Community Health Worker

3 weeks ago

Cape Town, South Africa AJ Personnel Full time

**Main purpose of the job**:

- Drive mobile clinic to community hotspots
- Transport the Professional Nurses, Peer Educators, and other Wits RHI staff for community outreach
- To transport clients from different destinations and to collect/deliver documents from various locations in accordance with the relevant policies and procedures

**Location**:

- **Bellville, Cape Town**

**Key performance areas**:

- Keep the vehicles clean and carry out the necessary checks
- Operate the vehicle with care and consideration to other road users
- Report any vehicle faults, repairs, or accidents timely
- Driving and delivery_
- Liaise with management for daily transport schedule
- Complete relevant vehicle usage forms in accordance with policy
- Transport clients safely to and from destinations
- Transport staff for community outreach
- Collect and deliver documents and/or goods safely
- Obey traffic rules at all times
- Provide any other ad hoc duties as assigned by management
- Office support_
- Assist with ad hoc administrative and maintenance duties as assigned by management
- Monitor condom and lubricant stock at project sites and arrange proactive distribution by peer educators
- Demonstrate condoms usage to clients at outreach sites
- Conduct pre and/or post-HIV test counseling
- Provide adherence counseling and support to clients on antiretroviral therapy (ART)
- Plan and facilitate risk reduction workshops and small group-based support sessions; contribute to ‘Creative Space’ sessions
- Coordinate and quality assure peer educator outreach activities, including micro-planning
- Conduct regular spot profiling activities to identify new or under-serviced hotspots and assist with population size estimations as required
- Mentor peer educators to perform their duties to the required standard
- If applicable, perform health-related duties under the supervision of a professional nurse
- Support data consolidation and other information from peer educators, prepare and submit monthly and quarterly reports to M&E Officer and Site Manager
- Perform related office administration duties of the program
- Drive a mobile clinic

**Required minimum education and training**:

- **Grade 12**:

- **HIV counseling and testing certificate**:

- **Valid driver’s license, including PDP certificate**

**Required minimum work experience**:

- **Minimum 6 months of working experience as a Community Health Worker or Lay Counsellor**:

- **2 years as an HTS counselor**

**Desirable additional education, work experience, and personal abilities**:

- Basic HIV education and counseling
- Empathetic with good communication and interpersonal skills
- Computer literate with working knowledge of Microsoft office
- Be tactful, respectful, and maintain confidentiality
- Able to work independently and work as part of a multi-disciplinary team

**TO APPLY**:

- Only if you do meet the minimum job requirements and experience as mentioned above, you may submit a detailed updated CV.
- _AJ Personnel is fully POPIA Compliant._
- Please take note that the applicants who do not adhere to the above criteria will not be considered for the respective position.

**Please note**:

- **Our Client, WHC - RHI, maintains mandatory Covid-19 requirements, and as such only Covid-19 vaccinated incumbents will be considered for positions.**:

- WHC, in accordance with its Employment Equity goals and plan, will give preference to suitable applicants from designated groups as defined in the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 and subsequent amendments thereto.
- AJ Personnel is only responsible for advertising the advertisement on behalf of their client Wits Health Consortium.
- AJ Personnel does not have any salary or other information regarding the position.

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