Social Worker: Key Population Centers of Excellence

7 days ago


Parktown, South Africa AJ Personnel Full time

**Main purpose of the job**:

- The Wits RHI Key Populations Programme is supporting the Department of Health to create key population-friendly health facilities
- This position will improve the quality of psychosocial services offered to key population members at designated facilities in Gauteng; support stakeholder engagement and community mobilization; and provide mentoring on key population sensitization to facility staff

**Location**:

- **Parktown, Johannesburg**

**Key performance areas**:

- Contribute to the design of a key populations sensitization mentorship program for staff at public health care facilities operating as key population Centres of Excellence
- Liaise with Wits RHI, DOH, and other capacity development teams to address the mentoring needs of staff who have completed key population sensitization and competency training
- Identify ongoing key population sensitization training needs of facility staff
- Support the provision of on-the-job training to ensure skills transfer and competency
- Assess participant learning via assessment processes
- Review individual developmental plans on a monthly and regular basis
- Develop and manage referral protocol and network between the facility and the Department of Social Development (DSD), and support access to social grants and social support services in the community
- Conduct various support groups, including but not limited to psychosocial support groups for people living with HIV, and ART and PrEP adherence groups
- Initiate and conduct community outreach and community interventions to create demand for services and mobilize key populations
- Optimise stakeholder engagement with key population lead CSOs, government departments, NGOs, and social service organizations
- Conduct sensitization workshops with facility staff
- Compile reports of the relevant program activities conducted
- Attend meetings as required and provide feedback to the relevant parties
- contribute to the development of standardized PowerPoint presentations for training purposes
- Take ownership and accountability for tasks & activities and demonstrate effective self-management
- Follow through to ensure that quality and productivity standards of own work are consistently and accurately maintained
- Inform relevant parties in the event of tasks or deadlines not met and provide appropriate means of resolution
- Support and drive the business's core values
- Take ownership of own career development
- Manage stress in ways that do not negatively impact the team
- Obtain and maintain a record of annual required CPD points as per SACSSP requirements
- Maintain professional registration with SACSSP
- Perform ad hoc duties as requested by line managers

**Required minimum education and training**:

- **Degree in Social Work**

**Required minimum work experience**:

- **At least 5 years experience in Social Work practice, preferably in a public health setting**

**Professional body registration**:

- Registration with South African Council of Social Service Professionals (SACSSP)

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

- Experience working with key populations
- Experience working with peer educators/navigators
- Certificate in basic HIV management
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Effective communication within a multi-disciplinary team comprising professional nurses, medical officers, community health care workers, and peer educators
- Experience in a donor-funded program
- Build sound relationships with both internal and external stakeholders

**TO APPLY**:

- Only if you do meet the minimum job requirements and experience as mentioned above, you may submit a detailed updated CV.
- Please take note that the applicants who do not adhere to the above criteria will not be considered for the respective position.
- Note AJ Personnel is fully POPI compliant.
- Note WHC, in accordance with their 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.

**Please note**:

- **AJ PERSONNEL is only responsible for the advertising of 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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