Community Health Worker_Grassy Park

Tb Hiv Care; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

TB HIV Care is seeking an entry-level Social Auxiliary Worker in Cape Town to support community health initiatives. The role involves conducting health assessments, providing psycho-social support, and facilitating individuals' access to necessary health services. This full-time position aims to enhance the health of households through targeted interventions.

Qualifications

• Entry level position with a focus on community and household health needs.
• Experience in health service facilitation and assessment is beneficial.
• Skills in providing simple health interventions and support required.

Responsibilities

• Conduct health assessments to identify individual health needs.
• Facilitate access to health services and promote health within households.
• Manage interventions such as treatment defaulter tracing.

Skills

Psycho-social support

Health assessments

Community engagement

Job description

Conducts community, household and individual health assessments and identify individual health needs and risks (actual and potential). Facilitate the family or an individual to seek the appropriate health service and promote the health of the households and the individuals within these households. Refer individuals for further assessment and testing after performing simple basic screening. Provides limited, simple health interventions in a household. Provide psycho-social support and manage interventions such as treatment defaulter tracing and adherence support

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Other

• Industries

  Non-profit Organizations

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