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Job title : Linkage Officer
Job Location : Limpopo, Polokwane
Deadline : July 24, 2024
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Key Duties and Responsibilities
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Key Duties and Responsibilities
Linkage to care
- Ensure that all clients tested HIV-positive are followed up and linked into care
- Keep a record and cohort of how many are initiated on antiretroviral therapy (ART)
- Link all clients referred for PrEP, TB and STI
- Link clients to other psycho-social services
Health Education
- Effectively provide health education to clients about HIV, ARVs, Adherence to ART, STI prevention, Prep and Index testing
- Distribution of IEC material and Condoms
- Demonstrate condom and Lubricant use
HTS (HIV testing services) & other HIV related support activities
- Provide HTS counselling and testing
- Contact the negative cohort and facilitate HTS to the Negative cohort
- Contact and facilitate HTS to Index partners
- Promoting and performing HTS to the target group
- Participating in social mobilisation activities to encourage clients for HTS
Administration and Reporting
- Reporting weekly to Team leader and Provincial Coordinator
- Capture and update linkage/Index spreadsheet in the absence of the Enrolled.
- Ensure that referral slips (tear-off sections) are collected from the facilities and filed at the office.
- Ensure that client’s indemnity form is fill in correctly and attached to other necessary documentation where possible.
- Submit weekly plans to the Team Leader/Driver
Communication and Reporting
- Liaise with the professional nurse and enrolled nurse and M&E on clients that require to be followed up and give feedback.
- Regular checks on Tier.net for clients that have been linked to care
- Compile weekly, Monthly reports and submit
Any other tasks as agreed with line manager.
Minimum Qualifications, Experience and Skills Required
- Grade 12
- RTCQI Certificate/HTS Counselling Certificate
- Social Auxiliary Worker qualification would be an added advantage
- Experience in working on Human Rights/Sexual Reproductive Health/TB and HIV/AIDS in the NGO or government sector
- Minimum of 2 years working experience in a similar role
- Knowledge and exposure to a range of human rights issues including barriers to accessing legal and health services in Global Fund supported districts
- Proficiency in speaking and writing, in English and any local language
- Organising and negotiation skills
- Ability to work with people of all backgrounds.
- Good interpersonal skills
- Knowledge of the district and community resources in the district.
- Driver’s license and the ability to drive
- Very high-level understanding of key populations especially MSM / WSW.
- Significant up-to-date knowledge of HIV and AIDS and TB and STIs and appropriate responses to them.
- Good verbal communication in the provincial languages
- Experience in working with MS Office package (Word, Excel, Outlook, Internet, PowerPoint)
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