Carolina Herrera Garcia
Senior Community Health Worker at Siloam Health- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Strategies for Assisted Living Communities during COVID-19
The Johns Hopkins UniversityMar, 2022- Oct, 2024 -
Covid Vaccine Ambassador Training: How to talk to parents
The Johns Hopkins UniversityJan, 2022- Oct, 2024 -
IMPaCT Certified Community Health Worker
University of PennsylvaniaDec, 2021- Oct, 2024 -
Trainning on Anatomy and Physiology for Community Health Workers
Minnesota Community Health Worker AllianceDec, 2021- Oct, 2024
Experience
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Siloam Health
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United States
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Hospitals and Health Care
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Community Health Worker
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Oct 2021 - Present
- Understand what patients are going through and helps to set health goals and get through difficult times. - Help patients with resource needs essential to safety and well-being during COVID, such as: Addressing social issues like hunger, housing concerns, and employment challenges. Communicating with health services, making follow-up appointments, and filling prescriptions. Helping fill out applications for benefits like insurance and food stamps and Navigating workplace rights and community stigma - Support other health care and public health team members in building community understanding and safe communities, including providing interpretation and cultural insights --Support general community education to identify new cases, slow the spread, and reduce stigma through outreach to community leaders, institutions, social media, ethnic media outlets, and/or employers. - Help patients deal with the ‘real life’ issues that keep them from staying healthy, help explain and enforce quarantine orders given by the health department. - Promote and educate the community about the COVID-19 vaccine at events with the other organizations. - Help with the community health assessments, outreach clinics, and other special events - Participate in hiring process for new Community Health team members - Help train new Community Health team members - Interaction with patients will be predominantly on the phone and to conduct home visits - Document each patient encounter in detail within 24 hours - Prepare reports and documents as needed or requested Show less
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Maxim Healthcare Staffing
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United States
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Staffing and Recruiting
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700 & Above Employee
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Community Health Worker Covid Response
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Aug 2020 - Oct 2021
- Understand what patients are going through and helps them get through difficult times. - Help patients deal with the ‘real life’ issues that keep them from staying healthy, help explain and enforce quarantine orders given by the health department. - Meet patients and conduct a needs assessment, including helping patients to set health goals - Conduct an orientation and overview of COVID-19 for confirmed cases and their households - Make weekly follow-up calls and home visits to patients - Support patients in identifying barriers to successful quarantine and safety measures - Help patients with resource needs essential to safety and well-being during COVID, such as: Addressing social issues like hunger, housing concerns, and employment challenges. Communicating with health services, making follow-up appointments, and filling prescriptions. Helping fill out applications for benefits like insurance and food stamps and Navigating workplace rights and community stigma - Support other health care and public health team members in building community understanding and safe communities, including providing interpretation and cultural insights --Support general community education to identify new cases, slow the spread, and reduce stigma through outreach to community leaders, institutions, social media, ethnic media outlets, and/or employers - Interaction with cases will be predominantly on the phone, with the occasional need to conduct home visits - Document each patient encounter in detail within 24 hours - Prepare reports and documents as needed or requested Show less
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Protev Group
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Germany
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Automotive
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1 - 100 Employee
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External Bookkeeper
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Aug 2017 - Aug 2020
- Perform all AR/AP, bank reconciliations, and credit cards statements. - Review closing entries for monthly and annual financial closing. - Prepare and transact direct deposits through banks’ websites and a computerized system (Quickbooks). - Maintain inventory and order office supplies. - Manage vendors. - Perform all AR/AP, bank reconciliations, and credit cards statements. - Review closing entries for monthly and annual financial closing. - Prepare and transact direct deposits through banks’ websites and a computerized system (Quickbooks). - Maintain inventory and order office supplies. - Manage vendors.
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Progreso Community Center
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Bilingual Interviewer for “Programa Familia Saludables” (Healthy Families’ Program)
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Sep 2012 - Jan 2013
- Conducted in person interviews, primarily in Spanish, with Hispanic parents and/or children to determine healthy eating behaviors. - Took body measurements on study participants. - Determined participant eligibility and fostered a trusting relation with parents and children so they were comfortable being part of the Program - Managed cases and prepared reports and documents as required by the Program. - Conducted in person interviews, primarily in Spanish, with Hispanic parents and/or children to determine healthy eating behaviors. - Took body measurements on study participants. - Determined participant eligibility and fostered a trusting relation with parents and children so they were comfortable being part of the Program - Managed cases and prepared reports and documents as required by the Program.
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AIG
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Egypt
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Oil and Gas
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1 - 100 Employee
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Sales Director
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Mar 2006 - Sep 2007
- Planned, developed and executed commercial and marketing strategies by bringing together operations and administrative functions. - Lead to the fulfillment of established goals based on strategic objectives serving as a liaison between the clients and the company by guaranteeing high levels of quality before and after the sale. - Planned promotional programs, marketing activities and sales strategies to gain market awareness of the company’s products. - Defined, in conjunction with the Commercial Vice President, sales budget within the portfolio of clients assigned, following up on accounts receivables and customer service. Show less
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Aviatur
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Colombia
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Travel Arrangements
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700 & Above Employee
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Sales Manager
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Sep 2004 - Oct 2005
- Increased and maintained sales’ goals provided in the strategic plan. - Handled relations with Insurers and strengthened ties with corporate clients. - Managed risk assessments, underwriting and claims handling. - Implemented, coordinated and followed up on the insurance plan for automobile, rent and medical insurance for employees of the organization. - Increased and maintained sales’ goals provided in the strategic plan. - Handled relations with Insurers and strengthened ties with corporate clients. - Managed risk assessments, underwriting and claims handling. - Implemented, coordinated and followed up on the insurance plan for automobile, rent and medical insurance for employees of the organization.
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Allianz Insurance
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United Kingdom
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Insurance
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Marketing Analyst
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Jul 1994 - Mar 2004
- Participated in private and public procurement processes for insurance coverage. - Elaborated and presented business proposals. - Handled corporate accounts and relationships with clients to better support company sales. - Coached and provided training to bank employees and other business partners. - Coordinated the execution of all commercial and marketing efforts. - Participated in private and public procurement processes for insurance coverage. - Elaborated and presented business proposals. - Handled corporate accounts and relationships with clients to better support company sales. - Coached and provided training to bank employees and other business partners. - Coordinated the execution of all commercial and marketing efforts.
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Education
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1995 - 2000
Polit��cnico Grancolombiano
Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA, Business Administration and Management, General -
Politécnico Grancolombiano
Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA
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