Lay Counselor Ref No. LC/CU/13/12/22
Reports to the District HIV Prevention Officer and works closely with the District Data Associates and other USAID CHEKUP I staff in the districts. The Incumbent will work closely with community members who are at high risk of HIV infection and offer high impact HIV/AIDS prevention services. S/he will work in the community in close collaboration with the facility and DREAMS Centre based staff, government, and non-governmental structures (CBOs, FBOs, CHAs, NHC e.t.c.).
Main duties
- Works closely with DHPO and other program staff in ensuring all eligible beneficiaries are provided with high impact HIV prevention services
- Carries out routine community mappings to identify hot spots for target populations
- Offers HIV Testing services to all eligible populations in catchment communities
- Distributes HIV Self-tests to eligible and willing populations using both assisted and unassisted models
- Ensures all positives identified are actively linked to care in the catchment/nearest facility
- Ensures all positives identified are offered Partner Notification Services/Index testing services
- Ensures that all index contacts elicited are traced and offered HTS appropriate HIV/AIDS prevention services
- Conducts verifications with DDAs and other program staff in communities in ensuring all beneficiary records are correct and updated in all registers
- Establishes and maintains good communication with patients and other members of staff.
Qualifications
- Minimum Grade 12 Certificate
- Recently certified testers will be preferred
- Psychosocial counselling certificate
- Experience and skill using computers, tablets and databases is highly preferred
Suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to apply. However, only shortlisted candidates will be shortlisted.
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Closing Date : 19th December, 2022.
