One of the many trainings that VOALA set up for me was a Health Navigation Supervisor seminar.
Three of my Battle Buddies are attending a several weeks long training on how to be Health Navigators. Health Navigation is essentially peer support, but with the focus being entirely on medical issues. The Health Navigation mantra is " for them, with them, and ultimately by them." The navigators seek to help their clients engage the medical system in way that best serves them and allows them to participate in their own healthcare decisions.
My short training involved how I as a supervisor can best support the health navigators and ensure that they have all that is necessary to accomplish their tasks. A healthy portion of this training involved Medi-Cal billing, which had me very disinterested as it does not apply to the B3 program. But I'm sure it will be of value to me should I end up taking a job that deals extensively with Medi-Cal.
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