| POSITION | Ugu Linkage Officer |
| POSITION LOCATIONS | Ugu District x 1 |
| EMPLOYMENT TYPE | Contract – Event Based Linked to Funding |
| START DATE | 10 January 2020 |
| EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS | – Senior Certificate (Grade 12) or equivalent – HIV/AIDS Counselling Certificate – minimum 10-day Course, which is not older than 2 years from the date of issue or HIV/AIDS Counselling Certificate – minimum 10-day Course, older than 2 years’, but not more than 3 years’, with a certificate for a 2-day refresher course from an accredited provider.
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| EXPERIENCE | Experienced counsellor |
| SALARY RANGE | Market Related – To be discussed |
Inherent requirements of the position:
- Strong administration background
- Good problem-solving skills
- A proactive nature
- Excellent people and motivational skills
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal; good command of the English language
- Ability and willingness to travel extensively
- Ability to work non-traditional hours which will include weekends
Duties and Responsibilities include but not limited to:
- To link newly diagnosed HIV positive people to a facility or a NIMART nurse so that they can initiate the client on ART; this position will be for someone that is not afraid to work irregular working hours
- Liaise with DOH facility staff and district support partners to overcome barriers to ART initiation
- Liaise with the client to schedule clinic appointments for ART initiation and offer transport when needed – an indemnity, waiver and release form needs to be completed before any client gets in the CareWorks or staff member’s vehicle
- Daily reports of all clients linked to care and on those cases were attempts were made but not yet linked to care
- Work closely with the team leaders/lay counsellors to ensure linkage support aligns to community activations
- Manage community profile and mapping referral systems of patients from the community to facility and vice versa
- Assist with obtaining and collecting HIV positive client level information for the Index Tracing modality from health facilities and/or district support partners
- Assist with obtaining consent for Index Tracing and when needed, assist with Index Tracing
- Escalate any challenges to the provincial manager or Programme Manager, timeously
- From time-to-time conduct community-based combination HIV prevention initiatives including STI’s, TB, HTS, risk reduction, interventions in TB, STI’s screening and referrals to high risk sexually active individuals
- Participation in staff meetings and appropriate training workshops
- Ensure timeous submissions of workplans
- Providing HIV Testing Services to clients in line with NDOH policies and guidelines when needed
To apply:
- Submit your application to [email protected] or Fax: 021 413 2933
- Your application must contain ALL of the following:
- A cover letter motivating your application
- Submit your up to date CV with accompanying certificates
- State the position you are applying for and location in the subject line of the email application
- Application Deadline: Close of business, Friday, 10 January 2020
Please take note of the following before submitting an application:
- Ensure that you meet the all of the requirements of the position (educational, inherent requirements as well as required experience)
- Unless otherwise stated CareWorks will not pay relocation costs for candidates who wish to take up a position in another town or province
Please note:
- CareWorks reserves the right not to fill this vacancy and to withdraw the advertisement for this position at any stage during the recruitment process
- We are committed to transformation. Meeting our employment equity goals will be taken into account in our recruitment decisions
- Due to high volumes of applications only short-listed candidates will be contacted. If you have not heard from us 2 weeks after the application deadline, please consider your application unsuccessful
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