contracts with individuals and families and community groups to improve overall health; advocate to government agencies or health service providers about individual or community health needs and feed back service accessibility; conduct basic screening and carry out basic preventive procedures such as immunization and first aid; make home visits to pregnant women and newborns or other high-risk individuals and monitor the nutrition of high-risk groups; maintain client files and contact clients to confirm that actions are completed; participate in community meetings and health fairs and distribute educational materials; and report suspected child or elder abuse and neglect and threat of harm to the competent authority as needed.
Model impact index for three equally weighted representative core tasks; not a measured share of working time or a job-loss probability. floor((50+50+75)/3+0.5)=58; fermatmind-ai-impact-v1; 2026-10-18.
One sentence: this is an occupation where whether you can truly understand a person's situation and follow through to the end, whether referral and resource linkage break down, and whether records and reporting hold their boundaries determines success more than personal enthusiasm does; if you are willing to treat respect and boundaries and records as method rather than slogan, it is worth serious consideration.
Education, job training, professional certification, licensure, and position authorization must be verified separately: O*NET lists this occupation as Job Zone Four (considerable preparation), and the page's education distribution shows 56% of respondents answered that a bachelor's degree is required, 18% an associate or other two-year degree, and 13% a post-baccalaureate certificate (the page shows only these three tiers); the page also provides 3 national certifications (Certified Healthcare Technology Manager, Certified Peer Specialist, and Certified Instructional Trainer); but certification does not equal a practice permit, employer appointment, signing authority, or local authorization; screening and immunization and medication procedures, mandatory reporting and confidentiality exceptions, and case management and follow-up boundaries must be confirmed item by item per the applicable jurisdiction, practice standards, and employer systems; this page describes tasks and boundaries per O*NET and public sources and does not write education or certification as a practice qualification.
A Community Health Worker promotes community health by helping individuals adopt healthy behaviors; advocates for individuals' health needs by helping community residents communicate effectively with medical service providers or social service agencies; serves as a liaison or advocate and implements programs that promote, maintain, and improve the health of individuals and the community as a whole; may provide health-related preventive services such as blood pressure, glaucoma, and hearing screenings; and may collect data to help identify community health needs. The typical loop is identifying community and individual health needs, providing health education and behavior support, developing an improvement plan or formal contract, referring and linking resources and assisting with social service applications, and recording and following up and confirming completion of actions, with reporting and escalation per the system when necessary; screening and immunization and medication procedures, mandatory reporting and confidentiality exceptions, and case management boundaries must be carried out by positions with the corresponding qualifications and authorization per the applicable jurisdiction and practice standards and employer systems.
Career direction comparison
The table below compares the positions and occupations adjacent to this occupation: Social and Community Service Managers; Health and Wellness Coordinators; Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors; Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors; Mental Health Counselors; and Social and Human Service Assistants. The four columns answer the same kind of question: what this direction does, where the key difference from this occupation lies, and what kind of person is better suited to choose it.
| Career direction | Core work and output | Key differences | Best-fit choice |
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| Social and Community Service Managers | Mainly program proposals, budgets, and personnel management records. | Social and Community Service Managers coordinate program design, personnel management, and funding and compliance and usually do not take on frontline health education and case follow-up; this occupation centers on frontline service and resource linkage and records. | People willing to coordinate programs and personnel and funding are suited to that direction; people willing to face service users directly and follow up on cases are suited to this occupation. |
AI impact on this career
Technical candidates, actual adoption, and wage and employment outcomes are viewed separately. This round obtained no evidence on this occupation's AI reliability, adoption rate, continuous information system investment, or income impact, and recruitment software keywords and BLS projections cannot fill these gaps. AI Impact Score 58% is an editorial estimate. Model impact index for three equally weighted representative core tasks; not a measured share of working time or a job-loss probability. floor((50+50+75)/3+0.5)=58; fermatmind-ai-impact-v1; 2026-10-18.The three tasks, ratings and sources are listed in the FermatMind method source record on this page.
FermatMind AI Impact Score estimation method v1
FermatMind / 费马测试 · 2026-10-18
Chinese mainland salary reference
Occupational comparison: US O*NET-SOC 21-1094.00 (Community Health Workers); this mainland China evidence route has not established a one-to-one corresponding occupational subclass, and related duties may be distributed across primary medical and health institutions, public health institutions, and community and social work service institutions, and must be classified by actual duties and institution type; the page language does not constitute occupational equivalence or wage mapping.
Duty and authorization boundaries: screening and immunization and medication procedures, mandatory reporting and confidentiality exceptions, and case management and follow-up boundaries must be carried out per the applicable jurisdiction and practice standards and institutional systems by personnel with the corresponding qualifications and authorization; service users' informed consent and privacy are managed per the system; this page does not write any training or overseas certification as a Chinese practice qualification.
Insufficient evidence: this round obtained no precise China national community health worker wage or occupational subclass mapping with 21-1094.00; the health and social work industry average does not fill the occupational percentile.
US salary reference
The 2025 national annual wage median is 51,850 US dollars and the hourly median is 24.93 US dollars, and a percentile is not a starting wage or an individual promise. BLS Table 1.2 (21-1094, 2025—2035): employment about 64,700 → 72,900, a net gain of about 8,200, growth 12.7% (rounded to 13% by OOH), about 7,000 annual average openings, and the 2025 self-employed share was 0.3%. O*NET rates it Much faster than average (7% or higher); projections are not actual hiring or personal selection, and annual average openings include growth and replacement such as transfers and retirements and are not equal to net growth, nor are they AI causal conclusions.
| Wage statistical position | Annual wage reference | Conversion boundary | How to understand this position |
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| 10th percentile | 38,810 US dollars/year (10th percentile; hourly 18.66 US dollars) | National statistical percentile, not personal monthly income | This percentile is used to understand the lower end position of the distribution, not to judge entry-level wages. |
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Occupation fit guide
Direct answer: the signals that best fit this occupation's tasks are being willing to listen over the long term and follow through to the end, and being able to work within boundaries and systems without overstepping; the interest code is S, but the code only describes occupational-level interest characteristics and does not determine whether an individual is suitable.
You may be better suited to： Someone willing to listen over the long term and follow through to the end, who can work within systems and boundaries, and who is willing to leave a trail of the service process and referral and reporting for review.
These situations require caution： Someone who finds it hard to accept having their records and services reviewed in supervision, who tends to substitute personal judgment for reporting and confidentiality rules, or who does not take service users' privacy and safety boundaries seriously enough.
Do an entry-level exercise： Use the fictional materials in the Entry, Credentials, and Career Development section of this page to complete one run of the flow from needs identification to education and referral to records and follow-up, then judge whether you would be willing to repeat it.
Work pressure, risks, and occupational boundaries
The editorial risk list covers home visit safety, reporting and confidentiality, scope of practice, referral breakpoints, record privacy, and emotional load; this round has no evidence on the incidence of the six or on their mutual amplification, and no risk ranking is made.
O*NET supports the tasks and context; wages OEWS2025 and projections BLS2025—2035. HIPAA applies only to covered entities and PHI and specific disclosure conditions; the California CDSS elder reporting applies only to the local status conditions; the NIOSH home healthcare violence material is only a reference for similar home visit scenarios. The control checklist is an editorial recommendation, not a nationally uniform operating authorization.
Typical scenario：Visiting alone without registering the itinerary; entering a residence when information is insufficient or the environment is unclear; continuing to communicate based on experience when there are threat signals.
Roles most affected：Positions that take on home visits and community fieldwork
Entry, qualification, and career development
The current O*NET JobZone4, with 56% of respondents answering that a new entrant needs a bachelor's degree, 18% an associate or two-year degree, and 13% a post-baccalaureate certificate, and the three-tier answers are not the education distribution of all personnel or a uniform entry requirement. The typical BLS entry for this occupation is a high school diploma or equivalency, no related work experience, and short-term on-the-job training; the OOH says at least high school or equivalency, with some employers requiring or preferring higher education and some states requiring approved training or certification. The methods differ, so the target position must be verified, and 56% cannot be used to infer that all must have a bachelor's degree or that certification is always optional. The three directions and four stages are an editorial ability structure, not the most common uniform education path or a necessary promotion sequence.
Career prospects and related occupation transitions
BLS Table 1.2 (21-1094, 2025—2035): employment about 64,700 → 72,900, a net gain of about 8,200, growth 12.7% (rounded to 13% by OOH), about 7,000 annual average openings, and the 2025 self-employed share was 0.3%. O*NET rates it Much faster than average (7% or higher); projections are not actual hiring or personal selection, and annual average openings include growth and replacement such as transfers and retirements and are not equal to net growth, nor are they AI causal conclusions.
United States · BLS Table 1.2 SOC21-1094 growth 12.7%; the OOH integer 13% is rounding and is not attributed as an O*NET exact decimal
Growth 12.7% (2025—2035; OOH rounds to 13%)
Employment change rate
BLS Table 1.2 (21-1094, 2025—2035): employment about 64,700 → 72,900, a net gain of about 8,200, growth 12.7% (rounded to 13% by OOH), about 7,000 annual average openings, and the 2025 self-employed share was 0.3%. O*NET rates it Much faster than average (7% or higher); projections are not actual hiring or personal selection, and annual average openings include growth and replacement such as transfers and retirements and are not equal to net growth, nor are they AI causal conclusions.
Day-to-day work centers on health education and behavior support, needs identification and referral and advocacy, and screening and records and home visits and community liaison: advise clients or community groups on self-care and general health and risk prevention and hygiene and screening; identify the specific health care needs of individuals in a community or target area and refer community members to the services they need; develop plans or formal contracts with individuals and families and community groups to improve overall health; advocate to government agencies or health service providers about health needs and feed back service accessibility; conduct basic screening such as blood pressure and infectious disease and carry out basic preventive procedures and first aid; make home visits to pregnant women and newborns or other high-risk individuals and monitor the nutrition of high-risk groups; maintain client files and contact clients in person or by phone or in writing to confirm that actions are completed; participate in community meetings and health fairs and distribute educational materials; and report suspected child or elder abuse and neglect and threat of harm to the competent authority as needed. The O*NET work context shows 98% maintaining continuous contact with others, 100% using email and phone every day, 69% considering dealing with the public extremely important, 90% on a regular schedule, and 63% working exactly 40 hours per week.
Choose a real task from this page for a small practice project or a conversation with someone in the field. Use the planning guides to set a date, an output and feedback questions before deciding whether to continue.
Conditions to pause before high investment: you have not yet completed a full loop of needs identification, health education and behavior support, referral and resource linkage, records and follow-up, and reporting and escalation when necessary, nor have you verified the jurisdiction's and employer's authorization requirements for mandatory reporting, confidentiality exceptions, and screening and medication and immunization procedures; this occupation's preparation level is Job Zone Four (considerable preparation), and the page's education distribution shows 56% of respondents answered that a bachelor's degree is required, 18% an associate or other two-year degree, and 13% a post-baccalaureate certificate (the page shows only these three tiers); the occupation page marks this code with Bright Outlook, but this page does not infer personal selection probability from that.
One-sentence judgment: a Community Health Worker is not a volunteer handing out leaflets, but someone who promotes community health by helping individuals adopt healthy behaviors, advocates for individuals' health needs, and implements programs that promote, maintain, and improve the health of individuals and the community as a whole; O*NET defines this occupation as promoting community health by helping individuals adopt healthy behaviors; advocating for individuals' health needs by helping community residents communicate effectively with medical service providers or social service agencies; serving as a liaison or advocate and implementing programs that promote, maintain, and improve the health of individuals and the community as a whole; may provide health-related preventive services such as blood pressure, glaucoma, and hearing screenings; and may collect data to help identify community health needs; this page follows the O*NET-SOC 21-1094.00 precise occupational basis.
Signal to keep exploring: you are willing to work with people over the long term and treat truly understanding the other person's situation as a professional skill, while accepting the pace of progress under limited resources and institutional constraints; O*NET work context shows 98% have continuous contact with others, 100% use email every day, 100% have phone conversations every day, 69% consider dealing with external customers or the public extremely important (31% very important), 65% work indoors in an environmentally controlled setting every day, 55% have a great deal of task autonomy (34% some autonomy), 90% have a regular work schedule, 63% work exactly 40 hours per week (11% more than 40 hours), 29% need to make decisions every day that affect others or organizational resources or reputation (44% more than once a week), and 29% face strict deadlines every day (25% more than once a week).
The work of a Community Health Worker can be divided into three connected but independent work surfaces. The first is health education and behavior support: advising clients or community groups on self-care (such as diabetes management); advising on improving overall health (such as diet or exercise); advising on risk or prevention (such as lead poisoning, human immunodeficiency virus, substance abuse during pregnancy, or domestic violence); advising on hygiene or cleanliness (such as flossing or handwashing); advising on diagnostic screening (such as breast cancer screening, Pap smears, glaucoma tests, or diabetes screening); advising on social or intellectual development (such as education, child care, or problem solving); teaching appropriate parenting behaviors to individuals or families; and teaching medical or oral health information to school groups, community groups, or specific families or individuals in a way consistent with cultural norms. The second is needs identification, referral, and advocacy: identifying the specific health care needs of individuals in a community or target area; referring community members to the health services they need; identifying or contacting high-risk or specific target groups (such as ethnic minorities, low-income groups, or pregnant women); developing plans or formal contracts to improve overall health for individuals, families, or community groups; advocating for individual or community health needs to government agencies or health service providers; giving feedback to health service providers on how to improve the accessibility or acceptability of services; assisting families in applying for social services (including Medicaid or the Women, Infants, and Children nutrition program); and providing interpretation, translation, or cultural mediation for community members regarding health services or information. The third is screening, home visits, records, and community liaison: conducting basic diagnostic procedures such as blood pressure screening, breast cancer screening, or infectious disease screening; administering immunizations or other basic preventive treatments; providing basic health services such as first aid; making home visits to pregnant women, newborns, or other high-risk individuals to monitor progress or assess needs; contacting clients in person, by phone, or in writing to confirm that they have completed the needed or recommended actions; monitoring the nutritional status of children, older adults, or other high-risk groups; maintaining client files containing plans, records, and related forms; collecting information from individuals to compile vital statistics on the overall health of community members; attending community meetings or health fairs to understand community issues or build relationships; distributing leaflets, brochures, or other information and educational materials to target community members; reporting suspected child or elder abuse, neglect, or threat of harm to the competent authority as required; and accompanying or transporting clients to scheduled health services or referral sites. The O*NET29 tasks with 14 Core and 15 Supplemental form an occupational task pool and are not all mandatory for every position; screening, immunization, and first aid tasks do not automatically confer clinical permission, and the occupational name or an overseas certification does not grant independent diagnostic and treatment authority; the specific procedures are verified per your own actual qualifications, jurisdiction, and institutional authorization.
Help individuals in the community adopt healthy behaviors, serve as an advocate and liaison for their health needs, and implement programs that promote community health
Main objects of the adjacent directions: social and community service managers coordinate programs, budgets, and policy; health and wellness coordinators manage health programs and train staff and may also conduct needs assessments, individual general health support, and organizational screening, so these overlaps are not ruled out; substance abuse and mental health counselors counsel and prevent; educational, guidance, and career counselors deal with student academics and careers; social and human service assistants assist service providers and with welfare resources; rehabilitation counselors work on independent living and employment and rehabilitation programs; and healthcare social workers provide illness-related psychosocial support, referral, and care management. These are not mutually exclusive tasks or a uniform qualification comparison. The O*NET29 tasks with 14 Core and 15 Supplemental form an occupational task pool and are not all mandatory for every position; screening, immunization, and first aid tasks do not automatically confer clinical permission, and the occupational name or an overseas certification does not grant independent diagnostic and treatment authority; the specific procedures are verified per your own actual qualifications, jurisdiction, and institutional authorization.
Advise clients or community groups on self-care (such as diabetes management), overall health (such as diet or exercise), risk or prevention (such as lead poisoning, human immunodeficiency virus, substance abuse during pregnancy, or domestic violence), hygiene or cleanliness (such as flossing or handwashing), diagnostic screening (such as breast cancer screening, Pap smears, glaucoma tests, or diabetes screening), and social or intellectual development; and teach appropriate parenting behaviors to individuals or families (corresponding to O*NET tasks five, seven, and eleven and supplemental tasks seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, and twenty-one).
Identify the specific health care needs of individuals in a community or target area; develop plans or formal contracts to improve overall health for individuals, families, or community groups; and collect information from individuals to compile vital statistics on the overall health of community members (corresponding to O*NET tasks ten and eight and supplemental task twenty-seven).
Refer community members to the health services they need; identify or contact high-risk or specific target groups (such as ethnic minorities, low-income groups, or pregnant women); assist families in applying for social services (including Medicaid or the Women, Infants, and Children nutrition program); provide interpretation, translation, or cultural mediation for community members regarding health services or information; and accompany or transport clients to scheduled health services or referral sites (corresponding to O*NET task six and supplemental tasks sixteen, twenty-two, twenty-eight, and twenty-nine).
Conduct basic diagnostic procedures such as blood pressure screening, breast cancer screening, or infectious disease screening; administer immunizations or other basic preventive treatments; provide basic health services such as first aid; monitor the nutritional status of children, older adults, or other high-risk groups; and make home visits to pregnant women, newborns, or other high-risk individuals to monitor progress or assess needs (corresponding to O*NET task two and supplemental tasks fifteen, twenty, twenty-five, and twenty-six). The O*NET29 tasks with 14 Core and 15 Supplemental form an occupational task pool and are not all mandatory for every position; screening, immunization, and first aid tasks do not automatically confer clinical permission, and the occupational name or an overseas certification does not grant independent diagnostic and treatment authority; the specific procedures are verified per your own actual qualifications, jurisdiction, and institutional authorization.
Maintain client files containing plans, records, and related forms; and contact clients in person, by phone, or in writing to confirm that they have completed the needed or recommended actions (corresponding to O*NET tasks three and four).
Advocate for individual or community health needs to government agencies or health service providers; give feedback to health service providers on how to improve the accessibility or acceptability of services; attend community meetings or health fairs to understand community issues or build relationships; distribute leaflets, brochures, or other information and educational materials to target community members; teach medical or oral health information to school groups and community groups; and report suspected child or elder abuse, neglect, or threat of harm to the competent authority as required (corresponding to O*NET tasks nine, thirteen, twelve, and fourteen and supplemental tasks twenty-three and one).
Six recurring occupational judgments: whether education and screening services are provided within your own practice and authorization scope; whether the service user's informed consent has been obtained and the purpose of the information explained; whether mandatory reporting and confidentiality exception judgments are made per the legal requirements; whether referral and resource linkage actually land and leave records; whether records and case information are managed per the permission and privacy requirements; and whether your own emotional load and professional boundaries receive support and supervision.
Judgment one: whether education and screening services are provided within your own practice and authorization scope
| Health and Wellness Coordinators | Mainly course and activity proposals and participation records. | Health and Wellness Coordinators focus on organizing and promoting physical activity and health programs and on exercise and lifestyle improvement; this occupation centers on identifying community individuals' health needs and on referral and follow-up. | People willing to organize exercise and health programs are suited to that direction; people willing to do needs assessment and resource linkage and case follow-up are suited to this occupation. |
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| Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors | Mainly case assessment and counseling and treatment plan records. | Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors provide addiction assessment and counseling and therapeutic services and usually require the corresponding practice qualifications and supervision; this occupation provides health education and referral and does not provide therapeutic services. | People willing to receive clinical training and do therapeutic counseling are suited to that direction; people willing to do education and referral and advocacy in the community are suited to this occupation. |
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| Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors | Mainly academic and career counseling and plan records. | Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors focus on academic and career development guidance and further education and employment counseling; this occupation focuses on community health needs and health behavior support, and the two have different service goals and resource systems. | People willing to do academic and career development guidance are suited to that direction; people willing to do community health education and resource linkage are suited to this occupation. |
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| Mental Health Counselors | Mainly psychological assessment and counseling and case records. | Mental Health Counselors provide psychological assessment and counseling and therapeutic services and usually require the corresponding practice qualifications and supervision; this occupation does not provide psychological diagnosis or treatment and refers per procedure when beyond scope. | People willing to receive clinical psychological training and do counseling are suited to that direction; people willing to identify needs and refer in the community are suited to this occupation. |
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| Social and Human Service Assistants | Mainly supportive service and referral and supervision records. | Social and Human Service Assistants provide frontline supportive services under supervision, and their scope of responsibility is usually narrower and more supervision-dependent; this occupation has a broader task scope including needs identification and advocacy and screening support. | People willing to provide supportive services under supervision are suited to that direction; people willing to independently take on needs assessment and referral and records are suited to this occupation. |
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The six directions share part of their abilities with this occupation: communication and listening, needs identification, records and follow-up, and awareness of privacy and boundaries. The real difference lies in the nature of the service and the qualification threshold: the management direction focuses on program and personnel coordination; the health and wellness coordination direction focuses on activity organization; the substance abuse and mental health counseling direction provides therapeutic services and requires clinical qualifications and supervision; the educational guidance and career counseling direction focuses on academic and career guidance; the social and human service assistant direction provides supportive services under supervision; and this occupation takes on health education, needs identification, referral and advocacy, and records and follow-up in community settings and does not provide clinical diagnosis or treatment. When choosing, it is suggested to first verify with a deliverable needs identification, education and referral plan, and record and follow-up exercise, rather than comparing names first.
Moving from this occupation to an adjacent direction usually requires adding new abilities and qualifications: the management direction requires program and personnel and funding management experience; the health and wellness coordination direction requires exercise and health program design and organization experience; the substance abuse and mental health counseling direction requires clinical training and the corresponding practice qualifications and supervision; the educational guidance and career counseling direction requires counseling theory and tools and the corresponding qualifications; the social and human service assistant direction relies more on a supervision system. Communication and listening, needs identification, and record and follow-up abilities are transferable, but the service nature and qualification and responsibility boundaries of each direction must be re-established.
Editorial ratings use the existing occupational responsibilities and AI task analysis on this page. They are not adoption rates, measured effects, job-disappearance or personal-unemployment probabilities, or official scores from Stanford or another external institution. No measured time weights or future robot deployment are assumed.
Material translation, reading difficulty adjustment, and directory and record organization can be candidates to be tested; each time the original text, health facts, cultural context, omissions, and resource currency must be verified. This round has no occupational reliability comparison and does not rank tasks as more or less reliable.
Actual adoption requires institutional and project evidence; this round obtained no statistics on this occupation's generative AI adoption rate or continuous information system investment. Software keywords show only recruitment mentions and do not prove the tools have been put into use.
BLS Table 1.2 (21-1094, 2025—2035): employment about 64,700 → 72,900, a net gain of about 8,200, growth 12.7% (rounded to 13% by OOH), about 7,000 annual average openings, and the 2025 self-employed share was 0.3%. O*NET rates it Much faster than average (7% or higher); projections are not actual hiring or personal selection, and annual average openings include growth and replacement such as transfers and retirements and are not equal to net growth, nor are they AI causal conclusions.
| Work area | Task | Current change | Human control point |
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| Screening and records and home visits and community liaison | Maintain client files containing plans and records and related forms | Forms and archiving drafts can assist; record accuracy and privacy boundaries remain the responsibility of people | Confirm that the service user's and community's needs and accessible resources and the reporting and escalation bottom lines have been written out. |
| Health education and behavior support | Advise clients or community groups on self-care and overall health and risk prevention | Materials and script drafts can assist; judgment of content accuracy and fit remains the responsibility of people | Confirm that the education and advice content is within your own practice and authorization scope. |
| Needs identification and referral and advocacy | Refer community members to the health services they need and assist with social service applications | Directory and record organization can assist; resource landing and follow-up remain the responsibility of people | Confirm that the resource directory and eligibility conditions and cost and transportation accessibility information have been verified. |
| Screening and records and home visits and community liaison | Report suspected child or elder abuse and neglect and threat of harm to the competent authority as required | Document drafts can assist; the reporting decision and legal obligation remain with people | The reporting obligation is verified per the jurisdiction, the person's status, the service user, and the triggering conditions. The current California CDSS elder and dependent adult reporting page states that the statuses listed in 15630, such as assuming care or custody, carry direct statutory reporting; the occupational name alone cannot be applied to all community health workers. Supervisory consent or AI verification must not be made a precondition for performing an already applicable statutory obligation; report promptly to the legally designated channel and keep the basis, and supervisory support must not delay a report that should be made. The current complete statutory text on child reporting was not obtained this round, so no uniform time limit or channel is specified here. |
| Screening and records and home visits and community liaison | Make home visits to pregnant women and newborns or other high-risk individuals | Routes and reminders can assist; site safety and needs assessment remain the responsibility of people | Editorial field check: first verify the actual institutional safety plan, contact details, and accompanying or check-in arrangements, and do not treat this page's checklist as a verified prohibition on solo work for all positions. |
| Screening and records and home visits and community liaison | Conduct basic screening such as blood pressure and infectious disease and administer basic preventive treatments | Result recording can assist; the procedure and interpretation of results remain the responsibility of qualified personnel | Confirm that screening and immunization procedures are within your own qualifications and authorization scope. |
| Needs identification and referral and advocacy | Advocate for individual or community health needs to agencies and providers and give feedback on accessibility | Material aggregation can assist; the advocacy position and external expression remain the responsibility of people | Confirm that the advocacy content and feedback are based on real needs and verifiable information. |
The five evidence cards explain the source, the research object, the conclusion, and the usage limits respectively. They answer what evidence there is, not whether this occupation will be replaced.
The three directions come from an editorial summary of the 29 tasks; the AI handling methods below are candidates to be assessed, not measured adoption, capability, or magnitude of change. Editorial trial candidate: using only fictional materials or materials for which lawful handling permission is actually obtained, trial educational material drafts, reading difficulty adjustment, and resource directory and record organization; verify health facts, cultural context, omissions, resource currency, and total review time against the originals. This round obtained no evidence on the reliability, adoption rate, efficiency gain, or replacement timing of generative AI for this occupation.
AI primarily changesOrganizing and translating health education materials, adjusting reading difficulty, and generating common question and outreach copy drafts.
Human responsibility remainsJudge whether the content is accurate and culturally appropriate, confirm whether it exceeds your own scope of practice, and take responsibility for the information provided to service users.
AI primarily changesOrganizing service and referral resource directories and generating referral and follow-up record and reminder drafts.
Human responsibility remainsJudge the priority of needs and whether resources are truly accessible, determine the action plan together with the service user, and take responsibility for referral landing and follow-up.
AI primarily changesOrganizing files and statistics and reporting materials and aggregating community meeting and activity records.
Human responsibility remainsJudge the applicability of mandatory reporting and confidentiality exceptions and informed consent, report and escalate per the system, and take responsibility for privacy and compliance outcomes.
The five steps below are the editorial process given on this page to explain who is responsible at which step; they are not a mandatory process prescribed by the source and do not replace the confidentiality and reporting requirements of the employer and practice standards themselves.
Clarify the service user's and community's health needs and risks and accessible resources, as well as the bottom lines for informed consent, confidentiality, mandatory reporting, and escalation.
Use tools to complete material translation and reading difficulty adjustment and directory and record and statistics drafts, and record the tools and versions and data sources and times used.
Editorial review: verify health information, cultural context, resources, and permissions; obtain the necessary support per the actual role. The reporting obligation is verified per the jurisdiction, the person's status, the service user, and the triggering conditions. The current California CDSS elder and dependent adult reporting page states that the statuses listed in 15630, such as assuming care or custody, carry direct statutory reporting; the occupational name alone cannot be applied to all community health workers. Supervisory consent or AI verification must not be made a precondition for performing an already applicable statutory obligation; report promptly to the legally designated channel and keep the basis, and supervisory support must not delay a report that should be made. The current complete statutory text on child reporting was not obtained this round, so no uniform time limit or channel is specified here.
Service, referral, follow-up, and reporting are documented per the actually applicable rules, and system permissions are verified per the position. For US HIPAA, first verify whether the entity is a covered entity or business associate and whether the information is PHI, and do not equate all community agency or family information with HIPAA. 45CFR164.502 permits qualifying treatment, payment, operations, and other statutory uses and disclosures, so not all handling requires individual authorization; (b) minimum necessary has exceptions such as disclosures or requests between treatment providers, to the individual, with valid authorization, and where legally required. Institutional permissions, security, and lawful channels must still be verified, and redaction or a controlled system by itself grants no handling authority; other jurisdictions are verified separately.
Using tools does not transfer the already applicable legal or contractual responsibilities of the operator, the institution, and the supplier; the provider's privacy and security obligations cannot be written onto the service user, and tool suppliers are not broadly exempted from responsibility. The reporting obligation is verified per the jurisdiction, the person's status, the service user, and the triggering conditions. The current California CDSS elder and dependent adult reporting page states that the statuses listed in 15630, such as assuming care or custody, carry direct statutory reporting; the occupational name alone cannot be applied to all community health workers. Supervisory consent or AI verification must not be made a precondition for performing an already applicable statutory obligation; report promptly to the legally designated channel and keep the basis, and supervisory support must not delay a report that should be made. The current complete statutory text on child reporting was not obtained this round, so no uniform time limit or channel is specified here.
Automatically generated or translated health materials may contain errors or wording inconsistent with the local culture; using them without verifying the original materials and scope of application increases the risk of misleading and loss of trust.
Control: Rely only on reviewed evidence-based materials and the local resource list; for uncertain points, first go back to the original materials and keep the verification process and conclusions.
For US HIPAA, first verify whether the entity is a covered entity or business associate and whether the information is PHI, and do not equate all community agency or family information with HIPAA. 45CFR164.502 permits qualifying treatment, payment, operations, and other statutory uses and disclosures, so not all handling requires individual authorization; (b) minimum necessary has exceptions such as disclosures or requests between treatment providers, to the individual, with valid authorization, and where legally required. Institutional permissions, security, and lawful channels must still be verified, and redaction or a controlled system by itself grants no handling authority; other jurisdictions are verified separately.
Control: For tool selection, first verify the lawful handling basis, contract, and deployment permissions; only when the applicable de-identification standard is met may the exception be applied, and simply removing names is not equal to authorization. For US HIPAA, first verify whether the entity is a covered entity or business associate and whether the information is PHI, and do not equate all community agency or family information with HIPAA. 45CFR164.502 permits qualifying treatment, payment, operations, and other statutory uses and disclosures, so not all handling requires individual authorization; (b) minimum necessary has exceptions such as disclosures or requests between treatment providers, to the individual, with valid authorization, and where legally required. Institutional permissions, security, and lawful channels must still be verified, and redaction or a controlled system by itself grants no handling authority; other jurisdictions are verified separately.
Editorial version scenario: when the tool or model and material versions are not recorded, it may be hard to reproduce a resource directory or needs organization draft; this is not adoption effect evidence.
Control: Record the tool or model identifier, version, time, and input material version, and verify resource currency and target audience; service and resource judgments are passed to the correspondingly authorized personnel and are not automatically authorized by a version record.
Drawing a community health conclusion directly from tool-aggregated statistics may hide differences in sample and basis and coverage.
Control: Write the data source and time and basis and the person who performed it clearly, label the scope of application of the conclusion, keep the original records, and leave community health conclusions to positions with the corresponding authority to confirm.
When a process is split into the tool produces the conclusion and a human clicks to confirm, it easily creates a gap where no one is responsible for the service user's privacy and the reporting obligation.
Control: Clarify the executor, reviewer, and approver of each step in the process, and make the records able to answer who made this judgment based on what.
First make communication and listening, needs identification, use of health education materials, and referral and records solid, and only then learn to use information and follow-up and resource matching tools as support; do not take tool output directly as health advice or a case judgment, and do not skip verification of the original materials and resources.
Use the tools for material translation and reading difficulty adjustment and common question organization, but keep the judgment of content accuracy and cultural fit and whether it exceeds your qualification scope with people, and confirm the usable educational materials per the employer systems.
Editorial trial: organize a referral directory and follow-up reminders from a fictional resource list, manually verify eligibility, cost, transportation, and contact details, and record linkage barriers; this round has no AI adoption or efficiency evidence.
Editorial trial: organize statistics and archiving drafts from fictional files, and verify fields, sources, and versions; do not claim the tools have already improved consistency. When reporting is legally required, it cannot be delayed waiting for a draft review.
That cannot be inferred. The core tasks of this occupation are mainly needs identification, health education, referral and resource linkage, and records and follow-up in community settings: truly understanding the service user's situation, judging priorities, judging mandatory reporting and confidentiality boundaries, and driving resources to actually land all require interpersonal judgment and institutional authorization and acceptance of responsibility.
Source: O*NET21-1094.00 tasks and work activities (current button); for the ILO exposure boundary see the material entry in this moduleOriginal source ↗
The current O*NET JobZone4, with 56% of respondents answering that a new entrant needs a bachelor's degree, 18% an associate or two-year degree, and 13% a post-baccalaureate certificate, and the three-tier answers are not the education distribution of all personnel or a uniform entry requirement. The typical BLS entry for this occupation is a high school diploma or equivalency, no related work experience, and short-term on-the-job training; the OOH says at least high school or equivalency, with some employers requiring or preferring higher education and some states requiring approved training or certification. The methods differ, so the target position must be verified, and 56% cannot be used to infer that all must have a bachelor's degree or that certification is always optional. The 9 software recruitment keywords do not prove a uniform programming threshold, that tool ability is increasingly useful, or what actually determines hiring.
Source: O*NET21-1094.00 recruitment technology keywords (current button); for the tasks and the NIST framework see the respective material entries in this moduleOriginal source ↗
Editorial trial candidate: using only fictional materials or materials for which lawful handling permission is actually obtained, trial educational material drafts, reading difficulty adjustment, and resource directory and record organization; verify health facts, cultural context, omissions, resource currency, and total review time against the originals. This round obtained no evidence on the reliability, adoption rate, efficiency gain, or replacement timing of generative AI for this occupation. No order of existing or future impact is ranked.
Source: O*NET21-1094.00 tasks and work activities (current button); for the ILO exposure boundary see the material entry in this moduleOriginal source ↗
BLS Table 1.2 (21-1094, 2025—2035): employment about 64,700 → 72,900, a net gain of about 8,200, growth 12.7% (rounded to 13% by OOH), about 7,000 annual average openings, and the 2025 self-employed share was 0.3%. O*NET rates it Much faster than average (7% or higher); projections are not actual hiring or personal selection, and annual average openings include growth and replacement such as transfers and retirements and are not equal to net growth, nor are they AI causal conclusions.
Source: O*NET national employment trends page (21-1094.00)Original source ↗
Using tools does not transfer the already applicable legal or contractual responsibilities of the operator, the institution, and the supplier; the provider's privacy and security obligations cannot be written onto the service user, and tool suppliers are not broadly exempted from responsibility. The reporting obligation is verified per the jurisdiction, the person's status, the service user, and the triggering conditions. The current California CDSS elder and dependent adult reporting page states that the statuses listed in 15630, such as assuming care or custody, carry direct statutory reporting; the occupational name alone cannot be applied to all community health workers. Supervisory consent or AI verification must not be made a precondition for performing an already applicable statutory obligation; report promptly to the legally designated channel and keep the basis, and supervisory support must not delay a report that should be made. The current complete statutory text on child reporting was not obtained this round, so no uniform time limit or channel is specified here.
Source: CDSS California elder reporting obligation statement (applies per status and circumstances, not equal to child or global rules)Original source ↗
No reliable public source supports setting a disappearance year for this occupation; this page provides no such prediction. What is more useful is tracking changes in public health funding and information systems and remote service methods, rather than waiting for a date.
Source: Editorial note on this pageOriginal source ↗
Priority order recommendation: first make communication and listening, needs identification, education and referral, and records and follow-up solid, and only then learn to use information and follow-up and resource matching tools as support; at the same time limit the use of generative AI to materials and directories and records and statistics drafts, not to replace needs and risk judgment, reporting and confidentiality judgments, or case decisions.
Source: O*NET21-1094.00 recruitment technology keywords (current button); for the tasks and the NIST framework see the respective material entries in this moduleOriginal source ↗
Materials, directories, and records can serve as editorial AI trial candidates, and the actual effect must be verified against the originals and assessed for total time; communication, needs identification, resource linkage, and the applicable reporting and privacy responsibilities must still be performed by the corresponding personnel, and a digitizable task cannot be called a necessarily significant change.
NBS2025 (published 2026-05-15): health and social work industry non-private 146,266 yuan per person per year and private 75,631 yuan per person per year, Tables 2 and 5, pre-tax annual average wages of unit employees. They serve as broad background only when the employer actually belongs to that industry, and are not the community health worker median, percentile, starting pay, or monthly salary. This round did not establish a precise Chinese occupational and wage mapping, which is not the same as China having no subclass or officials never publishing it.
This round has no representative recruitment sample; a single position can be used to compare a specific opportunity, with the period, region, unit, duties, and employment conditions retained.
NBS2025 (published 2026-05-15): health and social work industry non-private 146,266 yuan per person per year and private 75,631 yuan per person per year, Tables 2 and 5, pre-tax annual average wages of unit employees. They serve as broad background only when the employer actually belongs to that industry, and are not the community health worker median, percentile, starting pay, or monthly salary. This round did not establish a precise Chinese occupational and wage mapping, which is not the same as China having no subclass or officials never publishing it.
| Education background | Job direction | Notes and verification suggestions |
|---|---|---|
| Study in a related field such as public health or health education or social work or psychology | Health education and follow-up positions in primary medical and health institutions and public health institutions | Editorial verifiable candidate: the target position's professional study, community practice, training, and authorization requirements; this round has no representative Chinese recruitment sample and does not claim uniform common conditions or that education determines the sequence. |
| Frontline service and project practice at community and social work service institutions | Community and social work service institutions, and health promotion and chronic disease management programs | Editorial comparison candidate: verify the specific project cycle, funding, employment contract, and duties; no sample on the prevalence of project-based work was obtained, and income cannot be inferred from it. |
| Position authorization and training related to screening and reporting and confidentiality | Health education and health promotion direction, and case management and resource linkage direction | Editorial note: the authorization requirements for procedures and reporting and confidentiality are part of the position requirements, and actual recognition follows the competent authority and institutional requirements; this page does not replace application and authorization conditions. |
| Service user privacy and informed consent and mandatory reporting requirements | Project coordination and community organization direction | Editorial note: work related to privacy and reporting and informed consent must be carried out per the applicable regulations and institutional systems, and this page does not write any training or overseas certification as a statutory qualification. |
When comparing specific contracts and duties, verify the industry classification, unit coverage, region, and hours; the health and social work industry average is only broad background, not occupational income.
Editorial note: mainly health education and chronic disease follow-up and screening support, with work usually arranged by institutional shift and program.
Editorial note: mainly case support and resource linkage and community activities, delivered per the project and systems.
Editorial note: mainly project-based health promotion and follow-up, carried out per the project cycle and standards.
Editorial trial candidate: using only fictional materials or materials for which lawful handling permission is actually obtained, trial educational material drafts, reading difficulty adjustment, and resource directory and record organization; verify health facts, cultural context, omissions, resource currency, and total review time against the originals. This round obtained no evidence on the reliability, adoption rate, efficiency gain, or replacement timing of generative AI for this occupation. Changes in Chinese wage statistics or income effects are not inferred from tool use.
| 51,850 US dollars/year (2025 median) |
| National statistical percentile, not personal monthly income |
| The median is the midpoint of the distribution, which is not the same as the average level, and it does not represent most people's actual income. |
| 90th percentile | 77,180 US dollars/year (90th percentile; hourly 37.11 US dollars) | National statistical percentile, not personal monthly income | This percentile describes the upper end position of the distribution, and the income of management or program lead positions cannot be inferred from it. |
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Salary · 10th percentile：38,810 US dollars per year (hourly 18.66 US dollars)；10th percentile. This percentile means 10% of employed people earn no more than this value, and it is not an entry-level starting wage.；O*NET national wage percentile page (21-1094.00)
Salary · 25th percentile：45,640 US dollars per year (hourly 21.94 US dollars)；25th percentile. A percentile describes a position in the distribution, not a seniority level.；O*NET national wage percentile page (21-1094.00)
Salary · median：51,850 US dollars per year (hourly 24.93 US dollars)；The national 50th percentile is the median of 51,850 US dollars per year and 24.93 US dollars per hour； the on average earn summary does not prove the arithmetic mean equals the median.
Salary · 75th percentile：62,540 US dollars per year (hourly 30.07 US dollars)；75th percentile. Higher income does not automatically correspond to specific positions such as management or program lead.；O*NET national wage percentile page (21-1094.00)
Salary · 90th percentile：77,180 US dollars per year (hourly 37.11 US dollars)；90th percentile. This percentile does not include the individual distribution of differences by employer type and region and employment mode.；O*NET national wage percentile page (21-1094.00)
No. The median describes the middle position of all employed people in the statistical period, and the 10th percentile of 38,810 US dollars cannot be treated as an entry-level starting wage either; entry pay also depends on employer type and institution and region and employment mode.
A national statistical hourly wage cannot promise an individual's full-year income; specific paid hours, contract, and bonuses and taxes are required. The OOH says most are full-time, so project-based or part-time work cannot be called prevalent; annual statistics are not an individual's take-home amount.
The percentiles and median come from the BLS OEWS 2025 wage data shown on the O*NET page for this occupation (21-1094.00 precise occupational basis); a percentile is a statistical position and does not represent an individual's ability level.
Employer type (health care and social assistance, government, and community organizations), institution size and region, position level and seniority, and employment mode (full-time and project-based and part-time) must be verified against the specific contract and grouped evidence, and no general effect is inferred; this page does not predict individual income.
| Industry | Median wage for this occupation within the industry | How to understand this value |
|---|---|---|
| Hospitals (state, local, and private) | 58,290 US dollars per year (2025 median for this occupation in that industry) | The BLS OOH industry wage for this occupation, not the whole industry average; a difference does not prove individual income or an industry causal effect. |
| Local government (excluding schools and hospitals) | 56,390 US dollars per year (2025 median for this occupation in that industry) | The BLS OOH industry wage for this occupation, not the whole industry average; a difference does not prove individual income or an industry causal effect. |
| Social assistance | 50,730 US dollars per year (2025 median for this occupation in that industry) | The BLS OOH industry wage for this occupation, not the whole industry average; a difference does not prove individual income or an industry causal effect. |
| Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations | 50,020 US dollars per year (2025 median for this occupation in that industry) | The BLS OOH industry wage for this occupation, not the whole industry average; a difference does not prove individual income or an industry causal effect. The fifth industry, outpatient medical services, is 49,540 US dollars per year on the same basis; regional and seniority and mode segmentation was not verified this round. |
The employer types and employment modes for this occupation vary widely (health care and social assistance, government, and community organizations, full-time and project-based and part-time), so the public percentiles mainly reflect employed wage and salary positions; institution type and region and position level affect income levels, but comparison requires precise occupational and regional data.
O*NET 90% have a regular schedule, 63% work 40 hours with 26% fewer than 40 and 11% more than 40, 29% face strict deadlines every day, and 25% at least once a week but not daily; 40% in an enclosed vehicle or equipment every day is not equal to 40% making home visits every day. The OOH says some time in an office with considerable fieldwork, mostly full-time, and possible evening or weekend service tasks.
The current O*NET shows health care and social assistance 56%, government 21%, and other 23% (other services and educational services), which is an employment composition and not wages. Compare the specific region, contract, and duties; this round obtained no magnitude of funding or project density effect on income.
BLS Table 1.2 (21-1094, 2025—2035): employment about 64,700 → 72,900, a net gain of about 8,200, growth 12.7% (rounded to 13% by OOH), about 7,000 annual average openings, and the 2025 self-employed share was 0.3%. O*NET rates it Much faster than average (7% or higher)； projections are not actual hiring or personal selection, and annual average openings include growth and replacement such as transfers and retirements and are not equal to net growth, nor are they AI causal conclusions.
BLS Table 1.2 (21-1094, 2025—2035): employment about 64,700 → 72,900, a net gain of about 8,200, growth 12.7% (rounded to 13% by OOH), about 7,000 annual average openings, and the 2025 self-employed share was 0.3%. O*NET rates it Much faster than average (7% or higher)； projections are not actual hiring or personal selection, and annual average openings include growth and replacement such as transfers and retirements and are not equal to net growth, nor are they AI causal conclusions.
The 2025—2035 annual average openings are about 7,000, including growth and transfer and retirement replacement, and are not net growth.
Which Holland interest type suits community health workers better?
The interest code on the O*NET page for this occupation is S (Social): the interest scores published on the occupation page are Social 93, Enterprising 42, Investigative 42, Conventional 40, Artistic 20, and Realistic 17. Social corresponds to helping others and teaching and providing care and is the most prominent orientation for this occupation; Enterprising and Investigative tie for second and correspond respectively to driving resources and advocacy and to understanding health information; the work activities for this occupation are led by documenting and recording information, acquiring information, working directly with the public, making decisions and solving problems, and using computers; the interest code describes occupational-level interest characteristics, not an individual fit conclusion.
Do not use it this way: The current O*NET21 Work Styles have Impact: Empathy 100, Cooperation 87, Dependability 83, Optimism 83, Social Orientation 82, Sincerity 81, Integrity 70, and so on, which are occupational-level indicators and not an individual minimum test score or personality predictive validity.
Test my Holland career interestsWhich Big Five traits are more relevant to this job?
This round obtained no reliable predictive validity of Big Five traits for performance in this occupation; listening, records, follow-up, and boundaries can serve as editorial behavior self-checks, and personal personality causation or inability to learn is not inferred from occupational styles.
Do not use it this way: Editorial scenario self-check: comforting the service user and fulfilling the applicable reporting obligation can proceed in parallel, and no uniform risk inference is made about which comes first. The reporting obligation is verified per the jurisdiction, the person's status, the service user, and the triggering conditions. The current California CDSS elder and dependent adult reporting page states that the statuses listed in 15630, such as assuming care or custody, carry direct statutory reporting; the occupational name alone cannot be applied to all community health workers. Supervisory consent or AI verification must not be made a precondition for performing an already applicable statutory obligation; report promptly to the legally designated channel and keep the basis, and supervisory support must not delay a report that should be made. The current complete statutory text on child reporting was not obtained this round, so no uniform time limit or channel is specified here.
Which MBTI type suits community health workers best?
Interest orientation: the interest code on this occupation page is S (Social), and the daily tasks are mainly health education and behavior support, needs identification and referral and advocacy, and screening and records and home visits and community liaison.
Do not use it this way: Note: MBTI type is not a hiring condition, and this page provides no recommendation to screen positions by type.
Understand my MBTI preferencesWhich Enneagram type suits community health workers better?
This round obtained no Enneagram fit validity for this occupation; original fictional needs and referral and boundary descriptions can serve as an editorial interest trial, not a personality diagnosis or a real clinical ability assessment.
Do not use it this way: Note: Enneagram interpretation easily slides toward personality diagnosis, and this page does not use it to judge fit.
Explore my Enneagram patternIf my IQ or math is not good, can I be a community health worker?
This occupation's substantive requirements for communication and care knowledge are clear: the O*NET knowledge list is led by customer and personal service, English language, medicine and dentistry, psychology, therapy and counseling, computers and electronics, and education and training; the abilities list is led by oral comprehension, oral expression, problem sensitivity, speech clarity, speech recognition, written comprehension, written expression, and deductive reasoning, with the current full abilities list at 52 items and knowledge at 33 items. The indicators are not an individual pass line.
Do not use it this way: Note: if personal impressions are relied on for the long term without codifying records and follow-up and referral ledgers, risks will surface in supervision and compliance checks and case handover; fixing the process and the trail in place is the sustainable approach.
Understand my intelligence and reasoning performanceDoes being a community health worker require high emotional intelligence?
This occupation has extremely high communication and collaboration requirements: O*NET work context shows 98% have continuous contact with others, 100% use email every day, 100% have phone conversations every day, 69% consider dealing with external customers or the public extremely important (31% very important), 17% need public speaking more than once a week, and 21% consider coordinating or leading others extremely important (22% important); multi-party communication with service agencies and family members and colleagues is the core of daily work.
Do not use it this way: The actually applicable privacy and reporting and necessary consent requirements must not be skipped; consent and minimum necessary have specific exceptions, and refusal cannot uniformly stop a statutory obligation. For US HIPAA, first verify whether the entity is a covered entity or business associate and whether the information is PHI, and do not equate all community agency or family information with HIPAA. 45CFR164.502 permits qualifying treatment, payment, operations, and other statutory uses and disclosures, so not all handling requires individual authorization; (b) minimum necessary has exceptions such as disclosures or requests between treatment providers, to the individual, with valid authorization, and where legally required. Institutional permissions, security, and lawful channels must still be verified, and redaction or a controlled system by itself grants no handling authority; other jurisdictions are verified separately.
Fits better when: Fit signal: willing to do the coordinated management of program design and personnel and funding and compliance.
Watch for: That direction mainly coordinates programs, budgets, and policy; it does not rule out all frontline education and follow-up, and the actual tasks and authority must be verified with the target position.
Explore related career: Social and Community Service ManagersFits better when: Fit signal: willing to organize exercise and health activities and promote lifestyle improvement.
Watch for: That direction manages health programs and personnel and may also conduct needs surveys, individual support, and organizational screening, and all case needs assessment or referral cannot be ruled out.
Explore related career: Health and Wellness CoordinatorsFits better when: Fit signal: willing to receive clinical training and provide addiction-related assessment and counseling.
Watch for: Counseling and prevention and the corresponding treatment tasks require verification of the target jurisdiction, position education, and licensure or supervision; permission cannot be obtained directly from adjacent tasks. The O*NET29 tasks with 14 Core and 15 Supplemental form an occupational task pool and are not all mandatory for every position; screening, immunization, and first aid tasks do not automatically confer clinical permission, and the occupational name or an overseas certification does not grant independent diagnostic and treatment authority; the specific procedures are verified per your own actual qualifications, jurisdiction, and institutional authorization.
Explore related career: Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health CounselorsFits better when: Fit signal: willing to do academic and career development guidance and further education and employment counseling.
Watch for: Caution signal: that direction's resource system and goals lie in academics and careers, not community health.
Explore related career: Educational, Guidance, and Career CounselorsFits better when: Fit signal: willing to receive clinical psychological training and provide psychological assessment and counseling.
Watch for: Counseling and prevention and the corresponding treatment tasks require verification of the target jurisdiction, position education, and licensure or supervision; permission cannot be obtained directly from adjacent tasks. The O*NET29 tasks with 14 Core and 15 Supplemental form an occupational task pool and are not all mandatory for every position; screening, immunization, and first aid tasks do not automatically confer clinical permission, and the occupational name or an overseas certification does not grant independent diagnostic and treatment authority; the specific procedures are verified per your own actual qualifications, jurisdiction, and institutional authorization.
Explore related career: Mental Health CounselorsFits better when: Fit signal: willing to provide frontline supportive services under supervision.
Watch for: Social and human service assistants mainly assist service users and help with access to welfare and community resources; the definition cannot be used to infer that all positions have a narrower scope or uniformly less independent judgment.
Explore related career: Social and Human Service AssistantsNo. Reducing an occupation to one most suitable personality hides the real differences: the position requirements and supervision intensity of medical institutions, public health institutions, and community organizations differ greatly. A more useful approach is to verify with a deliverable needs and referral plan exercise.
This round obtained no comparative evidence on introversion and extroversion and performance in this occupation; structured interviews and written records can serve as editorial self-checks but do not guarantee introvert fit; 98% continuous contact and daily phone and email use are occupational respondent distributions, not a uniform in-person requirement for every position.
Extroversion itself does not prove community organizing, advocacy, or record ability; self-check behavior against the target tasks, and do not assign positions based on personality preference.
This round obtained no reliable MBTI fit ranking, and screening by type is not done.
The interest code on the O*NET page for this occupation is S (Social). This indicates that the highest occupational interest is helping others and teaching and care orientation, but the code is not an individual fit conclusion and still needs to be verified with actual tasks.
This round obtained no reliable validity of personality scores for performance in this occupation, and individual hiring or fit is not inferred from work styles.
The O*NET scores of mathematics knowledge 35, mathematical reasoning 28, and number facility 25 are occupational Importance and cannot be treated as an individual pass line. The quantitative requirements for collecting community data, statistics, and reading program indicators must be verified per the actual tasks and position.
The respondent distributions for conflict, aggression, deadlines, and error consequences can prompt scenario self-checks and do not prove an emotional load ranking, personality validity, or exhaustion rate. The editorial recommendation is to verify records, follow-up, team support, and reporting arrangements.
This round obtained no Enneagram fit validity, and it is not used to decide career choices.
Judge by deliverable: can you write needs identification and health education key points for a fictional community needs material; can you write a one-page action plan including referral and resource linkage and follow-up for a fictional service user; can you write a one-page statement including informed consent and confidentiality and mandatory reporting boundaries. Whichever type of task you are willing to repeat is the direction more worth trying.
Possible consequence：The NIOSH home healthcare violence material points to scenario risks such as isolation, environmental information, and insufficient support, and cannot be used to infer the incidence rate for all community health workers or a uniform significant increase for solo work.
How to reduce risk：Verify itinerary check-in, communication, necessary accompaniment, exit routes, and emergency contact resources per the actual field plan. When violence is imminent, prioritize self-protection and seek emergency support per training and the safety plan; do not write leaving immediately for all threats as a uniform procedure. The NIOSH home healthcare prevention recommendations are a reference for similar scenarios.
Evidence：chw-review-niosh · editorial
Typical scenario：Delaying or omitting a report for fear of damaging the relationship; discussing identifiable case information in unauthorized channels; handing reporting and confidentiality judgments to unauthorized personnel.
Roles most affected：Positions that take on reporting and confidentiality judgments
Possible consequence：Improper reporting or disclosure may harm safety or privacy and create legal liability; it must be verified by specific facts and applicable conditions, and the two are not said to necessarily occur at the same time.
How to reduce risk：The reporting obligation is verified per the jurisdiction, the person's status, the service user, and the triggering conditions. The current California CDSS elder and dependent adult reporting page states that the statuses listed in 15630, such as assuming care or custody, carry direct statutory reporting; the occupational name alone cannot be applied to all community health workers. Supervisory consent or AI verification must not be made a precondition for performing an already applicable statutory obligation; report promptly to the legally designated channel and keep the basis, and supervisory support must not delay a report that should be made. The current complete statutory text on child reporting was not obtained this round, so no uniform time limit or channel is specified here.
Evidence：chw-review-ca-report · chw-review-hipaa · editorial
Typical scenario：Treating educational materials as individualized diagnosis; giving medication or treatment advice based on personal experience; performing screening or immunization procedures without authorization.
Roles most affected：Positions that take on health education and screening support
Possible consequence：Health advice or screening and immunization and medication procedures beyond your own qualifications and authorization scope bring risk of misleading and safety and practice compliance problems.
How to reduce risk：First confirm the content and procedure boundaries your position allows; use reviewed evidence-based materials, refer matters beyond scope per procedure to personnel with the corresponding qualifications, and record the referral process.
Evidence：chw-review-onet-details · chw-review-ooh · editorial
Typical scenario：Treating a referral as equivalent to solving the problem; not recording the reason for failure; not confirming the linkage responsibility between different institutions in writing.
Roles most affected：Positions that take on referral and resource linkage
Possible consequence：Not following up on a referral may leave resource barriers undiscovered; verify accessibility and follow-up per the actual duties, and it cannot be asserted that issuing only a referral slip always repeatedly fails.
How to reduce risk：At referral, verify accessibility factors such as eligibility conditions and cost and transportation and timing; follow up in person, by phone, or in writing to confirm completion of the action; when linkage fails, record the barrier and help find alternative resources.
Evidence：chw-review-onet-details · editorial
Typical scenario：Substituting memory for records; storing case materials on personal devices; discussing identifiable information in unauthorized channels.
Roles most affected：Positions that take on records and case information management
Possible consequence：Missing records may hinder case handover and review, and unauthorized disclosure may cause privacy harm; it is not the same as all checks necessarily being untraceable.
How to reduce risk：For US HIPAA, first verify whether the entity is a covered entity or business associate and whether the information is PHI, and do not equate all community agency or family information with HIPAA. 45CFR164.502 permits qualifying treatment, payment, operations, and other statutory uses and disclosures, so not all handling requires individual authorization; (b) minimum necessary has exceptions such as disclosures or requests between treatment providers, to the individual, with valid authorization, and where legally required. Institutional permissions, security, and lawful channels must still be verified, and redaction or a controlled system by itself grants no handling authority; other jurisdictions are verified separately.
Evidence：chw-review-hipaa · chw-review-hhs-entities · editorial
Typical scenario：Treating doing a bit more as the only solution; not seeking supervision; bringing personal positions and emotions into service judgments.
Roles most affected：Positions that take on long-term accompaniment and emotional load
Possible consequence：Editorial scenario prompt: when supporting people in difficulty over the long term, observe your own load and boundaries and verify team support; this round has no causal quantitative evidence on judgment impairment or staff turnover caused by emotional load in this occupation.
How to reduce risk：Use supervision and team support and employee assistance resources per the employer systems; hand over cases beyond your own ability or emotional capacity per procedure; treat rest and load management as part of sustainable work.
Evidence：editorial
The current associated certification directory has 3 items: AAMI healthcare technology management, Institute for Recovery and Community Integration peer support, and BCSP trainer. Their purposes differ and they are not equal to a uniform state certification for community health workers, and the directory does not prove applicability to all positions; this round did not fully verify each body's application conditions or fees. The O*NET29 tasks with 14 Core and 15 Supplemental form an occupational task pool and are not all mandatory for every position; screening, immunization, and first aid tasks do not automatically confer clinical permission, and the occupational name or an overseas certification does not grant independent diagnostic and treatment authority; the specific procedures are verified per your own actual qualifications, jurisdiction, and institutional authorization.
| Entry-level position | What you mainly do early in the job | What the editorial review may examine | How to prove it without experience | Difference from other directions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community health service support (under supervision) | Complete material preparation, information provision, records, and follow-up support under supervision and implement institutional requirements. | Editorial review may examine: whether records are complete, whether referrals and follow-up are logged, and whether anomalies are reported promptly. | Prove it with de-identified service and records and supervisory opinions. | Editorial comparison of main tasks; actual cases, projects, management, and legally mandated reporting duties are checked against the position or applicable regulations, and duties may overlap. |
| Community health worker (independent service) | Independently complete routine needs identification, health education, referral, and follow-up with complete records. | Editorial review may examine: completeness of needs identification, referral completion and follow-up, and record and privacy and reporting compliance. | Prove it with service and referral and follow-up records and supervisory evaluations. | Editorial comparison of main tasks; actual cases, projects, management, and legally mandated reporting duties are checked against the position or applicable regulations, and duties may overlap. |
| Program and community organization position (including group education) | Take on community programs, group education, and advocacy and mentor new colleagues. | Editorial review may examine: achievement of program goals, community participation, material and training quality, and compliance execution. | Prove it with program records and activity and training and assessment materials. | Editorial comparison of main tasks; actual cases, projects, management, and legally mandated reporting duties are checked against the position or applicable regulations, and duties may overlap. |
| Service standards and compliance position | Participate in service standards, privacy, reporting, records, and training system development. | Editorial review may examine: policy documents and execution, inspection and training coverage, and incident review records. | Prove it with policy documents and inspection and training and review records. | Editorial comparison of main tasks; actual cases, projects, management, and legally mandated reporting duties are checked against the position or applicable regulations, and duties may overlap. |
| Agency and program management position | Responsible for coordinating program design, budget, personnel, supervision, external cooperation, and performance. | Editorial review may examine: program and funding and personnel metrics, compliance and audit, and cooperation and performance results. | Prove it with program plans and budgets and supervision and performance records. | Editorial comparison of main tasks; actual cases, projects, management, and legally mandated reporting duties are checked against the position or applicable regulations, and duties may overlap. |
The preparation level is Job Zone Four (considerable preparation);
Check community, language and culture, and on-the-job training for the target position; no recruitment sample of requirements common to most positions was obtained in this round.
Reporting duties are checked against the legal jurisdiction, the person's status, the service recipient, and the trigger conditions. The current California CDSS elder/dependent adult reporting page states that 15630 lists those holding caregiver/conservator and similar statuses as directly mandated reporters; you cannot apply that to all CHWs based on the occupation name alone. Supervisory consent or AI determination must not be set as a precondition for fulfilling an already applicable legal duty; report promptly through the legally designated channel and keep the basis, and supervisory support must not delay a report that should be made. The full current child reporting statute was not obtained in this round, so no uniform time limit or channel is specified here. The O*NET29 tasks 14Core/15Supplemental are an occupation task pool, not a mandatory requirement for every position; screening, immunization, and first-aid tasks do not automatically confer clinical permission, and the occupation name or an overseas certification does not grant independent diagnostic or treatment authority; verify specific procedures against your own actual qualifications, jurisdiction, and agency authorization.
Hypothetical materials: a hypothetical community profile and target population (including accessibility limits such as language, transportation, insurance, and income), and a hypothetical service recipient situation description (including one signal that must be reported under policy and one resource linkage barrier).
Hypothetical conditions: a hypothetical agency's informed consent and privacy and confidentiality and mandated reporting and escalation process.
Hypothetical constraints: a hypothetical agency's scope of practice and screening and immunization operating authorization and supervision arrangements.
Step two: write the referral and resource linkage and follow-up plan (explain resource eligibility conditions and accessibility factors such as cost, transportation, and time, the follow-up method, and alternatives after a failure).
Step three: write a one-page record and boundary statement (including informed consent and privacy handling and mandated reporting basis and escalation path), and explain which decisions must be confirmed by a position with the corresponding qualifications and authorization.
Evaluation basis: whether the needs judgment is supported, whether the educational content is within scope of practice, whether resource linkage considers accessibility, whether reporting and confidentiality and informed consent are stated, whether records are traceable, and whether out-of-scope services are identified as needing referral or supervisory confirmation.
Evidence forms include de-identified service and follow-up and referral records, health education and activity materials, training and supervision and assessment records, and proof of language and cultural ability.
For items without evidence, explicitly write 'to be added' and give a plan for completing it.
Write down what you disagree with or what needs to be added, and explain the basis.
Point out the parts of the record that cannot be traced back (such as missing consent or reporting basis or contact person), and explain what consequences such gaps bring in supervisory review and compliance checks.
A boundary summary: the services you are allowed and not allowed to provide in this case, the basis for reporting and confidentiality judgments, and the matters that need referral or supervisory confirmation.
| Stage | What may be examined | Observed evidence | Boundary of use |
|---|---|---|---|
| Resume and initial screening | Relevant professional background and community service or health promotion experience, service and referral and record experience, and language and cultural ability. | Whether experience matches the job duties, and understanding of privacy and reporting and boundaries. | Initial screening can only see written information; position authorization and screening and reporting requirements must be checked against agency and jurisdictional rules. |
| Interview and situational questions | Your approach to a given home visit safety risk or mandated reporting or insufficient resource situation, and how you handle it when a need is found to exceed your ability. | The editorial review may examine needs, resources, and safety judgment, and identify actual legal reporting duties, and does not treat waiting for prior supervisor approval as the right answer. |
Organize the hypothetical community and target population materials into a needs and accessibility checklist and mark the difficult points.
Write the verifiable needs items and the judgment basis and mark where information is insufficient.
Write the educational content and materials and talking points and confirm whether they are within scope of practice.
Write the resource eligibility and accessibility factors such as cost and transportation and time, and the follow-up method.
Write the applicability and escalation path of informed consent and privacy and mandated reporting per the hypothetical policy.
Write the service and referral and follow-up records and case handover key points.
| Qualification / status | Who it mainly suits | Real role in job seeking | Whether it is a general entry threshold | Application / registration conditions | Investment level | Important limitations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study in a related field such as public health or health education or social work or psychology | Those checking the target position's education requirements | Check education and training against the employer and state rules | BLS typical high school/equivalent; some employers require or prefer higher education | Courses and internships and assessments are checked against the target education program, not uniformly required of all CHWs | Insufficient evidence: specific time/cost not verified in this round |
Typical scope：Complete health education material preparation, activity assistance, and records under supervision.
Readiness evidence：Can present one reviewable set of materials, activities, and records.
Credential boundary：Candidate for verification at the editorial stage: relevant professional background and basic training can be checked. Verify against the target position; not a uniform hiring threshold.
Next moves：Turn the key points of materials and records into a fixed checklist.
Typical scope：Independently carry out routine health education and small-scale community consultation with complete records.
Readiness evidence：Can present education and consultation records, materials, and feedback records.
Credential boundary：Candidate for verification at the editorial stage: communication, content adaptation, and scope-of-practice judgment ability can be checked. Verify against the target position; not a uniform hiring threshold.
Next moves：Turn commonly used educational content and boundaries into a stable version.
Typical scope：Take on group education, training, and material development and mentor new colleagues.
Readiness evidence：Can present course, training, and assessment records.
Credential boundary：Candidate for verification at the editorial stage: training experience and material development experience can be checked. Verify against the target position; not a uniform hiring threshold.
Next moves：Organize training experience into a reusable plan.
Typical scope：Participate in education standards, material review, and training system development.
Readiness evidence：Can present policy documents and review and training records.
Credential boundary：Candidate for verification at the editorial stage: in-organization responsibilities and long-term experience can be checked. Verify against the target position; not a uniform hiring threshold.
Next moves：Consolidate policy key points into reusable templates.
Typical scope：Complete resource directory organization, referral, and follow-up support under supervision.
Readiness evidence：Can present a resource directory and referral and follow-up records.
Credential boundary：Candidate for verification at the editorial stage: basic training and communication ability can be checked. Verify against the target position; not a uniform hiring threshold.
Next moves：Make a checklist of resources and referral key points.
Typical scope：Independently complete routine needs identification, referral, and follow-up and handle accessibility barriers.
Readiness evidence：Can present needs records and referral and follow-up records.
Credential boundary：Candidate for verification at the editorial stage: understanding of the resource system, communication, and record-keeping ability can be checked. Verify against the target position; not a uniform hiring threshold.
Next moves：Write resource linkage and failure handling into a fixed process.
Typical scope：Complete screening assistance and file and follow-up record support under supervision.
Readiness evidence：Can present screening assistance, records, and supervisory opinions.
Credential boundary：Candidate for verification at the editorial stage: basic training and operating authorization can be checked. Verify against the target position; not a uniform hiring threshold.
Next moves：Make a checklist of screening assistance and record key points.
Typical scope：Independently complete routine home visits, follow-up, and records and implement field safety arrangements.
Readiness evidence：Can present home visit, follow-up, and safety log records.
Credential boundary：Candidate for verification at the editorial stage: interviewing, records, and safety judgment ability can be checked. Verify against the target position; not a uniform hiring threshold.
Next moves：Write home visits, safety, and record key points into a fixed process.
Can complete material preparation and information provision and record and follow-up support under supervision, follow the informed consent and privacy and reporting requirements per the system, and promptly report and correct when needs exceed your own ability or a record item is missing.
Can independently complete routine needs identification and health education and referral and follow-up and record it fully, and follow the privacy and reporting and referral processes per the institutional systems.
Can take on complex cases and community programs and group education and mentor new colleagues, and check the quality of records and compliance and referral landing.
Can participate in building service standards and project management and compliance and training and supervision systems, and holds the corresponding position authorization.
Does not establish：A US national projection that does not distinguish employer type and region and project type; it also cannot be used to infer the number of positions at one agency or in one program.
Global (cross-economy) · Cross-indicator/economy research reference, not an exact adoption rate for this occupation
Exposure ranking and measurement method
Interpretation and limits of AI exposure indicators
ILO2026-04-17 research brief actual public page: exposure indicators are not adoption, job gains or losses, or productivity projections, and the definition and task measurement and economic institution constraints all have limitations; the full PDF or this occupation's detailed table was not read.
Does not establish：It is an exposure measure, not an adoption rate or automation rate; cross-economy definitions differ from national statistical definitions and cannot be directly converted into job changes for the United States or China.
Mainland China · Mainland China (no one-to-one occupation subcategory established)
Insufficient evidence: China's exact occupation national wage was not obtained in this round; industry background is not used as a substitute
The all-personnel pre-tax annual average for the health and social work industry, not an occupation percentile
NBS2025 (published 2026-05-15): health and social work industry non-private 146,266 yuan per person per year and private 75,631 yuan per person per year, Tables 2 and 5, pre-tax annual average wages of unit employees. They serve as broad background only when the employer actually belongs to that industry, and are not the community health worker median, percentile, starting pay, or monthly salary. This round did not establish a precise Chinese occupational and wage mapping, which is not the same as China having no subclass or officials never publishing it.
Does not establish：The matched employer industry average is only broad background; the exact occupation wage and regional/position breakdown, and a representative recruitment sample for this round, were still not obtained.
These are capability relationships, not automatic promotions or credential waivers.
Transfers：Shared abilities: needs identification, service network understanding, records and compliance awareness, multi-party communication.
Build next：Check per person the existing and to-be-added program design and budget and personnel management and compliance audit experience.
View career profileTransfers：Shared abilities: health knowledge, behavior change communication, community mobilization, and activity organization.
Build next：Check per person the existing and to-be-added exercise and health program design and group activity organization experience.
View career profileTransfers：Shared abilities: listening and empathy, risk identification, referral and follow-up, records and boundary awareness.
Build next：Check per person the existing and to-be-added clinical training and practice qualification and supervision for addiction assessment and counseling and therapeutic services.
View career profileTransfers：Shared abilities: interviewing and listening, information provision, records and follow-up, multi-party collaboration.
Build next：Check per person the existing and to-be-added counseling theory and tools and further education and employment resource system experience.
View career profileTransfers：Shared abilities: listening and empathy, psychological and behavioral observation, referral and crisis identification awareness.
Build next：Check per person the existing and to-be-added clinical training and practice qualification and supervision for psychological assessment and counseling and therapeutic services.
View career profileTransfers：Shared abilities: frontline support, needs identification, service networks, and records and communication.
Build next：Check per person the existing and to-be-added experience of taking on supportive services and referral under a supervision system.
View career profileTransfers：Shared abilities: case management, resource linkage, records and follow-up, cross-agency collaboration.
Build next：Check per person the existing and to-be-added rehabilitation assessment and disability services and case management experience.
View career profileTransfers：Shared abilities: case support, resource linkage, crisis identification, healthcare and social service collaboration.
Build next：Check per person the existing and to-be-added psychosocial assessment and discharge and medical resource linkage experience in healthcare settings.
View career profileSocial and community service managers coordinate programs and personnel and funding and usually do not take on frontline service and follow-up; fitness and wellness coordinators center on activity and program organization and do not do case referral; substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors and mental health counselors provide therapeutic services and require clinical qualifications and supervision; educational guidance and career advisors focus on academic and career guidance; social and human service assistants provide supportive services under supervision; this occupation takes on health education and needs identification and referral and advocacy and records and follow-up in community settings and does not provide clinical diagnosis or treatment. Shared abilities do not mean interchangeability: the nature of the service and the qualifications and responsibility boundaries differ.
You cannot infer that. The core tasks of this occupation include needs and risk judgment, interviewing and home visits and building trust, judging resource accessibility, applying mandated reporting and confidentiality exceptions, and driving resources to actually land; these steps depend on interpersonal judgment and institutional authorization and accountability. In addition, the ILO exposure index registered by this item's evidence route is only a task exposure measure, not a replacement rate or a job loss projection. The more reliable uses of tools are material translation and readability adjustment, and drafts of resource directories and records and statistics.
From the task structure, the earlier-affected parts are the structurable and digitizable steps: material translation and readability adjustment, organizing common questions, maintaining resource directories, organizing referral and follow-up records, and compiling statistics and archiving and reporting materials. The later-affected parts are the steps requiring judgment and relationships: needs and risk judgment, interviewing and home visits and building trust, judging resource accessibility, and applying mandated reporting and confidentiality exceptions and informed consent. It must be stressed that this judgment is an editorial summary, not an exposure measure or job projection provided by a source.
Building trust in interviews and home visits and hearing what the other person really needs, judging priorities when resources are limited and driving resources to land, judging the applicability of mandated reporting and confidentiality exceptions, and maintaining professional boundaries and your own load over long-term accompaniment. These abilities depend on interpersonal judgment and institutional authorization; replacing any one of these steps with tool output would make 'who is responsible for the service recipient's privacy and safety' unanswerable.
The O*NET page for this occupation shows a 2025 median annual wage of 51,850 US dollars and a median hourly wage of 24.93 US dollars, with the 10th, 25th, 75th, and 90th annual percentiles at 38,810, 45,640, 62,540, and 77,180 US dollars (hourly 18.66, 21.94, 30.07, and 37.11 US dollars); the page also shows 'Workers on average earn $51,850' and '$24.93 hourly', meaning the average and median are the same on that page. Note: this statistic excludes self-employed and owner income, and percentiles are not entry-level starting pay; actual income depends on employer type and agency and region and employment form. This page provides no figure for Mainland China: this item's evidence route registers that basis as module-level unavailable (severity=material) and states clearly that it is not filled in with industry averages, US data, or opaque recruitment samples.
The page's education distribution shows 56% of respondents answering that a bachelor's degree is needed, 18% an associate's or other two-year degree, and 13% a post-baccalaureate certificate (the page shows only these three tiers), and the preparation level is Job Zone Four (considerable preparation); common paths are study in related fields such as public health or health education or social work or psychology, combined with frontline practice at community organizations and health agencies and on-the-job training. Education, practical experience, certification, and agency authorization play different roles and cannot substitute for one another.
The page provides 3 national certifications (Certified Healthcare Technology Manager, Certified Peer Specialist, Certified Instructional Trainer); but certification does not equal a license to practice, an employer appointment, signing authority, or local authorization. Procedures such as screening and immunization and medication, mandated reporting and confidentiality exceptions, and case management and follow-up boundaries must follow the applicable jurisdiction and practice standards and employer policy; this page does not describe any training or certification as a practice qualification.
It is feasible and common: people with a background in nursing or social work or education or customer service or community volunteering can transfer communication and listening and record-keeping and resource coordination abilities, but they usually still need to add public health and health education knowledge and related formal study, and accumulate frontline service and reporting and confidentiality compliance experience under supervision, completing training and authorization per agency requirements.
It depends on whether you are willing to deal with people over the long term and advance resources within institutional rules and boundaries; the occupation page shows projected growth of 11% from 2024 to 2034 (Much faster than average), about 65,100 workers in 2024, an expected about 72,500 in 2034, and about 7,800 average annual openings; at the same time you need to accept a lower starting income percentile and a higher emotional load. It is suggested to first use the seven-day exercise on the page to verify whether you are willing to repeat this process.
This item's evidence route registers the Mainland China wage as module-level unavailable (data status: no data that can be safely used at present); the usage restriction is that 'the China salary section must not state a precise median, percentile, starting wage, or stable monthly wage', and the handling note is to 'retain module-level unavailability and not fill it in with industry averages, US data, or opaque recruitment samples'. This item's evidence route also provides no industry average proxy usable for this page, so this page publishes no figure in the Mainland China salary module.
The US wage and employment figures on this page come from the BLS data shown on the O*NET page for this occupation, on the exact occupation basis 21-1094.00; the wage is 2025 OEWS data (median annual wage 51,850 US dollars, median hourly wage 24.93 US dollars, with the 10th and 90th percentiles at 38,810 and 77,180 US dollars), and employment is the 2024 to 2034 projection (65,100 to 72,500 workers, 11% growth, about 7,800 average annual openings). This statistic covers employed wage and salary positions and excludes self-employed and owner income; the occupation page provides only industry employment shares (healthcare and social assistance 54%, government 21%, other 25%) and does not provide industry or regional wage medians, and the corresponding gap has been registered on this page.
The exercises and the seven-day arrangement are hypothetical materials designed by FermatMind editors to help readers judge whether they are willing to repeat this workflow; they are not research findings or health or legal or reporting advice and must not be used for real services or as a basis for health and reporting decisions.
This round's nine modules were verified against the current O*NET/BLS/NBS, the applicable HIPAA provisions, the CDSS elder reporting page, and NIOSH material on similar home visit safety; tasks, statistics, legal conditions, and editorial suggestions are kept separate, and a full review of all jurisdictional regulations and the whole page was not completed.
This round's nine-module search and revision: 2026-10-09.
Materials are O*NET occupation and recruitment/certification directories, OEWS2025, BLS2025—2035, NBS2025, the ILO exposure study and the NIST voluntary framework, HIPAA/HHS, the California CDSS elder reporting page, and NIOSH home healthcare violence material; directory linkage, scenario references, and exact occupation statistics are kept separate.
Limitations：Supports the exact occupation identity, 29 tasks, work activities, and work context; does not include what specific jurisdictions and agencies require for screening and reporting and confidentiality and scope of practice.
Limitations：Supports occupation characteristics, knowledge, abilities (33 items), interest code S, and work styles (21 items); this page marks this code as Bright Outlook.
Limitations：Supports the US employment industry structure (healthcare and social assistance 54%, government 21%, other industries 25%); not a personal income guarantee.
Limitations：This page lists 9 software skills and their mention shares (Microsoft Office 14%, Excel 12%, Outlook 8%, Word 5%, PowerPoint 4%, Google Workspace 2%, Access 1%, Zoom 1%, and Apple macOS with no percentage given); mention shares are not proficiency or usage rates.
Limitations：Supports the preparation level (Job Zone Four: considerable preparation) and the education distribution shown on that page (56% of respondents answering that a bachelor's degree is needed, 18% an associate's or other two-year degree, and 13% a post-baccalaureate certificate; the page shows only these three tiers); does not replace position requirements in Mainland China.
Limitations：This page lists 3 national certifications (Certified Healthcare Technology Manager, Certified Peer Specialist, Certified Instructional Trainer); certification does not equal a license to practice, an employer appointment, signing authority, or local authorization.
Limitations：Supports the annual and hourly wage percentiles cited on this page (median annual wage 51,850 US dollars, median hourly wage 24.93 US dollars, with the 10th and 90th percentiles at 38,810 and 77,180 US dollars / hourly 18.66 and 37.11 US dollars); the page also shows the average as the same figure; the statistic excludes self-employed and owner income and cannot be used to infer an individual's income.
Limitations：Supports the employment projection (about 65,100 workers in 2024, an expected about 72,500 in 2034, 11% growth rated Much faster than average, and about 7,800 average annual openings); projections contain assumptions and error and do not equal actual year-by-year values.
Limitations：On this basis, this item's evidence route registers the Mainland China wage for this occupation as module-level unavailable (data status: no data that can be safely used at present), and states clearly that it is not filled in with industry averages, US data, or opaque recruitment samples; this page publishes no Mainland China figure.
Limitations：It is the US Department of Labor's occupation profile entry point for job seekers, used for general occupation context checks; it is not a source of practice standards or reporting duties, and this page does not support any compliance claim based on it.
Limitations：Supports the general framework of Mainland China's occupational classification; this page does not use it to determine this occupation's China equivalent subcategory or wage basis.
Limitations：It is an exposure measure, not an adoption rate, automation rate, or job loss projection; cross-economy definitions cannot be directly converted into national job changes.
Limitations：It is editorial compilation and hypothetical material, not a research finding or industry fact; it must not be used for real services or as a basis for health and reporting decisions.
Limitations：It is a framework for AI risk governance and management processes and does not contain occupation-level adoption data; citing it does not constitute a quantitative conclusion about this occupation's risk.
Limitations：Supports the 10th, 25th, median, 75th, and 90th percentiles of annual and hourly wages and the average; cannot be used to infer an individual's annual wage or take-home income.
Limitations：Supports the percentage distribution of work context (communication and collaboration, autonomy and decision-making, pace and load, responsibility and impact, environment and exposure); it is a respondent distribution, not a guarantee for an individual position.
Limitations：Supports the coverage and inclusions and exclusions of the wage statistics and the standard work year conversion basis; not used to infer individual income.
Limitations：It is the source basis of the US national employment projection; this page's employment figures use the same projection shown on the O*NET page for this occupation (about 65,100 workers in 2024, an expected about 72,500 in 2034, 11% growth, about 7,800 average annual openings), and projections contain assumptions and error.
Limitations：Supports the percentage distribution of work context (communication and collaboration, autonomy and decision-making, pace and load, responsibility and impact, environment and exposure); it is a respondent distribution, not a guarantee for an individual position.
Limitations：The O*NET29 tasks 14Core/15Supplemental are an occupation task pool, not a mandatory requirement for every position; screening, immunization, and first-aid tasks do not automatically confer clinical permission, and the occupation name or an overseas certification does not grant independent diagnostic or treatment authority; verify specific procedures against your own actual qualifications, jurisdiction, and agency authorization. O*NET currently JobZone4, with 56% of respondents answering that new entrants need a bachelor's degree, 18% an associate's/two-year degree, and 13% a post-baccalaureate certificate; these three answer tiers are not the education distribution of all workers or a uniform entry requirement. BLS lists the typical entry for this occupation as high school/equivalent, no related work experience, and short-term on-the-job training; OOH says at least high school/equivalent, some employers require or prefer higher education, and some states require approved training/certification. The methods differ, so you must check the target position, and you cannot use the 56% to conclude that all workers must hold a bachelor's degree or that certification is optional. The current O*NET21 WorkStyles with Impact include empathy 100, cooperation 87, dependability 83, optimism 83, social orientation 82, sincerity 81, and integrity 70; these are occupation-level indicators, not a personal minimum test score or evidence of personality prediction validity.
Limitations：The O*NET29 tasks 14Core/15Supplemental are an occupation task pool, not a mandatory requirement for every position; screening, immunization, and first-aid tasks do not automatically confer clinical permission, and the occupation name or an overseas certification does not grant independent diagnostic or treatment authority; verify specific procedures against your own actual qualifications, jurisdiction, and agency authorization. O*NET currently JobZone4, with 56% of respondents answering that new entrants need a bachelor's degree, 18% an associate's/two-year degree, and 13% a post-baccalaureate certificate; these three answer tiers are not the education distribution of all workers or a uniform entry requirement. BLS lists the typical entry for this occupation as high school/equivalent, no related work experience, and short-term on-the-job training; OOH says at least high school/equivalent, some employers require or prefer higher education, and some states require approved training/certification. The methods differ, so you must check the target position, and you cannot use the 56% to conclude that all workers must hold a bachelor's degree or that certification is optional. The current O*NET21 WorkStyles with Impact include empathy 100, cooperation 87, dependability 83, optimism 83, social orientation 82, sincerity 81, and integrity 70; these are occupation-level indicators, not a personal minimum test score or evidence of personality prediction validity.
Limitations：Currently healthcare and social assistance 56%, government 21%, other 23% (other services and education); the employment composition is not wages
Limitations：HotTechnology9 2025 full-year US recruitment keywords: Office14%, Excel12%, Outlook8%, Word5%, PowerPoint4%, GoogleWorkspace2 percent, Access1%, and Zoom1 percent, while the macOS proportion is not provided; In Demand marks a further 4 items. The detail page software categories and the recruitment keyword list differ, and the proportions are not usage rate, proficiency, or generative AI adoption rate.
Limitations：The O*NET29 tasks 14Core/15Supplemental are an occupation task pool, not a mandatory requirement for every position; screening, immunization, and first-aid tasks do not automatically confer clinical permission, and the occupation name or an overseas certification does not grant independent diagnostic or treatment authority; verify specific procedures against your own actual qualifications, jurisdiction, and agency authorization. O*NET currently JobZone4, with 56% of respondents answering that new entrants need a bachelor's degree, 18% an associate's/two-year degree, and 13% a post-baccalaureate certificate; these three answer tiers are not the education distribution of all workers or a uniform entry requirement. BLS lists the typical entry for this occupation as high school/equivalent, no related work experience, and short-term on-the-job training; OOH says at least high school/equivalent, some employers require or prefer higher education, and some states require approved training/certification. The methods differ, so you must check the target position, and you cannot use the 56% to conclude that all workers must hold a bachelor's degree or that certification is optional. The current O*NET21 WorkStyles with Impact include empathy 100, cooperation 87, dependability 83, optimism 83, social orientation 82, sincerity 81, and integrity 70; these are occupation-level indicators, not a personal minimum test score or evidence of personality prediction validity.
Limitations：The current associated certification directory has 3 items: AAMI healthcare technology management, Institute for Recovery and Community Integration peer support, and BCSP trainer. Their purposes differ and they are not equal to a uniform state certification for community health workers, and the directory does not prove applicability to all positions; this round did not fully verify each body's application conditions or fees. The O*NET29 tasks with 14 Core and 15 Supplemental form an occupational task pool and are not all mandatory for every position; screening, immunization, and first aid tasks do not automatically confer clinical permission, and the occupational name or an overseas certification does not grant independent diagnostic and treatment authority; the specific procedures are verified per your own actual qualifications, jurisdiction, and institutional authorization.
Limitations：The OEWS2025 national annual 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles are 38,810, 45,640, 51,850, 62,540, and 77,180 US dollars, and the hourly figures are 18.66, 21.94, 24.93, 30.07, and 37.11 US dollars. The wage page FullDetails states clearly that the 50th percentile is the Median, and the summary on average earn cannot prove the arithmetic mean is the same. It is not a starting wage or an individual quote.
Limitations：BLS Table 1.2 (21-1094, 2025—2035): employment about 64,700 → 72,900, a net gain of about 8,200, growth 12.7% (rounded to 13% by OOH), about 7,000 annual average openings, and the 2025 self-employed share was 0.3%. O*NET rates it Much faster than average (7% or higher); projections are not actual hiring or personal selection, and annual average openings include growth and replacement such as transfers and retirements and are not equal to net growth, nor are they AI causal conclusions.
Limitations：NBS2025 (published 2026-05-15): health and social work industry non-private 146,266 yuan per person per year and private 75,631 yuan per person per year, Tables 2 and 5, pre-tax annual average wages of unit employees. They serve as broad background only when the employer actually belongs to that industry, and are not the community health worker median, percentile, starting pay, or monthly salary. This round did not establish a precise Chinese occupational and wage mapping, which is not the same as China having no subclass or officials never publishing it.
Limitations：ILO2026-04-17 research brief actual public page: exposure indicators are not adoption, job gains or losses, or productivity projections, and the definition and task measurement and economic institution constraints all have limitations; the full PDF or this occupation's detailed table was not read.
Limitations：NIST1.0 voluntary governance framework, not a legally mandated step for the occupation and not empirical evidence of adoption or effectiveness.
Limitations：The OEWS2025 national annual 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles are 38,810, 45,640, 51,850, 62,540, and 77,180 US dollars, and the hourly figures are 18.66, 21.94, 24.93, 30.07, and 37.11 US dollars. The wage page FullDetails states clearly that the 50th percentile is the Median, and the summary on average earn cannot prove the arithmetic mean is the same. It is not a starting wage or an individual quote.
Limitations：The O*NET29 tasks 14Core/15Supplemental are an occupation task pool, not a mandatory requirement for every position; screening, immunization, and first-aid tasks do not automatically confer clinical permission, and the occupation name or an overseas certification does not grant independent diagnostic or treatment authority; verify specific procedures against your own actual qualifications, jurisdiction, and agency authorization. O*NET currently JobZone4, with 56% of respondents answering that new entrants need a bachelor's degree, 18% an associate's/two-year degree, and 13% a post-baccalaureate certificate; these three answer tiers are not the education distribution of all workers or a uniform entry requirement. BLS lists the typical entry for this occupation as high school/equivalent, no related work experience, and short-term on-the-job training; OOH says at least high school/equivalent, some employers require or prefer higher education, and some states require approved training/certification. The methods differ, so you must check the target position, and you cannot use the 56% to conclude that all workers must hold a bachelor's degree or that certification is optional. The current O*NET21 WorkStyles with Impact include empathy 100, cooperation 87, dependability 83, optimism 83, social orientation 82, sincerity 81, and integrity 70; these are occupation-level indicators, not a personal minimum test score or evidence of personality prediction validity.
Limitations：Covers employed full-time and part-time workers; self-employed and unincorporated owners and partners are excluded, while salaried officers of incorporated entities may be covered; the statistic is not an individual's take-home income.
Limitations：BLS Table 1.2 (21-1094, 2025—2035): employment about 64,700 → 72,900, a net gain of about 8,200, growth 12.7% (rounded to 13% by OOH), about 7,000 annual average openings, and the 2025 self-employed share was 0.3%. O*NET rates it Much faster than average (7% or higher); projections are not actual hiring or personal selection, and annual average openings include growth and replacement such as transfers and retirements and are not equal to net growth, nor are they AI causal conclusions.
Limitations：The O*NET29 tasks 14Core/15Supplemental are an occupation task pool, not a mandatory requirement for every position; screening, immunization, and first-aid tasks do not automatically confer clinical permission, and the occupation name or an overseas certification does not grant independent diagnostic or treatment authority; verify specific procedures against your own actual qualifications, jurisdiction, and agency authorization. O*NET currently JobZone4, with 56% of respondents answering that new entrants need a bachelor's degree, 18% an associate's/two-year degree, and 13% a post-baccalaureate certificate; these three answer tiers are not the education distribution of all workers or a uniform entry requirement. BLS lists the typical entry for this occupation as high school/equivalent, no related work experience, and short-term on-the-job training; OOH says at least high school/equivalent, some employers require or prefer higher education, and some states require approved training/certification. The methods differ, so you must check the target position, and you cannot use the 56% to conclude that all workers must hold a bachelor's degree or that certification is optional. The current O*NET21 WorkStyles with Impact include empathy 100, cooperation 87, dependability 83, optimism 83, social orientation 82, sincerity 81, and integrity 70; these are occupation-level indicators, not a personal minimum test score or evidence of personality prediction validity.
Limitations：O*NET currently JobZone4, with 56% of respondents answering that new entrants need a bachelor's degree, 18% an associate's/two-year degree, and 13% a post-baccalaureate certificate; these three answer tiers are not the education distribution of all workers or a uniform entry requirement. BLS lists the typical entry for this occupation as high school/equivalent, no related work experience, and short-term on-the-job training; OOH says at least high school/equivalent, some employers require or prefer higher education, and some states require approved training/certification. The methods differ, so you must check the target position, and you cannot use the 56% to conclude that all workers must hold a bachelor's degree or that certification is optional. 2025 median annual wages in the five industries are 58290/56390/50730/50020/49540, and an industry figure is not the average across all industries.
Limitations：For US HIPAA, first verify whether the entity is a covered entity or business associate and whether the information is PHI, and do not equate all community agency or family information with HIPAA. 45CFR164.502 permits qualifying treatment, payment, operations, and other statutory uses and disclosures, so not all handling requires individual authorization; (b) minimum necessary has exceptions such as disclosures or requests between treatment providers, to the individual, with valid authorization, and where legally required. Institutional permissions, security, and lawful channels must still be verified, and redaction or a controlled system by itself grants no handling authority; other jurisdictions are verified separately.
Limitations：For US HIPAA, first verify whether the entity is a covered entity or business associate and whether the information is PHI, and do not equate all community agency or family information with HIPAA. 45CFR164.502 permits qualifying treatment, payment, operations, and other statutory uses and disclosures, so not all handling requires individual authorization; (b) minimum necessary has exceptions such as disclosures or requests between treatment providers, to the individual, with valid authorization, and where legally required. Institutional permissions, security, and lawful channels must still be verified, and redaction or a controlled system by itself grants no handling authority; other jurisdictions are verified separately.
Limitations：For US HIPAA, first verify whether the entity is a covered entity or business associate and whether the information is PHI, and do not equate all community agency or family information with HIPAA. 45CFR164.502 permits qualifying treatment, payment, operations, and other statutory uses and disclosures, so not all handling requires individual authorization; (b) minimum necessary has exceptions such as disclosures or requests between treatment providers, to the individual, with valid authorization, and where legally required. Institutional permissions, security, and lawful channels must still be verified, and redaction or a controlled system by itself grants no handling authority; other jurisdictions are verified separately.
Limitations：Reporting duties are checked against the legal jurisdiction, the person's status, the service recipient, and the trigger conditions. The current California CDSS elder/dependent adult reporting page states that 15630 lists those holding caregiver/conservator and similar statuses as directly mandated reporters; you cannot apply that to all CHWs based on the occupation name alone. Supervisory consent or AI determination must not be set as a precondition for fulfilling an already applicable legal duty; report promptly through the legally designated channel and keep the basis, and supervisory support must not delay a report that should be made. The full current child reporting statute was not obtained in this round, so no uniform time limit or channel is specified here. The statute site returned 403; the current full child text was not verified, and the 2005 form is not treated as the current full text.
Limitations：Actually reads prevention and communication and peer and training and exit path content for similar home visit scenarios and employer responsibilities; it is not a separate CHW incidence rate or a procedure for all positions.
Limitations：Supports the main target comparison and does not prove that tasks are completely excluded or that transfer costs or qualification recognition are uniform.
Limitations：Supports the main target comparison and does not prove that tasks are completely excluded or that transfer costs or qualification recognition are uniform.
Limitations：Supports the main target comparison and does not prove that tasks are completely excluded or that transfer costs or qualification recognition are uniform.
Limitations：Supports the main target comparison and does not prove that tasks are completely excluded or that transfer costs or qualification recognition are uniform.
Limitations：Supports the main target comparison and does not prove that tasks are completely excluded or that transfer costs or qualification recognition are uniform.
Limitations：Supports the main target comparison and does not prove that tasks are completely excluded or that transfer costs or qualification recognition are uniform.
Limitations：Supports the main target comparison and does not prove that tasks are completely excluded or that transfer costs or qualification recognition are uniform.
Limitations：Supports the main target comparison and does not prove that tasks are completely excluded or that transfer costs or qualification recognition are uniform.
Gaps remain in the exact China occupation wage/qualification mapping, US regional and employment-form wages, certification fees, empirical AI occupation evidence, and personality validity; the full text of the current California child statute was not obtained, and no uniform time limit or channel is set. Old facts and sources outside the shared scope are retained, and no claim is made that the whole page is consistent or formally accepted.
MBTI (English) · Big Five (English) · MBTI (Chinese) · Big Five (Chinese)
Turn each service into a deliverable result in which needs identification is clear, education and advice are understandable, referral and resource linkage are documented, and records and follow-up are reviewable
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| Core purpose | Mainly indoor and community settings, with 65% working indoors in an environmentally controlled setting every day, 40% in an enclosed vehicle or enclosed equipment every day, 90% having a regular work schedule, and 63% working exactly 40 hours per week | Carry out the work based on community health needs, evidence-based health education materials, service and referral resource lists, and the applicable systems and standards |
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| Main target and basis | Social and community service managers coordinate programs and personnel and funding; this occupation takes on frontline health education, needs identification, referral, and follow-up | Verify every step against the O*NET occupational definition and 29 tasks, evidence-based health education and screening standards, the applicable jurisdiction's and employer's confidentiality and mandatory reporting and scope of practice requirements, and the service and referral resource list |
| Core process | Health and wellness coordinators mainly manage health programs and services and staff and may conduct needs surveys, individual general health support, and organizational screening; they cannot be said to do no needs assessment or referral at all. Community health workers focus on community health behavior, resource connections, and advocacy, and the actual tasks may overlap. | Identify needs → provide education and advice → develop plans and contracts → refer and link resources → record and follow up → report and escalate |
| Main outputs | Substance abuse and mental health counselors mainly counsel, prevent, and provide the corresponding services; the required education, licensure, and supervision are verified separately per the specific position and jurisdiction, and similar tasks do not automatically grant mutual qualifications. The O*NET29 tasks with 14 Core and 15 Supplemental form an occupational task pool and are not all mandatory for every position; screening, immunization, and first aid tasks do not automatically confer clinical permission, and the occupational name or an overseas certification does not grant independent diagnostic and treatment authority; the specific procedures are verified per your own actual qualifications, jurisdiction, and institutional authorization. | Client files and plans and follow-up records, health education and outreach materials, referral and resource linkage records, screening and home visit and nutrition monitoring records, social service application assistance records, and reporting and escalation records |
| Responsible party | This page presents task and output boundaries and does not constitute any statement of practice qualification, clinical advice, legal opinion, or public health conclusion | The dignity, informed consent, and privacy of service users come first; screening and immunization and medication procedures, mandatory reporting and confidentiality exceptions, and case management and follow-up boundaries must be carried out per the applicable jurisdiction and practice standards and employer systems by personnel with the corresponding qualifications and authorization; when suspected child or elder abuse, neglect, or threat of harm is found, it is handled per the statutory reporting obligation; records must be reviewable and managed per the permissions, and this page does not replace clinical judgment or legal advice |
| Entry and licensing | NBS2025 (published 2026-05-15): health and social work industry non-private 146,266 yuan per person per year and private 75,631 yuan per person per year, Tables 2 and 5, pre-tax annual average wages of unit employees. They serve as broad background only when the employer actually belongs to that industry, and are not the community health worker median, percentile, starting pay, or monthly salary. This round did not establish a precise Chinese occupational and wage mapping, which is not the same as China having no subclass or officials never publishing it. | The current O*NET JobZone4, with 56% of respondents answering that a new entrant needs a bachelor's degree, 18% an associate or two-year degree, and 13% a post-baccalaureate certificate, and the three-tier answers are not the education distribution of all personnel or a uniform entry requirement. The typical BLS entry for this occupation is a high school diploma or equivalency, no related work experience, and short-term on-the-job training; the OOH says at least high school or equivalency, with some employers requiring or preferring higher education and some states requiring approved training or certification. The methods differ, so the target position must be verified, and 56% cannot be used to infer that all must have a bachelor's degree or that certification is always optional. |
| Conclusion boundary | Cross-position comparison cannot rely on similar names alone; whether therapeutic services are provided, whether a practice qualification is held, the service setting (community, medical, school), and supervision requirements differ, and similar tasks do not mean interchangeability | This round: US wages OEWS2025, projections BLS2025—2035, China NBS2025 industry background and precise occupational gap; occupational and industry averages, respondent distributions, and editorial recommendations are kept separate. |
Judgment two: whether the service user's informed consent has been obtained and the purpose of the information explained
Judgment three: whether mandatory reporting and confidentiality exception judgments are made per the legal requirements
Judgment four: whether referral and resource linkage actually land and leave records
Judgment five: whether records and case information are managed per the permission and privacy requirements
Judgment six: whether your own emotional load and professional boundaries receive support and supervision
Background and qualification checks must be verified against the actual position and applicable regulations, and must not be described as uniform for all or most.
Knowledge is mainly in customer and personal service, English language, medicine and dentistry, psychology, and therapy and counseling;
Work activities are led by documenting and recording information, obtaining information, working directly with the public, making decisions and solving problems, and using computers.
Client files and case management and follow-up and referral record systems;
HotTechnology9 2025 full-year US recruitment keywords: Office14%, Excel12%, Outlook8%, Word5%, PowerPoint4%, GoogleWorkspace2 percent, Access1%, and Zoom1 percent, while the macOS proportion is not provided; In Demand marks a further 4 items. The detail page software categories and the recruitment keyword list differ, and the proportions are not usage rate, proficiency, or generative AI adoption rate.
Multiple reasonable approaches are allowed; if you consider some information insufficient to judge, state clearly the parts that are insufficient to judge and the additional information needed.
The community and cases and process and authorization given in the prompt are all hypothetical values, used only to practice judgment and planning and record thinking.
A collaboration note: your practices for communicating with service agencies and family members and colleagues and keeping a written trail.
| Questions and answers are not actual ability; shadowing and supervision are checked with the specific agency, and independent legal duties cannot be delayed by internal approval. |
| Case and written assessment | Write needs identification and education and referral and follow-up plan and record key points for the given materials. | Reasonableness of needs judgment, feasibility of resource linkage, and record and privacy and reporting compliance. | Assessment materials differ from the complexity of real community service, and results are for reference rather than conclusive. |
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| Probation or shadowing period | Take on actual services under supervision and undergo record and compliance and service quality checks. | Whether policy is followed, whether anomalies are reported promptly, and how quickly problems are corrected after being pointed out. | Shadowing-period performance is not the long-term ability ceiling; agency and program and supervision quality matter greatly. |
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Answer three questions: whether you would be willing to repeat this; which step engaged you most; and which ability you will build next week (communication and needs identification, education and materials, referral and resource linkage, or compliance and records and supervision).
| Community service and health promotion practice experience | Those taking on frontline service | Task-related experience can serve as ability evidence, and experience alone does not automatically grant service/reporting authority | No (it is an ability condition) | Built through practice and supervision at community organizations and health agencies | Insufficient evidence: specific time/cost not verified in this round | BLS typical entry requires no related work experience; training and community experience are checked per position, not a foundation for all entrants |
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| Professional certifications (such as Certified Peer Specialist, 3 items in total) | People who want to prove ability in a specific area | Directory linkage serves as evidence; whether the target position recognizes it is checked separately | Some states separately require CHW training/certification; the three directory items must not be equated with state requirements | Insufficient evidence: the current conditions of the three issuing bodies were not fully verified | Insufficient evidence: specific time/cost not verified in this round | The current associated certification directory has 3 items: AAMI healthcare technology management, Institute for Recovery and Community Integration peer support, and BCSP trainer. Their purposes differ and they are not equal to a uniform state certification for community health workers, and the directory does not prove applicability to all positions; this round did not fully verify each body's application conditions or fees. The O*NET29 tasks with 14 Core and 15 Supplemental form an occupational task pool and are not all mandatory for every position; screening, immunization, and first aid tasks do not automatically confer clinical permission, and the occupational name or an overseas certification does not grant independent diagnostic and treatment authority; the specific procedures are verified per your own actual qualifications, jurisdiction, and institutional authorization. |
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| Agency policy and position operating authority (legal reporting duties are listed separately) | All personnel involved in service and screening | Check the services and operating scope the agency can provide; legal reporting follows the law and is not created by the agency | Operating authority is per position; direct legal reporting is not created or waived by agency authorization | Complete training and authorization and assessment per agency policy | Insufficient evidence: specific time/cost not verified in this round | Reporting duties are checked against the legal jurisdiction, the person's status, the service recipient, and the trigger conditions. The current California CDSS elder/dependent adult reporting page states that 15630 lists those holding caregiver/conservator and similar statuses as directly mandated reporters; you cannot apply that to all CHWs based on the occupation name alone. Supervisory consent or AI determination must not be set as a precondition for fulfilling an already applicable legal duty; report promptly through the legally designated channel and keep the basis, and supervisory support must not delay a report that should be made. The full current child reporting statute was not obtained in this round, so no uniform time limit or channel is specified here. The O*NET29 tasks 14Core/15Supplemental are an occupation task pool, not a mandatory requirement for every position; screening, immunization, and first-aid tasks do not automatically confer clinical permission, and the occupation name or an overseas certification does not grant independent diagnostic or treatment authority; verify specific procedures against your own actual qualifications, jurisdiction, and agency authorization. |
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| Scope of practice and confidentiality and mandated reporting requirements | Personnel taking on health education and case service | Determines the legal boundaries of providing content and handling information | Checked against the applicable jurisdiction and status and task; does not require one uniform license for everyone | Training/filing is checked against the actually applicable rules | Insufficient evidence: specific time/cost not verified in this round | For US HIPAA, first verify whether the entity is a covered entity or business associate and whether the information is PHI, and do not equate all community agency or family information with HIPAA. 45CFR164.502 permits qualifying treatment, payment, operations, and other statutory uses and disclosures, so not all handling requires individual authorization; (b) minimum necessary has exceptions such as disclosures or requests between treatment providers, to the individual, with valid authorization, and where legally required. Institutional permissions, security, and lawful channels must still be verified, and redaction or a controlled system by itself grants no handling authority; other jurisdictions are verified separately. |
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| Supervision and clinical referral requirements | Personnel taking on case service | Determines which cases must be referred or need supervisory involvement | Checked against actual ability boundaries and position and policy | Does not make prior supervisor approval uniform for all cases | Insufficient evidence: specific time/cost not verified in this round | Services beyond this occupation's scope must be referred through procedure to personnel with the corresponding qualifications, and this page does not replace clinical judgment. |
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Mainland China: this item's evidence route does not establish an occupation subcategory corresponding one-to-one with O*NET-SOC 21-1094.00, and the related duties may be distributed across primary healthcare institutions, public health institutions, and community and social work service agencies; authorization requirements for screening and reporting and confidentiality and case management must follow the rules of the competent authority and the agency.
Reporting duties are checked against the legal jurisdiction, the person's status, the service recipient, and the trigger conditions. The current California CDSS elder/dependent adult reporting page states that 15630 lists those holding caregiver/conservator and similar statuses as directly mandated reporters; you cannot apply that to all CHWs based on the occupation name alone. Supervisory consent or AI determination must not be set as a precondition for fulfilling an already applicable legal duty; report promptly through the legally designated channel and keep the basis, and supervisory support must not delay a report that should be made. The full current child reporting statute was not obtained in this round, so no uniform time limit or channel is specified here. In the United States, first check whether HIPAA applies—whether the entity is a covered entity or business associate and whether the information is PHI—and do not treat all community agency or family information as equivalent to HIPAA. 45CFR164.502 permits qualifying treatment/payment/operations and other legally required uses and disclosures, so not all handling requires individual authorization; the minimum necessary provision in (b) has exceptions such as disclosures between treatment providers and requests for them, disclosures to the person, valid authorizations, and legally required disclosures. Agency permissions and security and lawful channels must still be verified, and de-identification or a controlled system does not by itself grant authority to handle the information; other jurisdictions are checked separately.
Typical scope：Take on complex case management, community advocacy, and agency communication and mentor others.
Readiness evidence：Can present case, advocacy, and coordination records.
Credential boundary：Candidate for verification at the editorial stage: multi-party collaboration and advocacy experience can be checked. Verify against the target position; not a uniform hiring threshold.
Next moves：Organize advocacy experience into a reusable method.
Typical scope：Participate in service network development, referral mechanisms, and case management system development.
Readiness evidence：Can present mechanism documents and coordination and inspection records.
Credential boundary：Candidate for verification at the editorial stage: in-organization responsibilities and long-term experience can be checked. Verify against the target position; not a uniform hiring threshold.
Next moves：Organize development experience into handover-ready text.
Typical scope：Take on complex cases, reporting, and supervision coordination and mentor new colleagues.
Readiness evidence：Can present case, report, and supervision records.
Credential boundary：Candidate for verification at the editorial stage: reporting, confidentiality, and compliance experience can be checked. Verify against the target position; not a uniform hiring threshold.
Next moves：Write reporting and confidentiality judgments into a standard wording.
Typical scope：Participate in records, privacy, reporting, compliance, and training system development.
Readiness evidence：Can present policy documents and inspection and training records.
Credential boundary：Candidate for verification at the editorial stage: in-organization responsibilities and long-term experience can be checked. Verify against the target position; not a uniform hiring threshold.
Next moves：Organize policy key points into handover-ready policy text.
Limitations：Editorial ratings use the existing occupational responsibilities and AI task analysis on this page. They are not adoption rates, measured effects, job-disappearance or personal-unemployment probabilities, or official scores from Stanford or another external institution. No measured time weights or future robot deployment are assumed.
