Peer Navigator

2 days ago

Pretoria, South Africa AJ Personnel Full time

Main purpose of the job:

  • To provide psychosocial support to children and adolescent participants living with HIV within clinics wherein they attend standard of care
  • More specifically, provide in-person and virtual (text message/audio/video) lived experience of HIV support, including psychosocial support, HIV education, appointment reminders, adherence support, sexual and reproductive health, and healthcare service navigation

Location:

  • Pretoria – Tshwane

Key performance areas:

  • Conduct baseline in-person needs assessments to determine participant support needs and contact frequency, and use this information to develop and deliver a support plan to address the psychosocial support needs of participants
  • Provide high quality, comprehensive psychosocial education and support to study participants
  • Conduct baseline in-person needs assessments to determine participant support needs and contact frequency, and use this information to develop and deliver a support plan to address the psychosocial support needs of participants
  • Provide high quality, comprehensive psychosocial education and support to study participants
  • Provide advocacy and HIV education and HIV treatment literacy, adherence support, and sexual and reproductive health, to children and adolescents with HIV
  • Arrange and structure research activities including appointment reminders and healthcare navigation
  • Provide peer mentorship to promote health literacy, health behaviour change, and promote healthy lifestyle patterns
  • Facilitate individual sessions with participants and provide group support sessions to address and further explore specific issues identified during the comprehensive need’s assessment
  • Keep a journal (including picture journals, if preferred) to facilitate debriefing and support for peer navigators
  • Follow-up and maintain regular contact with participants to ensure ongoing engagement
  • Use personal experience and cultural knowledge to build trust with participants
  • Help participants complete surveys, interviews, focus groups and other data collection methods
  • Attend weekly check-in meetings with the research team to discuss the modification and implementation of action plans
  • Attend monthly debriefings for all peer navigators with a multidisciplinary team (social worker or psychologist, nurse and doctor) for support in ongoing interactions with the participants and their personal capacity
  • Based on feedback – modify and action amendments to support plans
  • Work closely with the research team to address challenges and improve processes
  • Conduct outreach and provide information about the research project
  • Assist with marketing the study to potential participants in target sites
  • Conduct recruitment of potential participants
  • Assist participants in understanding study procedures and requirements
  • Provide informed consent process according to an SOP for each participant enrolled, in alignment with GCP principles
  • Complete relevant study documentation and/or data capture as required
  • Facilitate linkage to care of all participants with psychosocial, clinical or mental health needs
  • Report any serious adverse events to line managers
  • Adhere to ethical guidelines and maintain participants' confidentiality
  • Actively participate in regular research team meetings for site coordination
  • Conduct study-related activities as delegated through the delegation log
  • Take ownership and accountability for tasks and demonstrates effective self-management
  • Follow through to ensure that quality and productivity standards of own work are consistently and accurately maintained
  • Maintain a positive attitude and respond openly to feedback
  • Take ownership for driving own career development by participating in ongoing training and development activities

Required minimum education and training:

  • Grade 12 (basic numeracy and literacy) - Advantageous
  • On ART and virally suppressed (most recent VL

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