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COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER - GENERAL PRACTITIONER
60 CEUs
The CHW designation generally requires 160 hours (60 hours of education/100 hours of supervised experience) of primary or basic community health training. CHW specialties may have additional requirements.
The Community Health Worker - General Practitioner® (CHW-General®) curriculum combines the basic community health education with the National Council for Mental Wellbeing whole health curriculum and is designed for generalist-awareness to practitioner-competent level healthcare workers. The CHW-General Practitioner® (CHW-GP®) scope of practice involves providing effective and efficient bio-psycho-social-spiritual-environmental care that is also trauma-focused.
The National Council for Mental Wellbeing (NCMW) (formerly known as the National Council for Behavioral Health) promotes understanding of mental wellbeing as a core component of comprehensive health and health care. The NCMW trains helpers to identify, understand and respond to signs and symptoms of mental health and substance use recovery challenges.