Community Health Worker, Metro and Rural Health

2 weeks ago

Cape Town, South Africa TB HIV Care Full time

**Job Advert Summary**:
**Purpose of the position**:
**Minimum Requirements**:

- Grade 10
- Accredited or recognised counselling certificate or feasible opportunity to obtain this during the probation period
- Experience in a key populations field advantageous
- Previous experience as Community Health Worker or HIV tester advantageous

**Duties and Responsibilities**:
**Mobilisation**
- Identify relevant key population hotspots for mobilisation (PWUD, FSW, MSM, TG, farm workers)
- Mobilise key population workers to access appropriate mobile and facility health and social services

**Community interventions**
- Conduct outreach into community hotspots to provide male and female condom demonstration, health education (risk and harm reduction, prevention and treatment options)
- Conduct health screening including HIV (inclusive of assisted self screening), TB and STIs
- Distribute IEC material, male and female condoms, lubricants and other commodities, as required
- Conduct point of care testing e.g. finger prick rapid HIV testing, as required
- Appropriately link client to nurse-led testing/care as required

**Follow-up and referral**
- Assist team in follow-up of referral of all new cases - HIV, TB, STIs and other health issues
- Successfully refer key populations workers to mobile and facilities services
- Assist clients with appropriate referrals for other issues related to psychosocial and/or escalated care/intervention (e.g. paralegal, post-violence or substance use supportive care etc.)
- Set up and facilitate peer support groups or community advisory meetings as appropriate

**Health education**
- Assist with the development of new health promotion materials

**Build and maintain relations**
- Maintain relations with health services managers, indoor managers/owners and other gate keepers/stakeholders (including the client network)

**Record management**
- Use the attendance register for counting number of male and female present during support group or community advisory group meetings
- Utilise appropriate source documents, aligned to WCG requirements, to document outreach efforts and interventions
- Utilise appropriate internal tools for data or performance reporting
- Secure clinical information appropriately and submit timeously

**Monitoring & Evaluation and Reporting**
- Monitor and evaluate the impact of outreach activities and compile a summary of activities to be submitted to the line manager on a weekly basis
- Report back to the Line Manager any positive or negative feedback from clients and the general community

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