Vacancies for Lay Counsellor Broadreach – Case Management Coordinator

Job Description:

The Community COVID Case Management Co-ordinator’s primary responsibility is to support the COVID Community Team to with tracing and mobilization of People Living with HIV (PLHIV) and TB clients at particularly high risk for severe COVID illness to become vaccinated.

Job Responsibilities:

• Refer all index contacts that require HTS to the Lay Counsellor in the team or the nearest facility.
• Keep a record of the status and performance of mentees as outlined in BroadReach Documentation.
• Conduct TB screening and refer clients that requires testing to the facility.
• Any other role assigned by your manager within reason of your scope of work.
• Link clients that are ready for HTS or Index services to community (or facility) Lay Counselors services, and clients that are ready to engage/re-engage into treatment to the community (or facility) Professional Nurse via the Linkage Officers.
• Physically trace afore-mentioned clients and counsel them on the heightened need to be vaccinated to link them to COVID vaccination
• Consult the Team Lead for any problems or challenges faced that you are unable to solve yourself.
• Build trust over time amongst clients until they are ready to share details of their contacts and conduct client elicitation.
• Submit reporting templates, assessment forms to the Team weekly.
• Simultaneously provide HIV education to the afore-mentioned PLHIV and to facility- or community-identified index contacts to support them to progress the HIV patient journey to the next stage; either be tested for HIV, be linked to initiation onto antiretroviral therapy, maintained on treatment, or persuaded to be returned to treatment.
  people with active TB as well as those that have completed TB treatment
• Refer patients who require clinical management to the Team Lead or back to the facility for initiation/re-initiation on ART or PrEP as required.

Job Requirements:

• Lay counsellor certificate
• Basic computer knowledge
• At least 2 years’ experience in health promotion and health education activities within the community
• Good communication skills
• Listens with empathy
• Knowledge of basic HIV and HIV counselling experience
• Able to maintain confidentiality always
• Senior Certificate (Grade12) or equivalent
• Advanced Lay counsellor certificate

Job Details:

Company: BroadReach

Vacancy Type: Temporary

Job Location: Ermelo

Application Deadline: N/A

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