Application deadline 30. Mar
Location
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Description
Industry: NGO
Minimum Qualification: Bachelor
Minimum Experience: 2 years
Job Title: Health and HIV Services Officer (HHO) – 8 positions (Shinyanga MC, Shinyanga DC, Kahama TC, Ushetu DC, Msalala DC, Kishapu DC, Busega DC, and Maswa DC)
Reports to: Regional Coordinator
Roles & Responsibilities:
Minimum Qualification: Bachelor
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Job Title: Health and HIV Services Officer (HHO) – 8 positions (Shinyanga MC, Shinyanga DC, Kahama TC, Ushetu DC, Msalala DC, Kishapu DC, Busega DC, and Maswa DC)
Reports to: Regional Coordinator
Roles & Responsibilities:
Represent the CSO and coordinate with the Council Health
Management Team regarding HIV and health related activities.Hold monthly
coordination meetings with Care & Treatment Centers (CTC) in
implementation area to support shared confidentiality, facilitate case
conferencing, improve the bi-directional referral system, and ensure HIV
positive beneficiaries receive needed services.Support Early Childhood
Development (ECD) corners at targeted health facilities, including
regular monitoring and supportive supervision.
Support Community Case
Workers (CCWs) to work with high pediatric volume CTCs to trace HIV
positive OVC who miss appointments, enroll them into Kizazi Kipya
project, and link them back to CTCs.Support CCWs to conduct HIV risk
assessments for OVC during case management; refer and link at risk OVC
to HIV Testing and Counseling (HTC).Schedule quarterly Sexual
Reproductive Health Education outreaches to teen clubs and organize HTC
outreaches for adolescents with high risk behaviors.Work with EGPAF to
roll out a supplemental HIV curriculum to CCWs and ensure CCWs provide
appropriate support to HIV positive OVC and caregivers.Support CCWs to
strengthen the capacity of caregivers to support HIV positive OVC and
ensure CCWs refer HIV positive OVC and caregivers to PLHIV support
groups.
Ensure screening of caregivers for depression and link them to
appropriate services.Support the roll out of evidence based curriculums
relating to HIV (e.g. Stepping Stones, Sexual Reproductive Health
Education, Care for Child Development, etc.)Support the establishment of
a bi-directional referral system to monitor beneficiaries through the
HIV continuum of care as well as service completion for other health and
social services.Monitor implementation, bottlenecks, and performance
metrics of the bi-directional referral system; pro-actively offer
solutions, conduct quality improvement activities, and implement
adjustments to improve referral outcomes.Coordinate quarterly district
level quality improvement meetings with relevant bi-directional referral
system stakeholders; ensure actions from the meetings are implemented
and the bidirectional referral system is improved.Work with the M&E
officer to ensure all bi-directional referral data are accurate and
produced weekly; use data for decision-making.
Lead the development of a
service directory for health, nutrition, and HIV services in
implementation area; update the directory at least once a year.Support
CCWs to conduct nutrition activities, including nutrition assessments,
counseling, and linkage to other nutrition service providers.Provide
continuous supportive supervision to CCWs to ensure provision of
health-related services and referrals and linkages to
beneficiaries.Submit timely updates to the Program Coordinator for
inclusion in the quarterly, semi-annual, and annual reports.Document
lessons learned and best practices for experience sharing and
replication.Perform any other relevant duties as assigned by the Project
Coordinator.
Required Qualifications and Experience
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Public Health,
Sociology, or Community Development.At least 2 years’ relevant
experience.Experience in at least one of the following technical areas:
HIV/AIDS, OVC case management, Youth and Adolescent work, Bi-Directional
Reference, Child protection against HIV related issues.Fluency in
English and Kiswahili.Understanding of OVC core services including
HIV/AIDS related services.
Tanzania Red Cross Society is looking for dynamic persons to fill the position of a Health and HIV
Services Officer (HHO).
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Services Officer (HHO).
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