HIV Counsellor wanted immediately: Salary R6 100 per month

JOB SUMMARY:

To render quality maximized HIV counseling, testing to clients and linking them to care services. Refer clients for appropriate additional psychosocial and clinical support.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Counseling and Testing duties: Provides pre and post-HIV confidential counseling, to prepare patients who are willing to get tested for HIV.

Perform rapid HIV testing on all clients that have consented to testing.
Records and documents client information on the official source document.
Encourages and support patients that test positive, helping them to cope with the new diagnosis.
Refer patients for necessary healthcare services including ART, TB, Index testing, etc.
Recruit patients from departments yielding high positivity (Family planning, TB, Chronic, etc.)
Daily Recruitment of Index contacts patients for testing
Work together with Linkage officers to phone Index contacts for testing.
Ensure uninterrupted distribution of condoms in the facility by continuously refilling condom dispensers.
Conduct health talks in the facility
Recruit key population groups through conducting health talks in the facility
Facilitate clinic based youth programme by recruiting for and supporting focus groups
Participates in HIV testing program initiatives and campaigns.
Facilitates linkage between HIV diagnosis, care, treatment and support.
Facilitates group test counseling/ education in rapid testing campaigns to ensure maximum client coverage.
Facilitate education to people with promotion of consistent condom use and any other added duties

Ongoing adherence counseling duties include:

Collaborate with other health care professionals (doctor, nurse, social worker, community health care worker, home-based caregiver, and psychologist) in maintaining care and treatment protocol.
Provide direct and comprehensive primary, preventive and adherence counselling to patients.
Teach and counsel patients & their contacts on HIV infection and maintaining a low viral load
Conduct adherence counseling and document the sessions in the official recording tools
Provide ongoing psychosocial counseling to clients attending the clinic, and any other added duties

General duties are:

Prepare and submit reports on a weekly and monthly basis as per the programme’s need on services rendered for submission to supervisor.
Participate in team de-briefing sessions.
Participate in meetings relevant to the programme held by the department, the organization and partner organizations.

Education and/or Experience:

National Matric Certificate, Certificate on HIV/AIDS Treatment Training e.g. 10 days HIV training or a Certificate for HIV/AIDS Counseling Skills Training. A Diploma in child and youth development or in Counseling would be an advantage. Previous HIV counseling and testing experience highly desirable.

Application Deadline: 2021/11/15

Expected Start Date: 2021/12/01

Job Types: Full-time, Contract, Permanent

Salary: R6,100.00 per month

COVID-19 considerations:

All customers and staff are required to wear masks at all times.

License/Certification:

HIV/Aids Certificate (Required)

Work Remotely: No

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