Vacancy title:
2 Professional Counsellors
Jobs at:
John Snow Inc.Deadline of this Job:
28 June 2022
Summary
Date Posted: Friday, June 17, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed
JOB DETAILS:
Overview
Primary Responsibilities and Duties:
• Provide high quality HIV Counselling and Testing Services at SAFE supported facilities and their catchment areas
• Provide intensive hands-on technical supportive supervision and Mentorship to all SAFE supported volunteers involved in HTS to ensure that they are implementing high yield strategies (i.e. indexing and PNS);
• Ensure that all SAFE supported volunteers are well trained and possess the appropriate skills mix for their duties.
• Ensure that the rules of confidentiality are adequately enforced in all HIV Counselling and Testing Services.
• Actively link all persons living with HIV (PLHIV) to services that are critical for their own health, as well as services to prevent HIV transmission to uninfected sex partner(s) and children.
• Facilitate testing for HIV exposed Infants and ensure strict adherence to testing schedule
• In collaboration with Strategic Information Assistants and Community Based Volunteers, conduct triangulation of registers to ensure that all clients are linked to and are receiving all services due to them.
• Create demand for HIV services including Viral Load (VL) Analysis and ensure quality enhanced adherence counselling is provided
• Collect, collate and submit program data on priority HTS interventions through appropriate reporting channels while ensuring that all records related to their duties are always kept up to date.
• Ensure that HTS SOPs are available and strictly adhered to by all Health Facility staff and volunteers;
• Ensure integration of HTS into other health services including FP, MCH, TB, OPD, Inpatients Departments, other specialized clinics.
• Work with the ART clinicians and providers to ensure that clients are linked to treatment, care and prevention services, including Pre Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention.
• In collaboration with other facility staff, both SAFE and MoH supported staff, attend and actively participate in the daily data review meetings to ensure that timely decisions are made based on data that is generated at facility level.
Required Qualifications/Competences
• Bachelor’s Degree/Diploma in health related field or its equivalent
• Candidate must possess a Psycho – Social Counselling Certificate from any Institution accredited by the Zambia Counselling Council (ZCC), be fully registered and in possession of a current practicing license.
• Not less than 2-years work experience with knowledge and Skills in HIV Testing and Counselling Services.
• Good oral and written communication skills
Desirable Attributes/Competences
• Trainers Certificate in HIV/AIDS Counselling
• Experience in providing intensive HTS supportive supervision;
• Ability to facilitate learning among volunteers involved in HTS and other HIV prevention services;
• Computer literate especially in word, excel and Power point and internet;
• People centered change agent and unifying player in teams.
Also, we would like to emphasize that JSI/Zambia and its partners do not ask for money in exchange for employment.
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 24
Level of Education: Associate Degree
Job application procedure
To apply for this job email your details to saferecruitment@jsi.com
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